Mao Dongdong: Great-grandson of Chairman Mao, grandsons of Mao Anqing and Shao Hua, sons of Mao Xinyu and Liu Bin

The great man has passed away, and the legacy remains. Although Chairman Mao has left his people forever, his thoughts and styles still deeply influence and inspire the Chinese people. In everyone's hearts, his spirit will last forever, and will not be attenuated by the passing of time and the change of history.

December 26, 2003 is the 110th anniversary of the birth of Chairman Mao. On this day, Peking Union Medical College Hospital ushered in a small life-Mao Dongdong. He is the great-grandson of Chairman Mao, the grandson of Mao Anqing and Shao Hua, and the son of Mao Xinyu and Liu Bin.

Mao Anqing and Shao Hua took their grandson Mao Dongdong

When naming the child, there was an interesting episode. The original name was "Mao Dongdong", but the child's aunt Li Ne thought " The name "Dongdong" is "too cold", and the Oriental "Dong" is better. Therefore, the child's nickname was named "Dongdong" two days before the full moon.

Today's Mao Dongdong is almost 18 years old, and we all feel very happy to see Chairman Mao's descendants thrive.

Looking at the descendants of Chairman Mao, some of them sacrificed for the revolutionary cause of the Chinese people, and some have been fighting for China's socialist construction. They are the heirs of Chairman Mao’s thought and the style of Chairman Mao. Continuation of.

A simple wedding, costing 6 yuan

Mao Dongdong’s grandfather Mao Anqing, he is the second son of Mao Zedong and Yang Kaihui, but before that, Mao Anqing had an older brother and a younger brother. But the fate of the three brothers was quite different, and in the end only Mao Anqing left his blood.

In the summer of 1918, Yang Kaihui's father, Yang Changji, applied for a professorship at Peking University. In September, Mao Zedong was introduced by his teacher as an assistant in the library of Peking University. It was during this period that Mao Zedong and Yang Kaihui began to know each other and love each other.

in the winter of 1920,In Chuanshan Academy near Wanglu Garden in Changsha City, Yang Kaihui and Mao Zedong held a simple wedding. It took 6 yuan to invite relatives to eat a meal. There was no sedan chair, no dowry, and no matchmaker.

Mao Zedong and Yang Kaihui

In April 1923, Hunan warlord Zhao Hengti ordered Mao Zedong to be wanted. Mao Zedong was forced to leave Changsha for Shanghai, leaving his wife who was pregnant with his second child at home. The following year, Yang Kaihui also went to Shanghai. Soon, she returned to Hunan with Mao Zedong, and then went to Guangzhou and Wuhan with him.

In the days that followed, Mao Zedong and Yang Kaihui separated and reunited, and the time for the family to get together was pitiful. An Qing, his elder brother An Ying, and his younger brother An Long cannot get more fatherly love like ordinary children. In the autumn when An Qing was four years old, Mao Zedong, who was ordered to launch the Autumn Harvest Uprising, hurriedly bid farewell to his wife and children and waved away.

In 1927, when Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei launched a counter-revolutionary coup in Wuhan, the Great Revolution failed. Mao Zedong and his wife and children returned to their hometown in Hunan, and Mao Zedong was preparing to launch the Autumn Harvest Uprising in the border area between Hunan and Jiangxi.

At the end of August, Mao Zedong set out to direct the Autumn Harvest Uprising. Before leaving, he told his wife : "Kaihui, I am not at home, so I can only work hard for you to take care of the children. If you have extra time, you can participate in some peasant movements. "_Span3span

Yang Kaihui prepared straw sandals and some dry food for Mao Zedong, and told her husband to : "Don’t worry at home, you have to take care of your body. I think it’s better for you to put on makeup. It’s better to be a doctor. In short, everything is needed. Be careful."

When they left, the two were reluctant to give up, but the revolution is still going on, and when the country is in danger, what is the love of children? However, what both of them did not expect was that this goodbye would be a farewell between husband and wife!

Leaders related to the Autumn Harvest Uprising

Because of the difficulties and dangers of the revolutionary struggle,Mao Zedong has not been able to return home in three years, nor has he heard from him. Yang Kaihui could only read the news of repeated "suppression" of "Zhu Mao" in the newspapers of the Kuomintang, but never succeeded. He was both encouraged and worried.

In October 1930, Yang Kaihui and his eldest son Mao Anying were arrested and imprisoned by the warlord He Jian. During this period, Yang Kaihui suffered a lot of inhuman torture and spent a very dark day.

Yang Kaihui can be free as long as he declares his separation from Mao Zedong. She resolutely replied to : "Death is not a pity, I hope the revolution of Runzhi will succeed soon."

On November 14, Yang Kaihui was killed in the Shizi Ridge outside Liuyangmen, Changsha City. He was 29 years old and left a last word . : "After I die, I will not act like a layman."

Soon after, Mao Zedong, who was commanding the Red Army in Jiangxi to fight against the "encirclement and suppression", heard the news of Yang Kaihui's sacrifice and wept bitterly. In his letter to the Yang family, he said : "The death of Kaihui cannot be redeemed."

Three wandering children, one dead and one injured

After Yang Kaihui died, the Kuomintang agents deliberately released Mao Anying, Mao Anqing, and Mao Anlong. The three brothers lived in the home of their uncle Yang Kaizhi, but they had been monitored by the Kuomintang agents. The situation is very dangerous.

In early January 1931, Mao Anqing's aunt Li Chongde received a secret letter from Chairman Mao's brother Mao Zemin. Mao Zemin hoped to bring his three nephews to Shanghai to prevent them from being harmed again.

One evening, aunt Li Chongde took the three brothers Mao Anqing to bid farewell to his mother's grave. Later, with the help of the Itakura Farmers Association, they took a train from Baishui Station to Hankou, and then took a boat from Hankou to Shanghai.

After arriving in Shanghai, Mao Zemin sent the three brothers Mao Anying, Mao Anying, and Mao Anlong to Dazhou Kindergarten to study. But with Gu Shunzhang’s rebellion,The underground party in Shanghai was devastated. Many staff members of the Datong kindergarten were arrested or fled, and the children were displaced and wandered on the streets one by one.

The wandering children of the old society

Just had a home and lost it in an instant. The 8-year-old Mao Anying carried the 3-year-old Mao Anqing on his back, and the 7-year-old Mao Anqing was wandering around, and the poor Mao Anqing was wandering around. Unfortunately, I fell ill and died.

After the founding of New China, Mao Anying accidentally saw a movie "The Wanderings of San Mao". After watching it, he suddenly hid his face and wept, and recalled: "My brothers and I, except that we have not stolen anything from others." I didn’t work as a godson for a rich man. I have experienced everything like Sanmao. Sleeping on the road, selling newspapers, and picking up rags. We all did it! At the Waibaidu Bridge in Shanghai, my brother Anqing and I helped others push rickshaws and push When they go up, they will give me some small money.”

After the three brothers of Mao Anqing wandered on the streets, the founder of Dazhou Kindergarten Dong Jianwu and his wife Zheng Lanfang kept searching, and finally found Mao Anying and Mao Anying, and she began to live with her mother with her two children. . However, Dong Jianwu's mother-in-law was unwilling to take care of Mao Anying and Mao Anying, and she often said something bad.

Six months later, Dong Jianwu transferred the two brothers Anying and Anqing to his ex-wife Huang Huiying. The living expenses were provided by the party organization on a monthly basis. In addition, Dong Jianwu gave Huang Huiying 20 yuan for living expenses each month. During this period, the lives of Mao Anying and Mao Anying were basically stable.

In early 1933, the Shanghai party organization was destroyed by the enemy, and the supply of living expenses for Mao Anying and Mao Anying was interrupted. At that time, Huang Huiying took two brothers Mao Anying and Mao Anying, and he had 4 children, a total of 7 people, life was very difficult, and the family often faced the dilemma of no rice.

The newspaper-selling child of the old society

Under the circumstances of life distress, Huang Huiying had to lead her children to wash clothes and tie paper flowers. Mao Anying and Mao Anying also became newsboys, selling newspapers on the street. Once, a few foreign sailors on the street bought newspapers and gave Anqing some counterfeit coins. After returning home, Mao Anqing was beaten by Huang Huiying.And there was no food for both meals.

When the newspaper sold the next day, Mao Anqing still felt very angry. He picked up a piece of chalk and wrote the words "Down with foreigners" on the telephone pole to vent his hatred. Unexpectedly, these words were seen by the Indian patrol on the street, and he slapped An Qing vigorously.

Mao Anqing had a splitting headache and fell to the ground and screamed. An Ying, who was rushed back later, went back with her back on her back. Mao Anqing's brain nerves went up and down because of failure to treat them in time. Since then, he has become confused, and even caused some difficulties in his future love.

The four years that Mao Anying and Mao Anying lived in Huang Huiying's house were very bitter and difficult, but they finally survived under the white horror.

Later, Dong Jianwu met Chairman Mao in Yan'an, northern Shaanxi. He told the chairman about Mao Anying and Mao Anying's adoption by Huang Huiguang. Chairman Mao was very happy when he learned about it.

Mao Zedong in the Yan'an period

In early 1937, the Mao Anqing brothers were arranged to study in Moscow. The 13-year-old Mao Anqing was studying while healed. In September 1945, Mao Anqing entered the Moscow Oriental Language Institute to learn Russian translation .

Chairman Mao worried about the marriage of his second son Mao Anqing

Mao Anqing returned to China in 1947 and joined the Communist Party of China in May of the same year. Then Mao Anqing was assigned to a pilot land reform exercise in Keshan County, Heilongjiang. Two years later, Mao Anqing was transferred back to Beijing. On October 15, 1949, shortly after the founding of New China, Zhang Wenqiu and Chairman Mao became relatives, betting their daughter Liu Siqi to Mao Anying.

Mao Anying and Liu Siqi

The eldest son’s marriage was settled, but the second son, Mao Anqing, was frail and sick, and had no progress in his relationship. Chairman Mao was also very anxious. He said to Mao Anying : "You are looking for someone to fall in love. Don’t say that you are Mao Zedong’s son! Just say that you are an interpreter of the Central Propaganda Department. I advise you to find someone from a worker or a peasant. This may help you a bit."

Zhang Wenqiu has been with Chairman Mao After becoming in-laws,She often walked around the chairman's house. She found that although Mao Anqing was not good at words, she was kind-hearted, so she had always been looking for someone for Mao Anqing.

In 1960, Mao Anqing was getting worse and worse due to staying up late to translate works, so he was sent to Lvda for recuperation. People around him are also looking for him, because after Mao Anying died in the Korean battlefield, Mao Anying became the only son next to Chairman Mao, and Mao Anying was 36 years old at the time.

When meeting the Shaohua sisters for the first time, Mao Anqing saw a magpie chirping outside the window, and he smiled and asked Zhang Shibao, who was on duty outside the door, : "Chief Zhang, what seems to be a happy event today? Ah, how happy you listen to the magpies!"

"The magpies are screaming, the distinguished guest is here, and today there is a distinguished guest to see you!" Zhang Shibao answered with a smile.

On the same day, in the living room, Mao Anqing met his sister-in-law Liu Siqi and Shao Hua. At that time, 22-year-old Shao Hua was studying at Peking University. Happy, there seemed to be endless words between the two.

Mao Anqing Shao Hua accompanied Chairman Mao

This meeting was very pleasant. After Shao Hua returned to Peking University, he used a very gentle tone when writing to Mao Anqing. However, Mao Anqing thought that he was too old and in poor health, and worried that he would affect the young Shao Hua, so when he wrote back, he avoided talking about his affection for Shao Hua.

The relationship between the two people is separated by a layer of window paper, but Mao Anqing bury his love in the bottom of his heart and dare not promise lightly. This can be anxious to others. At this time, Chairman Mao wrote a letter to Anqing:

Anqing my son:

The previous letter,Forgive me already received. Very thoughtful. I'm very happy to hear that your illness has improved a lot. You still have to listen to the opinions of comrade doctors, so that you can live in peace and get well, and don't be impatient. Your sister-in-law Siqi and her sister Shao Hua came to see you. She is very concerned about your condition and you should receive them well. I heard that you have a lot of letters with Shao Hua, haven’t you? Do you mean to be friends? Shao Hua is a good boy, you can talk to her, and if you have a letter, you can ask Siqi and Shao Hua to bring it back. In the future everything is like this, don't let others turn. In addition, Jiaojiao can also transfer. To the comrades of the municipal party committee and the medical team who helped you, we must express our gratitude. They care about you very much and do their best. Let them have a look at this letter and I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to them. best regard!

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feels that he is supported by his father. He began to take the initiative to write to Shao Hua, who was studying in Beijing, to exchange ideas and explore life. Shao Hua kept replying to Anqing, communicating emotions and sharing friendship.

In this way, two young people separated by thousands of miles passed the book through the swan geese, and their two fiery hearts beat together. Slowly, Anqing's condition improved greatly, and he offered to leave the sanatorium and participate in the booming socialist construction.

With the passage of time, the relationship between Mao Anqing and Shao Hua has developed to the point of talking about marriage. Finally, with the help of the parents of both parties, the two finally held a grand and simple wedding in Dalian.

The wedding scene of Mao Anqing and Shao Hua

was personally presided over by Guo Shushen, the first secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. At the wedding, Shao Hua said: "I and Anqing love each other sincerely. Our union is only the beginning of a long journey of love. There is sunshine and wind and rain in the road of life, but as long as we work together in one heart,With mutual love and mutual assistance, we will definitely be able to overcome any difficulties and create a better future! _Span3span

Chairman Mao's grandson Mao Xinyu

It has been ten years since Mao Anqing and Shao Hua were married, and only on January 17, 1970, did they give birth to Chairman Mao's grandson Mao Xinyu. Mao Anqing was already there. At the age of 47, the birth of Mao Xinyu can be described as an old man. Chairman Mao is even more happy, because he has seen Mao's incense follow-up in his lifetime.

After Mao Xinyu was born, what name should he take? Mao Zedong gave it to himself. Ai Sun took a majestic name "Xinyu", which means that the older generation's ideal of "to be like the Kunlun landslide, and just like a typhoon sweeping the world" is realized and a new world will be established.

Mao Xinyu

Mao Xinyu is not much different from the life trajectory of the young Chinese in the new era. He studied for a master's degree after graduating from university in July 1992; joined the Communist Party of China in 1993; obtained a doctorate in 2003, joined the army in the same year, July 2008 , Mao Xinyu served as the deputy director of the Strategy Department of the Academy of Military Sciences, with the rank of deputy military-level colonel.

Mao Xinyu has a solid appearance, a burly figure, a calm personality, and a simple dress. He likes to cherish the memory of history. He once followed his mother Shao Hua to follow the Red Army’s Long March. Footprints, visited and inspected old revolutionary areas such as Hunan, Jiangxi, Guizhou, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Fujian, etc., and conducted investigations and studies in rural areas and industrial and mining enterprises.

Mao Xinyu visited the countryside

After taking up the job, Mao Xinyu continued his on-the-job further study while doing academic work; at the same time filial piety to the old and caring for the young, running the family, and living a life of an ordinary Chinese family.

Mao Xinyu has experienced an unsuccessful period. After marriage, for a long time, he devoted himself to work until he met a girl Liu Bin.

Liu Bin was born in 1977. After graduating from high school, he used to live in the Golmud area of ​​the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. She served for two years in the military depot. In 1997, she was admitted to the Department of Nursing of the PLA Military Medical College with distinction.Later, he went to work in a domestic airline.

Liu Bin is a girl from Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, a typical Jiangnan beauty. She met Mao Xinyu in 2000 after being “introduced” by someone. Liu Bin was a flight attendant at the time, and Mao Xinyu "love at first sight" on the plane.

Liu Bin

Since then, with the close contact between the two, a good feeling developed between the two. After Mao Xinyu's mother, Shao Hua, knew about it, she specifically asked Mao Xinyu to arrange a meeting with Liu Bin. Shao Hua saw the smart and virtuous Liu Bin at a glance.

Both of them had chosen to join the army and serve the country. Under the same belief and pursuit in life, Mao Xinyu and Liu Bin finally achieved a positive result. In 2003, under the auspices of Shao Hua, Mao Xinyu and Liu Bin hosted a simple wedding.

On December 26, 2003, Liu Bin gave birth to a baby boy weighing seven kilograms in twos at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. The birth of this child is the best testimony of the friendship between the two. At the same time, this child is the continuation of the blood of Chairman Mao's family.

Shao Hua with Mao Xinyu, Liu Bin, and Mao Dongdong photo

It is worth mentioning that this child was born on the 110th anniversary of the birth of Chairman Mao. Therefore, the family named this child on the same birthday as Chairman Mao "Mao Dongdong", which embodies the family's earnest hope for him, and hopes that the child can serve the country and the people like his great-grandfather. In 2008, Mao Xinyu and Liu Bin welcomed their second child, daughter Mao Tianyi.

September 9, 2009 is the 33rd anniversary of Chairman Mao’s death. Chairman Mao’s only grandson Mao Xinyu, his wife Liu Bin, and his six-year-old son Mao Dongdong, together in the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, presented flowers to Chairman Mao in a flower basket. The ribbon is signed with the name of Mao Xinyu’s daughter Mao Tianyi who has just turned one year old.

Mao Dongdong and his sister Mao Tianyi

April 3, 2021, Mao Xinyu's family sweeps the grave during the Qingming Festival

two years ago,Due to the impact of the epidemic, Mao Xinyu has not returned to his hometown in Hunan to visit his grave in two years. This year, the epidemic eased slightly. On April 3, Major General Mao Xinyu took his wife Liu Bin, son Mao Dongdong, and daughter Mao Tianyi back to Kaihui Town, Changsha County, to sacrifice grandma Yang Kaihui, parents Mao Anying and Shao Hua, and uncle Mao Anying’s cemetery. And visited the former residence of Yang Kaihui. On April 4, Mao Xinyu and his entourage arrived in Shaoshan and presented a flower basket to Chairman Mao.

Mao Xinyu's family presented a flower basket to Chairman Mao

In Yang Kaihui's hometown, I saw Mao Xinyu's family who often returned home to make sacrifices. The villagers felt very cordial. From time to time, the villagers warmly greeted : "Welcome Go home!"

and the folks happily asked : "Is this handsome guy a Dongdong? He grows so tall! And Tiantian is about to grow to the height of his mother's shoulders."

Mao Xinyu greeted the folks and responded with a smile to : "Dongdong is now more than 17 years old, and he has grown to 1.87 meters, and he is about to go to college." Mao Xinyu's family first came to the cemetery of his parents Mao Anqing and Shao Hua to sacrifice. Mao Dongdong had been with his father. He saw that the rain was getting heavy, and he opened a big umbrella to cover the rain for his father. The good family tradition and deep affection between father and son are reflected in Mao Dongdong's words and deeds.

The descendants of Chairman Mao are now living very well, and the people of the whole country are very happy. And each of them is working hard for national construction and contributing their own strength. Isn't this kind of demeanor the continuation and inheritance of Chairman Mao's spirit and style?

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