On October 1, 1955, all walks of life in the capital held a grand military parade and mass parade at Tiananmen Square to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In this national festival, Tiananmen Square looks particularly solemn. Tiananmen is hung on the national emblem of the People's Republic of China and the colossal of Mao Zedong, the great leader of the Chinese people. On the tall red buildings at both ends of the red wall, slogans commemorating National Day, such as "Long live the great unity of the people of the whole country!" "Long live the great unity of the people of the world!" "Long live Marxism-Leninism!" "Long live world peace!" All units of the People's Liberation Army of China, wearing new-style clothing, wearing military rank epaulettes, collar seals, and , were majesticly arranged under the countless red flags flying to be inspected.
Chairman Mao Zedong, Vice Chairman Zhu De, Chairman Liu Shaoqi and Premier Zhou Enlai came to the Tiananmen Reviewing Stand before the military parade.
0:00, the National Day celebration of the people of the capital began. Military Band played the national anthem and the salutes were fired.
"Long live the Communist Party of China!" "Long live Chairman Mao!" The cheers resounded throughout the square of Tiananmen Square. The people thank the organizers and inspirators of the great motherland's socialist construction.
was invited to visit our country and to visit more than 2,000 foreign guests from more than 50 countries.
Also watching the ceremony are envoys and diplomatic officials from various countries to China. There were more than 1,200 people attending the ceremony.
The military parade and mass parade took a total of 3 hours and 50 minutes. After all the march passed through Tiananmen Square, the staff, workers, young vanguard members and students of the Party and state organs standing in the south of the square waved bouquets and entered the Jinshui Bridge to cheer and salute Chairman Mao. At this time, beautiful fireworks flew into the sky, and many colorful celebration slogans floated. With a boiling cheer, Chairman Mao walked to both sides of the Tiananmen Reviewing Stand and waved to the guests who were watching the ceremony and to the cheering people.
The feeling of glorious and happy being with the Party and the leaders makes the people firmly believe that our goal will be achieved. People promised to build our country into a great socialist republic with creative labor. Xinhua News Agency Qi Guanshan Photo zk Studio October 8, 2022 Color