On September 9, 1976, after Chairman Mao passed away, the whole country was suddenly shrouded in huge grief, and cries and wails came one after another. The giant ship of China, sailing on the ocean, suddenly lost its helmsman and direction. His relatives were even more sad about Chairman Mao’s death.
Due to various reasons, Li Min, as a daughter, cannot always be with her father when the chairman is dying. When Li Min visited his father for the last time, he was struggling to speak, and he could talk more and communicate with the people around him. Therefore, when he saw his daughter Li Min visiting him, he also used his best efforts to draw a circle. What does this circle represent? Does Chairman Mao have any special things to explain to his daughter Li Min?
1. Afterwards, I understood what my father meant
Regarding Chairman Mao’s gesture, Li Min was confused at the time, and she also specially called Zhang Yufeng, the personal secretary next to Chairman Mao, but Zhang Yufeng did not understand what Chairman Mao wanted to say.
Since Li Min and her husband moved away from Zhongnanhai , during that special period, she had to go through various approvals to meet her father. Therefore, a year before Chairman Mao’s death, Li Min only visited his father twice.
1975 Chairman Mao’s birthday, Li Min and his sister Li Na went to visit his father. Chairman Mao’s health was not very good at that time, but at that time, Chairman Mao had no problem speaking. He was very happy to see his daughters visiting him and even chatted with them.
After that, Li Min was unable to visit her father again for a long time. Until August of the following year, after learning that her father was critically ill, she broke through and blocked her, and entered Zhongnanhai again. When she saw her father who could not even speak, she felt extremely sad for a moment.
That is when Chairman Mao drew a circle in front of Li Min, but she racked her brains and couldn't figure out what it meant. After Chairman Mao passed away, Li Min once talked about the "circle" she had never understood in front of her mother. He Zizhen knew what Chairman Mao wanted to express at that time.
He Zizhen was born on the Mid-Autumn Festival, so her father gave her a nickname " Longan ". Therefore, Chairman Mao should be asking Li Min about his mother He Zizhen at that time. After listening to her mother's story, Li Min suddenly realized that she felt very uncomfortable and cried bitterly. At the same time, she saw that the mother in front of her was full of tears just like her.
2. The relationship between Chairman Mao and He Zizhen
Chairman Mao and He Zizhen met in the war years. Later, He Zizhen was with Chairman Mao for about ten years. That period was the most difficult period of the revolution. During Chairman Mao fell ill countless times during the period, He Zizhen took good care of him. Especially when Chairman Mao was excluded, He Zizhen was indifferent.
Due to various reasons, He Zizhen chose to leave Yan'an in 1937 and went to the Soviet Union. In the end, the relationship between the two ended. He Zizhen once gave birth to five or six children. Due to various reasons such as war, only Li Min survived.
1940, Chairman Mao considered that He Zizhen, who was far away from home, was very lonely, so he sent Li Min, who was only 4 years old, to Moscow to accompany his mother. After that, they spent the most difficult period in the Soviet Union. Until many years later, Li Min told her father about the days she and her mother were in the Soviet Union, and Chairman Mao was still full of care for He Zizhen.
Later, Li Min and her mother were taken to their father to live shortly after returning to China. During this period, He Zizhen had never met Chairman Mao. Most of the information transmission between them was carried out through their daughter Li Min.
During the period, Chairman Mao once saw Li Min hiding and secretly crying. After asking, he learned that Li Min had a very serious illness. Chairman Mao was also very uncomfortable and still shed tears in front of his daughter.
1959, when Chairman Mao was having a meeting in Lushan, He Zizhen also happened to visit his old comrades in his hometown in Jiangxi. After 22 years, the two were able to meet again. When they met, they were very moved.
3. He Zizhen came to Chairman Mao’s Memorial Hall
After He Zizhen returned from the Soviet Union, she settled in Shanghai. After a brief separation from Chairman Mao in Lushan, they never met again until Chairman Mao’s death. When the news of Chairman Mao's death reached He Zizhen's ears, she didn't believe it at first, but kept talking to herself "Has the Chairman's health been good all the time?"
Due to her behavior and the situation at that time, He Zizhen could not go to Beijing to see Chairman Mao's farewell ceremony. When she learned from her daughter Li Min that Chairman Mao was still in love with herself at the last moment of her life, and her heart was filled with touch.
In 1979, on the third anniversary of Chairman Mao’s death, He Zizhen celebrated her 70th birthday. Although she was not in good health at that time, she had always had a wish in her heart, which was to go to the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Beijing to take a look.
After the approval of the organization, on September 8 of that year, He Zizhen sat in a wheelchair and accompanied her daughter Li Min and Kong Linghua to Chairman Mao’s Memorial Hall, and presented a wreath to Chairman Mao. Seeing Chairman Mao lying in crystal coffin , He Zizhen felt mixed feelings because she and Chairman Mao were separated from each other.
In order not to let himself cry, He Zizhen tightly bit the handkerchief that Chairman Mao gave her. Even though she had thousands of words in her heart that she wanted to tell Chairman Mao, she could never hear it again at that time.
Conclusion
A gesture about Chairman Mao before his death actually involved an unknown story. Although he had already ended the relationship with He Zizhen, they had always cared about each other. This shows that the ten years of love was equally important and unforgettable in their hearts.
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