November 25, 2022, the 72nd anniversary of Mao Anying’s death. htmlOctober 24 is the 100th anniversary of Mao Anying’s birth.
Chinese people always remember to miss him. One of the screenwriters of the TV series "Mao Anying", Han Yuhai, said: "He is Mao Zedong's good son, the good son of the Chinese people, and Mao Anying is the 'first son' of the new China!"
In just 28 years of life, Mao Anying went through hardships, separated from his close relatives and beloved, and depended on each other with his brothers. Finally, his flesh and blood melted into the fire, dedicating his life to the country, and leaving his longing to countless people.
As the commander of thousands of troops, Chairman Mao is a highly respected leader, but he is also an ordinary father. After Mao Anying died, he refused to transport his son's ashes back while treasured his son's relics alone.
pic | Chairman Mao and Mao Anying
Father and son met for less than five years
Mao Anying and his father Mao Zedong were actually separated. When Mao Anying was born on October 24, 1922, the Communist Party had just been established for a year. Chairman Mao devoted himself to the revolutionary cause and had very little time at home. If his mother Yang Kaihui had not sacrificed, perhaps Mao Anying could still live a peaceful life when he was young, but his mother Yang Kaihui was killed bravely, which opened Mao Anying's childhood of wandering.
was imprisoned when he was young and wandered around. He and his younger brother Mao Anying suffered. During this period, Chairman Mao led the revolutionary team to fight south and north and took root in Yan'an, northern Shaanxi. Chairman Mao has always been worried about the children.
1936, with the help of the Shanghai Underground Party, Mao Anying and Mao Anying arrived in the Soviet Union. Chairman Mao, who was far away in Yan'an, received photos of the two brothers. He was overjoyed. He looked at them over and over again, and tears couldn't help but burst out from his eyes.
At this moment, he is no longer the leader who commands thousands of troops, but just a father who misses his children.
pic | Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao visited Mao Anying and his brothers
He quickly wrote a letter to Mao Anying and his brothers:
Dear An Ying Anqing:
I miss you often, knowing that your situation is still good and has made progress, and I received your photos, twelve minutes of joy.
This is the first time that the Mao Anying brothers in the Soviet Union received their father's handwritten letter. They were so excited that their mother had left them forever, and their father cared about them. This was really a warm thing for the brothers in a foreign country.
A month later, Chairman Mao sent his photos to the children. After many years of separation, he wanted to let his son see what he looks like now. From then on, the family affection that transcended Yan'an and the Soviet Union was conveyed through letters.
Picture | Chairman Mao
1946, Mao Anying returned to Yan'an and returned to his father. The day he came back, Chairman Mao went to the airport to greet him with illness. In 1927, Chairman Mao returned to Bancang, Hunan to visit Yang Kaihui and his son. Mao Anying was still a young child at that time. Now Chairman Mao and Mao Anying met for the first time in 19 years. Mao Anying has grown into an energetic adult. father and son reunited after a long separation, and they were very happy.
According to the recollections of the old comrades who worked in the central government later, Chairman Mao's body and mood suddenly improved because his son came back.
Chairman Mao watched his son study and study all the way, went deep into the masses, and grew up to be a good comrade who endured hardships and knew the sufferings of the people. He also witnessed Mao Anying's lifelong event.
On October 15, 1949, Mao Anying married Liu Siqi. Chairman Mao had already moved into Zhongnanhai . Mao Anying's wedding was held in Zhongnanhai. Chairman Mao was in a good mood that day. He toasted Liu Siqi's mother and Zhang Wenqiu, who was also his in-laws, with a smile: "Thank you for educating Siqi, a good child, toast to your health for Anying and Siqi's happiness."
Chairman Mao has been educating Mao Anying, and like others, he does not need any privileges. When he was in Yan'an, Mao Anying ate in the canteen like everyone else and worked in the field. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mao Anying served as secretary in the central government and then served as deputy secretary of the Party branch at the Beijing Machinery Factory.
Mao Anying is determined: "We must do ten years of continuous work in this factory."But his ambition was "disrupted" by Korean War .
pic | Chairman Mao, Mao Anying, Li Na
Chairman Mao: My son An Ying died in North Korea
In October 1950, in response to the North Korean government's aid request, Chairman Mao was far-sighted and made the decision to "resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea , defend the country". Mao Anying became the first volunteer army . Chairman Mao chose to support his son's decision. Even if someone dissuaded him, Chairman Mao was still firm: "Whoever told him to be Mao Zedong's son, who would go if he didn't go. "
General Peng later commented on Mao Anying:
" In the face of national crisis, stand up, not everyone can do it. Some children of high-ranking officials and even senior cadres and themselves did not do it, but Mao Anying did it. Mao Anying firmly requested to go to North Korea to resist the United States and aid Korea. "
On October 19, Mao Anying followed Peng Dehuai, commander of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, to the Korean battlefield. And when he left, he had no place to return.
In the US air strike on November 25, enemy planes dropped hundreds of napalm bombs to the Volunteer Army's combat room. In an instant, a fire filled. Mao Anying was working seriously in the combat room. , and combat staff Gao Ruixin was still in a state of vain before he could withdraw, so he was buried in the fire.
fighter against U.S. aggression and aid Korea, Chairman Mao’s son Mao Anying’s life is forever frozen at the age of 28.
Photo | Mao Anying
Commander Peng Dehuai was very upset, and he sighed with tears: "Chairman Mao entrusted his son to me, how can I explain it to him. "But at this point, Peng Dehuai had to pass on the bad news back to Beijing and to Chairman Mao.
Premier Zhou concealed it for a while, Ye Zilong reported the news to Chairman Mao as per instructions. Chairman Mao, who was 57 years old, sat on the sofa, was stunned at first. He didn't say anything, and Ye Zilong on the side didn't know how to comfort him.
After a long time, he reached out to get the cigarette on the coffee table. Maybe It was because his hands were too trembling. Chairman Mao took it twice, but he didn't pull the cigarette out of the cigarette box. Li Yinqiao quickly helped him draw a cigarette and lit it for him. Several people stood in the room, but no one dared to speak.
Father and son met less than five years ago, but now it has become a separation of heaven and man. How can a father bear this blow? His eyes gradually turned red and moist.
The second cigarette After smoking, Chairman Mao extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray, his voice hoarse and sighed with tears: "Oh, who said he was Mao Zedong's son..." His words were filled with sadness and sadness.
When he first supported his son to go to the battlefield, Chairman Mao also said so. What a great family, all of them are loyal and brave!
Picture | Chairman Mao and Peng Dehuai
Peng Dehuai rushed back from the Korean battlefield. When he reported to Chairman Mao's death, Chairman Mao also smoked one after another, as if smoking continued to release his sadness. He told Peng Dehuai:
"Revolutionary war always comes at a price. An Ying is an ordinary soldier. He sacrificed his young life for international communism. He fulfilled his responsibilities as a Communist Party member. Just because he is my son, he should not sacrifice for the common cause of the people of China and North Korea. Where is this reason in the world? Which warrior’s flesh and blood body was not born to his parents! "
Listening to Chairman Mao's words, Peng Dehuai was already full of tears. As Chairman Mao said, the flesh and blood of a soldier was not born to his parents. Mao Anying is his son. How could he not be sad about losing his son? But with such great sorrow, Chairman Mao could only endure the pain.
For Mao Anying's widow Liu Siqi, Chairman Mao has always regarded her as his own and treated her well. Liu Siqi is studying. Chairman Mao did not want to affect her study, so he forced the pain and did not tell her the news that Mao Anying had sacrificed. Every time Liu Siqi came to see him, he always tried his best to restrain his sadness and pretended to be nothing, so that Liu Siqi would not notice something strange.
This is really not easy for a father who sent me a child, but Chairman Mao persisted for a long time. It was not until two years later that he chose to tell Liu Siqi about this. During this period, Chairman Mao endured his own pain, and I am afraid that those who experienced it personally could empathize.
Photo | Chairman Mao met Huang Jiguang's mother
When he met Huang Jiguang's mother who also lost her son in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Chairman Mao said emotionally: "You have a son who died in the Korean battlefield, and I also have a son who died in the Korean battlefield..."
When meeting with the Soviet ambassador to China Eugene, Eugene was Mao Anying’s friend, and Chairman Mao also rarely mentioned: "My son An Ying died in North Korea..."
As a people’s leader who contributes to the cause of the motherland all day long, Chairman Mao rarely mentions the pain of losing his son to others, but only occasionally comes to the emotional place and speaks a few words.
What is even more admirable is that Chairman Mao endured the strong longing of a father and chose to let his son sleep in a foreign land.
pic | Chairman Mao
Chairman Mao: An Ying's remains are the same as thousands of volunteer martyrs
When Mao Anying died, the war on the Korean battlefield was not over. He was temporarily buried in Dayu Cave, and the Korean people have always protected him. Moreover, after Mao Anying died, North Korean leader Kim Il-sung sent a telegram to Chairman Mao as soon as possible, hoping to agree to bury Mao Anying in North Korea.
On July 27, 1953, the two sides of the war signed the Korean Armistice Agreement , and the war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea was declared to end. Starting from this year, the remains of volunteer army martyrs were transported back to the country for burial, and Mao Anying's sleep was put on the agenda.
111 At the headquarters of the North Korean Volunteer Army, sending a telegram to the Central Military Commission, proposing to transport Mao Anying's remains back to the country.
The cadres of the Central Military Commission immediately drafted a reply, agreed to the proposal of the Volunteer Army Headquarters, and sent it to Peng Dehuai for approval. Since Mao Anying died, many comrades have expressed that they hope that Mao Anying can return to his hometown as soon as possible. According to everyone's wishes, it seems that it is the best choice to let Mao Anying rest in his hometown.
Picture |Peng Dehuai and Zhou Enlai
When the telegram was sent to Peng Dehuai, General Peng fell into deep thoughts. On the evening of December 24, after dinner, he hurriedly rushed to the desk, turned on the lamp, and started to think.
Indeed, as a volunteer soldier who fought across the Yalu River, as Chairman Mao’s son, it is understandable that everyone hopes to return Mao Anying’s remains to their country.
But at the same time, Chairman Mao also said that "Mao Anying is an ordinary soldier in the Volunteer Army." Many soldiers who died on the land of North Korea like Mao Anying were buried there, writing about Sino-North Korea friendship with their lives. Should Mao Anying be an exception? Chairman Mao has always opposed the use of privilege the most, and he certainly does not want to do so.
Peng Dehuai wrote a letter to Premier Zhou:
Premier:
Comrade Lai Chuanzhu planned a telegram to transport Comrade Mao Anying back to Beijing. I want to bury it in North Korea and publish a monument in the name of the Zhisi or the commander of the Volunteer Army to explain his voluntary joining the army and his sacrifice. He is worthy of being Mao Zedong's son, and buried it together with another staff officer Gao Ruixin, who died at the same time. This education is of great significance, and the families of other martyrs who died in the death have no objection. The original telegram has been sent to you, but the above opinions have not been written. Special notice, please consider whether it is appropriate.
salute
Peng Dehuai
December 25
The next day, Premier Zhou issued an instruction to agree with Peng Dehuai's opinion and forwarded it to Chairman Mao for review. Whether as a father or as a leader, Chairman Mao can express his own views on this matter.
Photo | Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou
As expected, as Peng Dehuai thought, even though he missed his son very much, Chairman Mao still chose to agree with Peng Dehuai's view. He ordered in the telegram:
"Agree with Peng's opinion. Build An Ying's remains on the land of North Korea like thousands of volunteer army martyrs, and do not hold special funerals for him."
His son, like the sons of thousands of parents, died in North Korea and was buried in North Korea.
Daughter-in-law Liu Siqi did not understand his approach. Liu Siqi asked for Mao Anying's body to be buried back to China for burial. Chairman Mao still chose to refuse: "Siqi, the ancients said, 'The loyal bones are buried everywhere in the green mountains, why do you need to wear a horse and a corpse to return to the body'. Aren't there already thousands of volunteer martyrs sleeping in North Korea? An Ying should also be buried there. "
He cannot let his son enjoy privileges. His son should be like thousands of volunteer army martyrs. As for the long night of longing, he will bear it alone, and other relatives should also accept this.
pic | Chinese People's Volunteer Army Martyrs Cemetery
1955, according to the arrangement, Mao Anying's body was cleared Shan was buried in the Martyrs Cemetery of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army in Huicang County, Pekan Road, North Korea. The seven big characters "The Tomb of Comrade Mao Anying" are engraved on the front of the tombstone, and the life of Mao Anying is recorded on the back:
" Comrade Mao Anying was originally from Shaoshan Chong, Xiangtan County, Hunan Province. He is the eldest son of the Chinese people's leader Mao Zedong. In 1950, he firmly requested to join the Chinese People's Volunteer Army and died gloriously in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea on November 25, 1950.
Comrade Mao Anying’s patriotism and internationalism spirit will always educate and inspire the young generation.
Mao'an heroic martyrs will be immortal! "
From then on, the martyr Mao Anying was always buried in the land of North Korea, accepting the remembrance of the people of China and North Korea. But his ordinary father, Chairman Mao, could not visit him in front of the tomb often.
Liu Siqi was going to North Korea to visit Mao Anying, before Chairman Mao expressed emotionally: "Say hello to An Ying on my behalf, saying that I miss him very much and love him deeply, but I can't visit him. " He could not visit his son, so he kept all his thoughts in the clothes left by Mao Anying.
that was sent to him by Liu Siqi.
Picture|Mao Anying Cemetery
Take the son's relics alone for 26 years, crying and nostalgic
After Mao Anying's sacrifice, Liu Siqi sent some of her husband's old clothes, including shirts, hats, socks, towels, etc. to Chairman Mao Zhongnanhai. According to traditional customs in our country, most of the relics of the deceased will be burned, but Chairman Mao is not like this He left all the clothes that belonged to his son and neatly treasured them.
We can imagine how many long nights Chairman Mao missed his deceased relatives, and the Mao family dedicated to the revolution was not only Mao Anying, he lost too much family affection.
It is reported that one winter night after Mao Anying died many years, Chairman Mao walked out of the house despite the cold and couldn't help singing Peking Opera "Li Ling Monument". There is a sentence in the lyrics of
"Qilang'er returned to Yanmen and moved troops to ask for help, why did he never look back? "Perhaps it is Chairman Mao's sincere voice.
will never see you again, and there will be no more meeting.
Picture|Chairman Mao is with Mao Anying and Mao
In September 1976, Mao Anying died for 26 years, Chairman Mao passed away, and the great man passed away. Thousands of people across the country were heartbroken. That September was filled with sadness and sadness.
14 years after Chairman Mao's death, in 1990, the staff of the Central Guard of Zhongnanhai accidentally discovered Mao Anying's clothes, three shirts, a pair of socks, and a top Military cap and a towel are Mao Anying's relics, and they are also Chairman Mao's relics.
Chairman Mao has treasured his son's things for 26 years, and it can be seen how he missed his children.
Picture | Mao Anying's relics
While he refused to transport his son's ashes, he carefully treasured his son's relics. This father and son who were separated from each other devoted all his life to the motherland and the people, but in less than five years of meeting, the longing for the rest of his life interprets this precious family affection.
Heroes stay in people's hearts!
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