China Net Ganzi Prefecture, October 30 (Reporter Hu Jun) “70 years ago, the eldest daughter of Zhang Guohua, the commander of the 18th Army, died on the way to Tibet. This is also the first victim of the 18th Army’s march into Tibet.” Standing in front of the ruins of the 18th Army’s cave group in Ganzi County, Sichuan Province, the post-90s tour guide Lazhen told reporters that dusty history was moved.
The 18th Army Cave Group Ruins Site Tourist La “post-90s” Tibetan girl La Babaylan 1990 clothes drawZhen. Photo by Hu Jun, reporter of China.com
In January 1950, Mao Zedong issued a solemn order to “embark on Tibet, liberate the Tibetan people, expel imperialist forces from Tibet, and consolidate national defense.” The soldiers of the 18th Army who were preparing to settle in southern Sichuan immediately packed their bags and turned to Tibet, completing a major change in their thinking in the shortest time. In early July of that year, all the 18th Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw troops of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army led by Zhang Guohua arrived in Ganzi and continued to advance into Tibet through the Ganzi area. In the spring of 1951, the 18th Army advanced troops successfully ended the Battle of Chamdo. In order to support the westward troops in the long term, the Southwest Military Region decided to expand an airport in Ganzi that can adapt to the needs of entry in the shortest time.
70 years later, when the interview team of the “National Unity Party Flag Red” online promotional Sichuan Station interview activity came to the site of the Ganzi Machinery Machinery Machinery, Lazhen moved to the reporters over and over again the history of the 18th Army hiding in Sichuan, and that passionate period.It seems to be before our eyes again.
The picture shows the 18th Army soldiers on their way to Tibet. Behind them is the high peak of the Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw. Image source: Internet
“The soldiers of the 18th Army used the most primitive tools and hands to open roads and repair machines on the western Sichuan Plateau at an altitude of four or five thousand meters. On the way to Tibet, the famous Sichuan-Tibet Highway was built, and one or two soldiers died per kilometer!” Lazhen, a Tibetan girl born in 1993, sighed, “It’s not easy for them. Some people were only in their teenage years in Tibet. The climate at that time was even worse than it is now.”
The cave group of the 18th Army is the most distinctive example. In order to support the westward troops for a long time and establish a stable air transport base, in April 1951, the soldiers of the 18th Army fought for their youth and passion to build Ganzi Airport. Ganzi County is more than 3,500 above sea level and has harsh climatic conditions. In order not to disturb the people, the soldiers dug up rows of caves as residences on the hillside.
The climate characteristics of the Ganzi Plateau are obvious. People who have just arrived here generally have altitude sickness such as nosebleeds, headaches, dizziness, and arrhythmia. But the soldiers of the 18th Army were not afraid of hardship or death, and resolutely overcame many sufferings. Without water, electricity, and sufficient materials, they fought continuously for more than seven months. On November 20, 1951, the first airport on the plateau was successfully built.
The original tools such as stone mills, axes, hammers used by the soldiers of the 18th Army when building Ganzi Airport. China.com reporter Hu Jun Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw Photo
“On November 22, 1951, a day that was recorded in history. On the clear sky, there was a roar. Tens of thousands of commanders and fighters and Tibetan migrant workers stood near the airport runway, looking at them. When the first plane was about to land on Kangzang HighwayKomiks 1960 witch cloth draw The whole audience was in full bloom…” GanziThe official website of the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department “A Documentary of the 18th Army Building an Airport in Ganzi” disclosed a historical detail at that time.
This is also a historical story about Tibetan compatriots and soldiers and civilians of the 18th Army. Babaylan 1990 cloth draw “When the Red Army passed through Ganzi’s Long March, more than 100 Tibetan compatriots took the initiative to serve as guides and translators to assist the Red Army in successfully passing Sichuan. Among the Red Army, some wounded and sick people stayed in Ganzi, living with local Tibetan compatriots and living together.” Luo Zhigang, deputy director of the Organization Department of the Ganzi Prefectural Committee, told everyone some of the historical fragments.
“Ganzi’s red culture and red genes are very heavy, and the ‘Long March spirit’ and the ‘Two Road spirit’ are gathered here.” Luo Zhigang said that these two spirits have nourished the people of Ganzi for generations, and will always follow the Party and be grateful to the Party. Lazhen told reporters that her young grandfather went to Tibet with the 18th Army troops. Therefore, the children of Ganzi know how to be grateful and have a strong patriotic feeling.
The current status of the ruins of the cave group of the 18th Army. Photo by Hu Jun, a reporter from China.com
When Babaylan 1990 clothes draw Looking back at this history, we feel mixed feelings in our hearts, especially when we feel that history in an immersive way, no one will not respect their glory and greatness. Lazhen graduated from university in 2014 and returned to her hometown of Ganzi from the provincial capital Chengdu. She walked here with the same emotion. Over the years, she has come into contact with many witnesses of the 18th Army and their descendants. She tells it over and over again, and baptisms are again and again.
Lazhen told me that when she saw the descendants of the 18th Army coming here and crying Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, facing these “silent lives” of cave groups, what she felt most deeply was that she had done something very meaningful.”My friends and classmates came here and burst into tears. Unexpectedly, we young people in the new era have such a deep patriotic sentiment. If we hadn’t come back to do this, the cave might have slowly disappeared.”
“This (protection) work may take 20 years, 30 years, 100 years, 200 years, but this is really an amazing thing.” Lazhen felt extremely solemn and sacred to inherit and protect the spirit and relics of the 18th Army. She said that because we need to protect and promote these things, we never feel hard, and we don’t complain, but we are very happy.
Lazhen stood in front of the ruins of the Eighteenth Army Cave Group. Photo by Hu Jun, a reporter from China.com. “The roofs above (the cave) are gone and naturally weathered and collapsed. For the local people, this place is very sacred. They dare not destroy or cultivate land, and protect it for generations.” Su Xia, deputy director of the Ganzi County Culture and Tourism Bureau, looked at the ruins of this cave group. Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw‘s feelings are extremely solemn! His grandfather was an old Red Army and an old party member. He participated in the Long March and later stayed in Ganzi due to injury and became a part of the construction of Ganzi. When Su Xia was a child, she often listened to her grandfather telling stories about the Red Army, and the story of Communist Party members serving the people. When she grew up, Su Xia also joined the Communist Party of China gloriously and became an outstanding Communist Party member. After graduating from university, she returned to her hometown, took root at the grassroots level, and continued to contribute her youth and passion to the construction of her hometown.
In recent years, the development of my hometown has been getting better and better. In January 2019, the ruins of the 18th Army Cave Group were included in the ninth batch of provincial cultural relics protection units in Sichuan Province.Protective development is underway and will be built into a cultural brand for the historical site of the 18th Army in the future. Su Xiaxi Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw hopes to promote the red cultural tourism resources in his hometown, so that more people can come to Ganzi and understand Ganzi.
Su Xia, a descendant of the old Red Army and deputy director of Ganzi County Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau. Photo by Hu Jun, a reporter from China.com
When talking about the feelings of returning to his hometown, Lazhen said emotionally that I should come back to tell the great deeds that happened in his hometown. My hometown has cultivated me, and what I learned should be given back to my hometown, just like the ruins of the 18th Army Cave Group and other red cultures in Ganzi. These require our generation of young people to inherit and promote.
70 years ago, Ganzi, the hometown of Lazhen and Su Jia, left behind the glorious history and glorious years of the 18th Army. Standing at the starting point of the new era, the spiritual traditions left by the Chinese Communists have not faded, the beautiful vision of the young generation in Ganzi to build their hometown, the original intention of taking root at the grassroots and serving the people has not changed, and still continues the glorious mission and lofty ideals of the Chinese Communists.
The development and changes in Ganzi over the past 70 years are typical representatives of showing all sectors of society new changes, new achievements and new actions in Sichuan’s Tibetan-related areas. The red spirit here will be long-standing, the story of national unity here will be renewed for a long time, and the development and changes here will be more and more rapid. Looking forward, even more longing.