China Net Ganzi Prefecture, October 30 (Reporter Hu Jun) “70 years ago, the eldest daughter of the commander of the 18th Army Zhang Guohua died on the way to Tibet, and this is also the first victim of the 18th Army’s entry 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 the reporters in a moving way that dusty history.
La Zhen, a Tibetan girl born in the 18th Army Cave Group, is a tour guide for the “post-90s”. China.com reporter Babaylan 1990 cloth drawHu Jun Photo
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 Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw teams of the 18th Army 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 for a long time, 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 “National Unity Party Flag Red” online theme publicity Sichuan Babaylan 1990 cloth draw station interview activity interview team came to the Ganzi Airport ruins, Lazhen moved to reporters over and over again the history of the 18th Army hiding in Sichuan, and that passionate period seemed to be revealed before us again.
The picture shows the 18th Army soldiers on their way to Tibet, with a towering mountain peak behind them. Image source: Internet
“The soldiers of the 18th Army used the most primitive tools and hands to open roads and build airports on the western Sichuan Plateau at an altitude of four or five thousand meters. On the way to Tibet, Babaylan 1990 cloth draw also built the famous Sichuan-Tibet Highway, with one to two soldiers dying on average every kilometer!” Born in 1993The Tibetan girl Lazhen sighed, “They are too Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw is not easyCinema 1950 witch cloth draw. Some people were only in their teenage years in Tibet. At that time, the climate was even worse than Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw.”
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.
GanziCinema 1950 witch cloth drawThe climatic characteristics of the plateau are obvious. People who 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 numerous sufferings. Without water, electricity, and without sufficient materials, they fought for more than seven consecutive 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 Net Records Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw photographed by Hu Jun
“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 runwayCinema 1950 witch cloth draw, looking at it. When the first plane that was about to land on the Kangzang Plateau flew from the mountains, the whole audience was in full swing…” The official website of the Organization Department of the Ganzi Prefecture Committee “The Eighteenth Army”A documentary on the construction of the airport in Ganzi” reveals a historical detail at that time.
This is also a historical story of Tibetan compatriots and soldiers and civilians dating each other. “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. Some wounded and sick people in the Red Army stayed in Ganzi, living with local Tibetan compatriots and living together.” Luo Zhigang, Deputy Minister of the Organization Department of the Ganzi Prefectural Committee, told everyone some of the historical fragments.
“Ganzi’s red Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw culture and red genes are very heavy, and the ‘Long March Spirit’ and the ‘two-way spirit’ are gathered here.” Luo Zhigang said that these two spirits nourish the people of Ganzi for generations, and always follow the Party and always 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 we look back on this history, we feel mixed feelings, especially when we feel that history in an immersive way, no one will not admire 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 baptizes again and again.
Lazhen told me that when she saw the descendants of the 18th Army coming here, she burst into tearsCinema 1950 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 are hereKomiks 1960 witch cloth draw came here and burst into tears. Unexpectedly, we are young people in the new era, so patriotic feelings are so deep. If we young people hadn’t come back to do this Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw, the cave might have slowly disappeared. ”
”This (protection) work may take 20 years, 30 years, 100 years, 200 years, but this is really a great thing. “Lazhen felt extremely solemn and sacred about inheriting and protecting the spirit and relics of the 18th Army. She said that because these things need to be protected and promoted, we never feel hard, let alone complain, but were very happy.
Lazhen stood in front of the remains of the cave group of the 18th Army Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw. Photo by Hu Jun, China.com reporter
“The roofs above (the cave) were gone, and they naturally weathered and collapsed. For the local people, this place is very sacred. They dare not destroy it in Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw, nor dare to cultivate the land, and protect it for generations. “Su Xia, deputy director of Ganzi County Culture and Tourism Bureau, looked at the ruins of this cave group with a solemn expression! 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 member of the construction of Ganzi.
Su Xia often listened to his grandfather telling stories about the Red Army and the stories of Communists serving the people. When he grew up, Su Xia also gloriously joined the Communist Party of China and became an outstanding Communist Party member. After graduating from university, he returned to his hometown. , take root at the grassroots level and continue to contribute youth and passion to the construction of my 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 currently underway, and it will be built into a cultural brand of the 18th Army’s historical site in the future. Su Jia hopes to promote the red cultural tourism resources in his hometown, so that more people can go 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. Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw still continues the glorious mission of the Chinese Communists.
The development and changes in Ganzi over the past 70 years are a typical representative of Sichuan’s new changes and achievements in Tibet-related areas to all sectors of society. 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.