Cctv news This year marks the 100th anniversary of the May 4th Movement and the 85th anniversary of the Red Army’s Long March. Recently, party member, six students from Lanzhou University, came to the memorial hall of Mao Zedong’s former residence of the Long March of the Red Army in Jieshipu, Jingning County, Gansu Province for a 12-day attachment exercise. During the activity, they wrote the song "March on the New Era of Boundary Stone" with the memorial hall as the main body. This is a unique way for the youth of Lanzhou University to celebrate the May 4th Movement, calling on more people to carry forward the spirit of the Long March, inspire patriotic feelings and show the elegance of contemporary young students party member.
The practice team is in the memorial hall of Mao Zedong’s former residence of the Long March of the Red Army at Jieshipu, Jingning County, Gansu Province.
Uphold the Red Holy Land and Learn the Long March Spirit.
"Classmates, have you ever heard of Mr. Yu Xinyuan?"
"Of course! He is our Jingning people, a great hero! Every family there knows the story of Yu Lao’s Red Army. . . . . 。”
On April 14th, party member Wang Zhen, a 2015 student of Lanzhou University, put on a military uniform for the first time to explain the history of the Red Army’s Long March to more than 700 teachers and students in Jingning No.2 Middle School. Before the lecture, she and party member, college students from Lanzhou who participated in the practice together, consulted the written materials of the exhibition hall to understand the historical origin of the memorial hall. Wang Zhen said that more than 700 teachers and students from Jingning County No.2 Middle School came to the memorial hall to carry out the theme activities for the experience of the Long March. They walked for a total of five or six hours, which made her deeply moved and realized the mission shouldered by a commentator.
In addition to visiting the exhibition hall and giving on-the-spot explanations, team members also took the initiative to understand the history of Red, and combined with their own professional knowledge to organize files and translate explanations.
Wang Zhen explained to the middle school students who came to visit and study in the museum.
Sing and carry forward the spirit of the May 4th Movement in singing.
Jieshipu is the leader’s residence in the Long March of the Red Army, and it is also the central base point of the Red Army’s victory in joining forces. Considering the limited radiation range of visitors to the memorial hall, party member, a student, decided to create a promotional song for the memorial hall-"Boundaries for a New Era" and filmed the MV.
Yang Jusheng, a songwriter, believes that there are many touching stories in Jieshipu, which are of great educational significance to contemporary youth. Through songs, more people can understand the Long March and the spirit of the May 4th Movement can be sung and promoted in songs.
In the production of the song MV, the team members carefully planned the design of the framing angle of each historical site in the memorial hall. The first part tells about the efforts and contributions made by China youth in the long history through students’ recitation; The latter part shows the spirit of the Long March retained by the memorial hall and reflects the "new Long March" carried out by contemporary youth under the call of the times.
Screenshot of MV video of the song "The New Era of Jieshi"
Recall bitter experience and sweet thoughts, and inherit the spirit of the May 4th Movement.
Wang Xuena, a counselor at Lanzhou University, said that the attachment activities, song creation and MV shooting not only integrated the spirit and allusions of the Long March into the songs, but also reflected the youth responsibility in the new era. "I think it’s great and worth popularizing, which reflects the innovation of ideological and political education methods."
She believes that contemporary youth should stand on the background of the times to understand the spirit of the May 4th Movement, cherish the feelings of home and country, carry forward the spirit of practicing patriotism, give full play to their talents and contribute their strength in practical study. Yang Jusheng believes that as a student, we should be prepared for danger in times of peace, remember the bitter experience, and strive to learn scientific and cultural knowledge well. "To inherit the spirit of the May Fourth Movement, we must first understand our motherland, strive to learn scientific and cultural knowledge well, integrate our personal dreams into the Chinese dream, go to the grassroots, go where the motherland needs it, and become the people the motherland needs."
Team members take photos with middle school students who come to visit and study in the library.
(Text/Zhao Yihui)