after retiring, he raised the five-star red flag in more places in the motherland
2024-10-05
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every morning
there will be a five-star red flag in tiananmen square
rising slowly, this is a romance unique to the chinese. the members of the tiananmen national flag guard of the chinese people's liberation army's guard of honor and ceremony brigade walked across the jinshui bridge with sonorous and powerful steps in the morning light. the scene was solemn and shocking.
in order to learn about the story behind the tiananmen national flag guard, "chinese retired soldiers" interviewed retired soldier zeng rong. as a former member of the tiananmen national flag guard, he had a five-year military career and performed more than 2,900 national-level ceremonial duties. now, he and the comrades embarked on a dream journey of "raising the five-star red flag in more places in the motherland"
it was sad to pass the hit show "real man", which ignited zeng rong's dream of joining the army and serving the country. on september 13, 2015, zeng rong put on camouflage uniforms and left his hometown and boarded the train to beijing. the national flag in tiananmen square during the five years he served in the escort, he went through early spring and midsummer, late autumn and winter. along the way, he encountered difficulties and also grew up.
zeng rong during recruit training. the first one from the left is zeng rong. zeng rong introduces that to become a true "national flag guard" one needs to go through four levels of training: standing skills, walking skills, gun-holding skills, and eye skills. on average, he will walk 25,000 steps a day. they called it "twenty-five thousand a day, a new long march in two years." due to the repetitive mechanical training day after day and the intensity, which was so intense that he urinated blood, zeng rong once thought about giving up, but with respect and love for the national flag, he went through 7 after months of hard training, on july 14, 2016, he officially became a member of the national flag guard and performed the flag-lowering task that day. "the moment i walked out of tiananmen with a gun and walked onto the jinshui bridge, i felt extremely glorious and proud."
zeng rong served as a flag guard for the first time. the first one on the left is zeng rong. during his service, zeng rong took one step at a time. on october 1, 2019, he gloriously served as the navy flag guard of the national flag guard for the 70th anniversary parade of the people's republic of china.
flag-raising ceremony of the 70th national day military parade, zeng rong is on the left
"raise the five-star red flag in more places in the motherland." after retiring, zeng rong worked as an administrator in a real estate company. in his free time, he often participated in patriotic propaganda activities. once, at the end of the lecture at chengmai middle school in hainan, a classmate took a notebook and pen. he ran towards him, "uncle, can you sign your name for me?" when he heard this, zeng rong was stunned for a moment and then moved and excited. "the moment our actions were recognized and liked by the children, i found perseverance." motivation for patriotic education”
zeng rong gave a patriotic lecture in a middle school in jieyang city. after zeng rong returned to work, various scenes in the national flag guard came to mind again. he thought that this short 46-second flag-raising ceremony embodies the deep love of the chinese people for the motherland. it would be great if people all over the country could see the flag-raising ceremony in tiananmen square. at this time, yi jiangfeng, a 60-year-old veteran who had watched zeng rong perform his mission in tiananmen square, approached him and expressed his desire to launch a non-governmental organization to spread the national flag culture. patriotism education team he was moved by yi jiangfeng’s patriotic enthusiasm. zeng rong decided to join the red heart national flag guard and serve as captain.
in this way, with their efforts and the veterans' love for the national flag, zhao xinhua, who originally served in the honor guard and ceremony brigade of the chinese people's liberation army, completed more than 500 honor guard and ceremony tasks in 8 years and received third-class merit twice. zhao xinhua originally served in the chinese people's liberation army han zhuangzhuang and other retired soldiers from the pla honor guard and ceremony brigade have participated in the 2019 national day 70th anniversary parade for five years and have represented the motherland in military parades abroad many times. they have joined the red heart national flag guard volunteer service team. they are all born in the 1990s, with an average age of 24 years old. they are all tall and heroic. handsome and sunny
"raise the same flag together, love the same home together." in may of this year, the red heart national flag guard carried out the "hundred schools, hundred flags, hundred lectures charity tour" activity, which made them very busy and very fulfilling. when asked about their original intentions, zeng rong "i saw on tv that schools in remote areas insist on raising the national flag every week, but their flags have faded to pink. i wonder if we can bring a hundred brand-new flags to hundreds of primary and secondary school campuses across the country. the successors of the new era will understand the national flag, respect the national flag and spread the national flag from an early age."
han zhuangzhuang, a member of the red heart national flag guard, took a group photo with his classmates. in addition, the red heart national flag guard is also carrying out the "red heart famous school tour" activity to provide professional guidance and training to the campus flag guards of various schools to help them complete the flag-raising ceremony more solemnly. the ceremony is a patriotic education that can ignite the patriotism of the students. i feel it is very meaningful.”
zeng rong trained the national flag guard team of a university. as a young team to spread the national flag culture, they have been established for more than a year and have visited more than 200 schools, enterprises, institutions, business associations, scenic spots, communities, remote mountainous areas and other places across the country. national defense education has been carried out through holding flag-raising ceremonies, parade displays and speeches under the flag, and one-on-one guidance for the national flag guards in some schools, and the spirit of patriotism has been carried out in 24 provinces.
the red heart national flag guard enters the macau women's federation school. every event held by the red heart national flag guard is cherished and taken seriously. although year after year of training has allowed their postures and movements to form muscle memory, the team members will still arrive half a day early. there were no less than 3 on-site warm-up training rehearsals. they came with the morning light and left under the moonlight. it became their normal routine.
"when we raised the flag in tiananmen square, we represented the image of the national flag guardians. after retiring, we represented the image of the people's army. there is a saying in the army that 'raising the same flag together, loving the same home'" zeng rong said categorically that this was something they did not want. responsibilities and missions that will be forgotten
source: people's daily
