18 years, more than 6500 days and nights, 68 years old raise the national flag every day.
origin: Guizhou daily
farmer's / > farm dam The flag ceremony.
at 7:30 on the morning of October 1st, in a farmyard in the village of padaping village, bee Rock Town, Fenggang County, a bright flag was raised to the sun with a mobile phone.
this is the flag raising ceremony of the villager Tian Maokun family. There was no guard at the scene, filled with a concrete bucket to replace the flag stand, and a straight bamboo was used as the flagpole. On the day of
, Tian Maokun got up at 7 o'clock as usual, washed his face and took a wet towel and cleaned the flagpole carefully. Wan Xiang, the wife, took out the folded square Fang's flag from the bedroom cabinet and handed it to Tian Maokun.
7:30 in the morning, Tian Maokun took out his cell phone and chose the only tune in it, clicking on the broadcast, and the magnificent national anthem suddenly rang out.
the bright five-star red flag slowly rises with Tian Maokun's hands stretching action, and his wife is the only audience in the flag raising ceremony. The two old men were solemn and solemn.
this is the eighteenth year of Tian Maokun's flag raising.
"why do we insist on raising the flag every day?" the reporter asked Tian Maokun.
"in addition to raising the flag, I can not find other ways to express my feelings." Tian Maokun's words were simple and sincere.
Tian Maokun, who joined the party in July 1987, is 68 years old. He worked as a supply and marketing cooperative worker. After the reform of the supply and marketing system, Tian Maokun and many colleagues have laid off the post, but the local government has handled retirement certificates for them and paid for the pension insurance, increasing from 1450 yuan per month in 2009 to 1930 yuan in 2012, and increasing by at least 150 yuan per year.
"the party and the state have not forgotten the origin of the peasant, I have no idea of this kindness, and I want to do something to express my gratitude." Tian Maokun said.
just like this, he decided to express his heartfelt thanks by raising the flag.
in March 1998, Tian Maokun bought a flag from the county stationery store and cut off a straight and stout bamboo from the back of the house, and began his 18 year flag raising ceremony. Day after day, year after year, whenever the bright red flag begins to whiten, Tian Maokun will fold up the old flag and preserve it, then replace it with a new flag.
in spring and summer, he raised the flag on time at 6:30 every morning. In the autumn and winter, he raised the flag on time at 7:30 a.m. and then lowered the flag after dark.
"if the flag is wet by rain when it rains, he must dry himself again when he is busy." Wan Youxiang said.
when Tian Maokun was away from home, Wan Xiang took over the responsibility of raising the flag, and the day was not lost.
"raise the national flag every day? How long can you hold it?" when the flag raising ceremony was just beginning, some villagers did not understand it.
1 months later, the flag rises every day;
3 months later, the flag rises every day;
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with the passage of time, Tian Maokun's insistence began to change the villagers' ideas imperceptibly, and even the villagers were involved in his flag raising ceremony. They said, "great changes have taken place in rural areas over the past few years. Our pockets have been bulging and our cultural life is becoming richer and richer. Raising the national flag is our admiration for the country."
18 years, more than 6500 day and night rotation, even if the flag changed 6 sides, the flagpole changed 15, the flag raising, the movement repeated more than 13000 times, but the bright flag still on time in the Tian Maokun's home in the courtyard to rise in the sun. (source: Guizhou daily writer: Huang Xia Tang Li)
Author: Huang Xia Tang Li