source: "Modern Express" Author: Tao Wei Zhou
"May 1" Labor Day is coming soon, Nanjing Drum Tower District charitable Association received a The targeted donation of 5000 yuan is dedicated to condolences to grass-roots workers. The donation was made by former deputy political commissar of the Nanjing military region and general Celest Chong, who is now 96 years old. He said, "labor day's condolences to laborers are not many, but they are only urgent." As a matter of fact, after an interview with the reporter, general Celest Chong has been engaged in charity for more than 20 years since he retired in 1986. With most of his income, he has donated more than 40 yuan to the poor people and schools all over the country, and donated nearly twenty thousand jin of rice. This year he won the honor of "a good Chinese".
Modern Express reporter Tao Weizhou
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General Celest Chong was born in 1916 in Wendeng County, Shandong, and joined the Communist Party of China in 1916. It was one of the leaders of the Jiaodong Tianfushan uprising in 1937, after the war of resistance against Japan, the war of liberation, the war of anti American aggression and aid Korea, and the promotion of the rank of two in 1964. The medal of freedom, the two emancipation medal and the first Red Star merit badge can be described as the life of a military horse.
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a year last year. "The old head of our community is a good person in our community, and is always doing charity, or 'a good Chinese'." In the Drum Tower District Yihe Road community Secretary Ling Hong introduced, each year, the Spring Festival, the Mid Autumn Festival, and other festivals, Celest Chong will self pay their own pocket to consoled the community's difficult group, send rice to send oil. This year, Celest Chong won the honor of "China's good man", and he got a 1000 yuan bonus. "In March 9th this year, the old leader gave the bonus as a party fee to the community party organization. He said the money was returned to the country, and the party and the state could help more people who need help." Ling Hong said.
yesterday, under the introduction of the community secretary, the express reporter interviewed him at the old general's home. Although he is 96 years old, he is very talkative and talkative. "I am in good health. I do not need a secretary or a duty officer every day to study, exercise and wash my own clothes." Zhang Lao told a reporter with a smile. Speaking of charity, Zhang said with emotion, "I have three mothers and one is a natural mother. I take care of my mother until she dies." The second mother is the mother of the people, and the third is the mother of the party. For the party and the people, I can do very little and can only do my meager strength in my lifetime. "
in the conversation, the express reporter learned that Zhang Lao donated most of his income to the difficult groups. "From the initial salary 20% to 80% now, I can give as much as I can." "Now the country is rich and strong, but there are still a lot of people under the line of food and clothing," Zhang said. "I do my best to help 1/1000 and 1/10000 of them are good." After more than 20 years of
retirement, Celest Chong's love donation has never stopped. In a web search, the express reporter found thousands of news about his love donation. In his hometown of Shandong, he also donated two hope primary schools. Xiao Zhao, his security guard, told the express reporter that Zhang would let him withdraw money as long as he saw any difficulties in the media. "He donated about 200000 yuan a year last year, not only for a year's salary, but also for his savings." After the
2008 earthquake in Wenchuan, Zhang Lao Li sent security guard Xiao Zhao ten thousand yuan to the community to donate for the disaster area. This ten thousand yuan is all his deposit at that time, because in the ice and snow disaster in early 2008, he donated 30 thousand yuan to Shenyang, Wuhan and other places, and later to Wenzhou disabled village, Lu'an, Jinzhai, Ningbo Charity Federation, [url=http://app.travel.ifeng.com/ city_detail_98:z7si6idn] Xiamen [/url:z7si6idn] poor area The total amount of donations in the same place is nearly 70 thousand yuan. At that time, Xiao Zhao said with a bitter heart, "chief, there is little money. Do you want to pay again by the end of the month?" Zhang Lao did not hesitate to say, "who will go to rescue at the end of the month?"
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in addition to the donation difficult group, although Zhang Lao has been retired but not really rest, he always wanted to do his own ability to play the waste heat, do some practical work for everyone. "I now have" four for ", one for the next generation of youth services, the other for serving staff, three for the elderly, and four for the old liberated areas. Celest Chong said.
news reporter learned that after leaving, Celest Chong served as a number of social posts. He served as a counselor in a number of primary schools in Wendeng, Shandong, in his hometown, Wendeng, twenty-nine and Nanjing, the West Street Primary School and Jiangning Chunhua primary school. He regularly went to these schools to report to the students. "Although I am not very educated, I can still tell children something about life." Zhang Lao modestly.
reporter noticed that in the living room of General Zhang, there was a large bookcase full of all kinds of books. "After retiring, my time is at my disposal. Reading newspapers everyday is essential." Zhang Lao said.
in addition to giving lessons to children, Celest Chong often gives lectures to in-service staff and senior citizens. "There are some bad phenomena in society, such as corruption, bribery and extravagance and waste. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen traditional education and ideological and political education for in-service personnel. For the elderly, he is willing to share their health experience with them.
don't look at Celest Chong's 96 years old, but in addition to some bad hearing, there is no big trouble in the body, life is basically self-care. In the interview process of a reporter, he said that the place of pride will also raise the tone and stomp the feet. It is a sound if the sound of the bell and the floor vibrate. "My experience in health preservation has been exchanged in most provinces of the country, and I have also read newspapers." Zhang said that he did not have a secretary and a service officer, he washed clothes himself, wrote his own materials, and could grow vegetables in the yard.
the reporter saw in Zhang Lao's home that in the past few years he reflected a lot of information to the relevant departments through his own thinking, and the materials had been stacked thick and thick, and many departments wrote to him to thank them. Zhang Lao sees these "rewards" very seriously, especially the children of some of the schools he subsidized. "I watched them sing, dance and talk to me, and I feel so much younger." Zhang Lao said.