36.8 north latitude,
On the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi,
There is a small village,
Name is Liangjiahe,
"This is a place of great learning" … …
Tell the story of the educated youth life of the Supreme Leader General Secretary in Liangjiahe,
Pursuing the initial heart of the people’s leaders;
Record the earth-shaking changes of Liangjiahe for decades,
Inspire the confidence to move forward.
The Central Radio and Television General Station was grandly launched.
12 episodes of radio documentary literature "Liangjiahe"
Episode 3: "Escape"
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On December 22, 1968, President Mao Zedong issued a call:"It is necessary for educated youth to go to the countryside and receive re-education from poor and middle peasants."As soon as this sentence landed, 17 million young students across the country — — About 1/10 of the urban population responded to the call and left the city for the countryside, starting an unforgettable life course.
The young supreme leader has also become a member of this migration army, starting from the capital Beijing and ending in the revolutionary holy land Yan’ an.
However, the supreme leader’s departure from Beijing is more like an "escape".
Since 1962, the young supreme leader was discriminated against because of his father Xi Zhongxun’s unjust case. During the "Cultural Revolution", his home was raided and he lived with his mother in the Central Party School.
The supreme leader wrote in the article "I am the son of the yellow land":"Because I was stubborn and unwilling to be bullied, I offended the rebel side … … (Be) as ‘ Gangster ’ The family members have been found out. At that time, I was less than 15 years old. They said, shot a hundred times! I think a hundred times is no different from once. What are you afraid of after a hundred times? "
The supreme leader was not locked up. He was taken to the police station, where he was dragged back and sent to a juvenile detention center. But the beds in the juvenile detention center are full, and it will take a month to get in. The supreme leader signed up for the countryside to jump the queue.
The Supreme Leader in 1972 (Source: Xinhuanet)
"At first glance, they went to Yan ‘an, which was basically an exile, so they let them go."The supreme leader later recalled.
He chose Yan ‘an, where his father made a revolution.
Supreme leader (right) and father (data map)
On January 13th, 1969, Beijing Railway Station was packed with people. There were family members who came to see me off, police officers who kept order, and staff at the station. The air was filled with sadness. The supreme leader under the age of 16 boarded the "educated youth train" bound for Yan’ an. When the train was about to start, many people on and off the train could not help crying.
"On the special train to Yan ‘an, I remember very clearly. It was January 1969, and everyone cried. There was no crying on the whole train. That’s me laughing. At that time, my relatives said under the car, why are you still laughing? I said, I have to cry if I don’t leave. I don’t know if I’m going to die here. Isn’t it a good thing if I leave? What are you crying about? So they laughed through tears. "Later, in an interview, the Supreme Leader described the scene like this.
The "Educated Youth Train" traveled south to Henan, then westbound along the Longhai Line, and then turned north to Xi ‘an, where it wrote a huge inverted "several" and arrived in Tongchuan. This is the closest station to Yan ‘an that the train can reach. At that time, there were no trains in Yan ‘an.
After breakfast in Tongchuan,The educated youths transferred to the truck that came to pick them up and headed for Yan’ an. The young people in the car looked very excited. On the Panshan Highway, there were long queues of trucks, raising yellow dust.
The winter in northern Shaanxi has painted a layer of cold gray on the continuous foothills, and there are few bright colors along the way. The rolling yellow dust reminds people how hungry these hills are! Obviously, it hasn’t snowed for a long time.
Bump all the way, bump off the laughter.
It is getting closer and closer to Yan ‘an, and the educated youth in the carriage are excited again. In their minds, Yan ‘an is a revolutionary holy land — — After the Long March, the center of the revolution shifted from the south to the north, and the Communist Party of China (CPC) people started from Yan ‘an to create a new China.
But soon, this excitement was replaced by disappointment.
When I arrived in Yan’ anIt was already dark, and everyone was covered with dirt and became a "native". The truck stopped at Yan ‘an Normal School, which was their temporary transit point. Tired educated youths put together the desks in the classroom as beds and went to sleep quickly.
A few educated youths, curious about Yan ‘an, quietly went out for a walk. Yan’ an city is very small, and they finished it in half an hour. The tallest building is Xinhua Bookstore, which has two floors. The whole Yan’ an is dark, except for a street lamp in front of the long-distance bus station, which shakes in the cold wind and makes a "snapping" sound, and the light flashes.
"So this is Yanan!"
Is this what my parents said about Yan ‘an? Is this the revolutionary holy land Yan ‘an?
When I was in Beijing, my beautiful imagination of Yan ‘an was shattered by reality, and several people wrote disappointment on their faces.
On the 15th, they set off again.It’s still a winding mountain road, and it’s still dusty, but the long queue of trucks is getting shorter and shorter, until finally there are only a few left. The car began to stir up, and an educated youth loudly asked the driver if he was going the wrong way.
The supreme leader didn’t say much all the way. He doesn’t know what the place is like and what will happen there.
On the 16th, the Supreme Leader arrived at Wen ‘anyi Commune in Yanchuan County.The commune gave each of them a copy of Quotations from Chairman Mao and a white towel, and then they were scattered like stars in the production teams of Wen ‘anyi.
In 1969, the Beijing intellectual youth who were rated as activists in Yan ‘an County to learn and use Chairman Mao’s works flexibly gathered in Baota shan. CFP/ graph
After them, on the same train and along the same route, a large number of educated youth came to Yan ‘an. From 1969 to 1976, there were4 batches of about 28,000 people.Beijing educated youth went to Yan ‘an to jump the queue.
The supreme leader, a total of 15 educated youths, were assigned to Liangjiahe. The supreme leader is the youngest among these educated youths. Liang Yuming, then secretary of the Party branch of Liangjiahe Brigade, remembers that the supreme leader brought a brown box filled with books.
(In 1993, the Supreme Leader returned to Liangjiahe Brigade of Wen ‘anyi Commune in Yanchuan County, Shaanxi Province to visit the villagers and take a group photo.)
Liang Yu said, that day to the educated youth luggage, a "smart" young man in the village picked a small brown box, the result fell behind on the road. When resting, he casually weighed the big box moved by others, only to find that it was far less heavy than the box he moved. He also wondered if the educated youth in Beijing had brought a gold ingot. When we arrived at Liangjiahe, people realized that the Supreme Leader had actually brought two boxes, besides the brown box, there was also a suitcase full of books.
When sending the Supreme Leader to college, a group photo of Liangjiahe villagers and the Supreme Leader (the Supreme Leader in the front row) (photo)
White and tall, this is people’s first impression of the supreme leader.
On the morning of February 13th, 2015, the Supreme Leader visited the villagers in Liangjiahe Village, Wen ‘anyi Town, Yanchuan County, Yan ‘an City, and conducted field research on poverty alleviation in the old district. Xinhua News Agency reporter Lan Hongguang photo