Xinhua News Agency Shenyang, September 15th (Reporters Xu Yang, Wang Bingkun, Zhao Hongnan) This is a story about going home - the protagonists of
are the majestic and high-spirited young men who crossed the Yalu River more than 70 years ago, and they sleep forever in a foreign country.
The motherland has not forgotten, and the people have not forgotten. Since 2014, my country has welcomed back the remains of 825 martyrs of the Volunteer Army in Korea for 8 consecutive years, and buried them in the Shenyang Cemetery of Martyrs to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. On September 16 this year, the remains of the ninth batch of volunteer army martyrs in South Korea will also return to the embrace of the motherland.
On March 28, 2014, a special plane carrying the remains of 437 Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs landed at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport , and the soldiers of honor escorted the coffins of 437 volunteer soldiers' remains covered with national flags into the coffin placement area. Xinhua News Agency reporter Pan Yulong photo
Heroes return to their hometown, which affects the hearts of hundreds of millions of people. People desperately want to know: who are they? Where is their home?
makes the anonymous "famous" and lets heroes find their relatives. A "family search" that spans time and space begins...
is waiting for you - missing is a deep emotion
"I joined the army at the age of 17 and died at the age of 20, there is only one photo left, something None of them stayed..." The 82-year-old Wu Kuiwa couldn't help looking out the window when he talked about his brother Wu Xiongkui.
Wu Xiongkui, soldier of the 7th Company, 3rd Battalion, 218th Regiment, 73rd Division, 218th Regiment, 23rd Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers, died in the Korean battlefield on July 6, 1953.
Since then, the Wu family has lost a male, leaving a yellowed photo wrapped in a handkerchief. In the photo, Wu Xiongkui's military posture is straight, his face is green, his thin body is dressed in a wide military uniform, and behind him is a five-star red flag fluttering in the wind.
's photos of the martyr Wu Xiongkui during his lifetime. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Pan Yulong
When he misses, Wu Kuiwa, who lives in his hometown in the countryside of Minhou County, Fujian Province, will take out the photo to see and talk to his brother for a while: "Brother, the olives from my hometown have been cooked year after year. , can you still find your way home?"
More than 70 years later, many relatives are still looking forward to the return of the young man who went to the battlefield.
Zhan Zhizhong, whose hometown is Xincai, Henan, joined the army in February 1948 and died on the Korean Peninsula in 1953. That year, he was 33 years old and served as the deputy squad leader of the 218th Regiment of the 73rd Division of the Volunteer Army.
"My mother never mentioned my father's affairs. I know that she will feel uncomfortable when she mentions it." Zhan Zhizhong's eldest son, Zhan Chaoming, said. When
's father left home, Zhan Chaoming was still an ignorant child. Now, at 79 years old, he is on crutches and has gray hair.
After Zhan Zhizhong died, his mother brought up the Zhan Chaoming brothers alone. In 2005, my mother passed away with unfulfilled wishes. Before she died, she murmured, "When will you find your dad and let him be buried in peace!"
From 2014 to 2021, China has welcomed back the remains of the martyrs of the Volunteer Army in South Korea for 8 consecutive years and buried them The Cemetery of the Martyrs to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea in Shenyang. This gave hope to the expectations of Wu Kuiwa and Zhan Chaoming.
I found you - blood can create miracles
"There are hundreds of thousands of volunteer soldiers who died on the Korean battlefield, hundreds of them returned to China, and you found them again. It's luck of luck!" Wu Xiongkui's nephew Wu Yucheng recalled the experience of looking for relatives at that time, and still couldn't help feeling this way.
The 825 volunteer martyrs who returned from South Korea are all unsung heroes. How to make the unsung "famous" and let the heroes "recognize" with their relatives? This is not only the urgent wish of the vast number of martyrs and surviving veterans, but also concerns the hearts of the people of the whole country.
Since 2019, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and other departments have launched activities to help martyrs find their relatives. The most direct basis is the personal seals found from the martyrs' relics. The text on them is clear and legible. Retired military affairs departments in various places searched for information, mobilized the masses to provide clues, and contacted the relatives of martyrs.
In order to ensure the results are scientific and accurate, the scientific research team of the Academy of Military Medical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences solved a series of difficult problems and adopted the technical means of DNA detection to make the remains of the martyrs DNA consistent with their relatives.
In 2020, among the relics returned with the seventh batch of martyrs' remains, there are 9 martyrs' seals, including the seal with the three characters "Wu Xiongkui". In 2021, through DNA comparison, Martyr Wu Xiongkui finally crossed the border.After more than half a century, I "meeted" with my family.
"Brother, you are finally back, and our family is reunited." Wu Kuiwa took out the black-and-white photo that he had seen many times and said, "We finally found you, we have put our hearts down, and you can rest in peace! ”
On September 3, 2021, the eighth batch of the remains of the volunteers of the Korean Volunteer Army was held in a burial ceremony. Zhan Baocheng from Xincai, Henan came to the Martyrs' Wall of Fame as a representative of his relatives and stroked his grandfather Zhan Zhizhong's name for a long time.
This summer, martyr Zhan Zhizhong successfully compared the DNA of his relatives. "Over the years, all of us have been looking forward to the return of grandpa's soul to our hometown." Zhan Baocheng, 53, held the soil of his hometown wrapped in white cloth, slowly opened it, sprinkled it in front of the Wall of Fame, knelt down and kowtowed to grandpa.
On March 5th, Zhan Zhizhong's grandson Zhan Baocheng worshipped his grandfather Zhan Zhizhong Martyr in front of the famous wall of the Martyrs' Cemetery in Shenyang. Xinhua News Agency reporter Pan Yulong took
at the moment, the thoughts of decades turned into tears, blurring his eyes. "Grandpa finally found it, and grandma's wish was fulfilled." Zhan Baocheng cried.
At present, 10 martyrs including Wu Xiongkui, Zhan Zhizhong, Chen Zengji, Fang Hongyou, Hou Yongxin, Ran Xubi, Xu Yuzhong, Zhou Shaowu, Lin Shuishi, and Liang Bai have successfully "found" their relatives.
protect you - the cutest person
"Today, batch after batch of volunteer soldiers have returned to the motherland to rest in peace, and some comrades have found their relatives, which is a great comfort to us living people. ” said Cheng Maoyou, a 92-year-old veteran of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea .
The Chinese people have never forgotten the war 72 years ago. In 2020, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers' War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, the country will hold a grand commemorative event and issue commemorative medals to veterans of the Volunteer Army. Memorial Hall , located on Yinghua Mountain in Dandong City, Liaoning Province, has been renovated and renovated, and it has also presented to the world with a new look, attracting an endless stream of visitors.
looks for heroes, cherishes the memory of martyrs, remembers history, and moves forward bravely.
Volunteer soldier Chen Zengji was only 20 years old when he died. After the remains of Martyr Chen Zengji returned to China in 2014, his identity and kinship were confirmed three years ago.
Now, every Tomb-sweeping Day or July 1st, Martyr Chen Zengji's sacrifice day, Chen Meishan, the niece of Martyr Chen Zengji, will set off from Zhengzhou and come to Shenyang to sacrifice to the cemetery of the Martyrs to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. Offering a handful of yellow chrysanthemums and a glass of rice wine from his hometown, Chen Meishan will always sit in front of Chen Zengji's name on the Wall of Fame of Martyrs for a long time.
"After so many years, I finally brought my uncle back home. I want to take a good look at him and accompany him for my father and my grandmother, so that he is no longer alone." Chen Meishan said.
In the past two years, " Changjin Lake " and "Sniper" and other movies with the theme of resisting US aggression and aid in Korea have been popular on the big screen. Many teenagers have entered the theater to "travel through time and space" to see the cutest people and learn moving stories. The
heroes returned to their country, bringing back not only their remains, but also their immortal spirits. Liu Minghao, a college student who has read several historical books related to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea because of the movie "Changjin Lake", said: "Every Chinese can draw courage and strength from the great spirit of Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea."
Every festival, Wu Yucheng's family will Set a pair of bowls and chopsticks for the uncle Wu Xiongkui. Wu Yucheng's 12-year-old son Wu Yanxi said: "I have heard from my father since I was a child that there is a hero in the family. I will not forget him, I will always remember him."
