Yangzi Evening News, September 24 (correspondent Su Yiyi, reporter Dong Wanyu) Videos, interviews, music, poems and paintings, scene reenactments, theatrical performances... When various literary and artistic forms eulogize the fearless spirit of sacrifice of the martyrs, when co

Yangtze Evening News, September 24th (correspondent Su Yiyi, reporter Dong Wanyu) Videos, interviews, audio poems and paintings, scene reenactments, theatrical performances... When various literary and artistic forms eulogize the fearless spirit of sacrifice of the martyrs, when countless unknown heroes It narrates and restores the difficult journey of the martyrs to find their relatives. The audience shed tears several times and gave sincere and warm applause. This afternoon, Jiangsu Province grandly held a reporting event with the theme of "The Motherland Will Not Forget" - "Finding Relatives for the Martyrs". Liu Jianyang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Leader of the Leading Group for Veterans Affairs of the Provincial Party Committee, General Fang Ziqi, former Political Commissar of the Nanjing Military Region, Hu Xinlin, Deputy Commander of the Major General of the Provincial Military Region, responsible comrades from the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and relevant provincial departments Attend events.

Audience representatives of active military personnel in the audience

Young Pioneers gathered in Nanjing Yuhuatai Martyrs Cemetery Square to trace the heroes

In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on the work of commending martyrs, on the occasion of the 11th Martyrs’ Day, the report The theme of the event is "The motherland will never be forgotten". The entire event uses videos, interviews, music, poems and paintings, scene reenactments, theatrical performances and other forms, through three chapters: "Waiting for you", "Looking for you" and "Guarding you". Art It presents the results of Jiangsu Province’s “finding relatives of martyrs” in recent years and the achievements of various regions in the province in inheriting the spirit of heroes and martyrs, giving preferential treatment to the bereaved families of martyrs, and strengthening the protection and management of memorial facilities for martyrs.

The motherland will never forget the martyrs and the unknown heroes on the road to find their relatives.

A loud bugle sound kicked off the event.

A loud bugle sound kicked off the reporting event. The Young Pioneers gathered at the Yuhuatai Martyrs Cemetery Square in Nanjing. Use vivid and vivid portraits to depict the touching deeds of the martyrs and pay tribute to the martyrs; Bian Kangquan, the guardian of the Wutiaoling Martyrs Cemetery, and his family have volunteered to guard the martyrs for three generations, witnessed and assisted the retired military affairs department to find more than 400 martyrs. Relatives of martyrs turn "unknown martyrs" into "famous heroes"; the sitcom "Relay of Love" tells the story of an old man from Gaoyou, Zheng Xianfu, who, with the help of the local veterans' affairs department, finds the martyr's father for his deceased wife and fulfills the last wishes of his mother-in-law and wife. Three generations of The audience was moved by the story of relay search for relatives and reunion in heaven; Chen Lu, a Taizhou City relative search volunteer, told the story of the many difficulties and perseverance on the way to find relatives for the martyrs. "Let the loyal souls return to their roots and the heroes go home." Their eternal original intention; at the end of the program, representatives of retired military workers and volunteers seeking relatives of martyrs issued an initiative to the whole society, calling on the whole society to help martyrs find their relatives with heart and affection, and to protect the spirit of heroes, martyrs' families and martyrs' memorial facilities.

theatrical performance

melodrama restores the difficult journey of finding a loved one

theatrical performance Pictures taken by Yao Hong and Ding Hu

Jiangsu is a red hot land, with more than 111,000 martyrs recorded in the national martyrs commendation and commemoration information management system. According to party history and military history data, tens of thousands of unknown martyrs are still buried in Jiangsu. In order to turn the unknown martyrs into famous heroes, Jiangsu took the lead in setting up a provincial-level special action coordination group to focus on the special action of "finding relatives for the martyrs" so that the souls of the heroes could go home. According to the relevant responsible comrades of the Provincial Department of Veterans Affairs, since the establishment of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Jiangsu has successfully found relatives of 2,729 martyrs, of which 1,613 martyrs have found relatives, and the relatives of martyrs have found the burial places of 1,116 martyrs. Since the launch of the three-year special operation of "Searching for Relatives of Martyrs" in 2023, 1,631 martyrs have been successfully found, including 837 martyrs whose relatives were found, and the burial places of 794 martyrs found for their relatives.

At the event site, the Provincial Department of Veterans Affairs also released the second batch of information on 1,989 Jiangsu martyrs waiting to find relatives and the "Finding Relatives for Martyrs" hotline: 025-83618997.

Proofreading by Li Haihui