75-year-old Yu Jun often drives for more than 10 hours from Beijing to the prairie of East Ujimqin Banner in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, with one person and one car. His love for the grassland originated from his personal experience of jumping in the grassland more than 50 y

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5-year-old Yu Jun often drives for more than 10 hours from Beijing to the prairie of East Ujimqin Banner of Xilingol League in Inner Mongolia, with one person and one car.

His love for the grassland originated from his personal experience of jumping in the grassland more than 50 years ago. As one of the first batch of educated youths from Beijing to join the grassland of Inner Mongolia, Yu Jun has been grazing on the grassland for 10 years.

From an educated youth in Beijing, he became a grassland herdsman. Until he returned to Beijing after the college entrance examination was resumed, Yu Jun became the "spokesperson" and "promoter" of Inner Mongolia grassland in Beijing. While working at Xueyuan Audio and Video Publishing House, he presided over the publication of thousands of grassland songs, including the now widely sung "Mongolians", "Black Horse", "Father and Me", "Three Auspicious Treasures", "I Have a Promise with the Grassland", " Famous songs such as "Watch the Grassland with You", "Legend" and "Prairie Love" all became popular after Yu Jun was published. In addition, he also participated in the planning, served as screenwriter and consultant of film and television works such as "Wu Zetian", "Genghis Khan", "Prairie People in Beijing" and "Ujimqin Love".

Recently, a collection of documentary essays "A Life in the Grassland" written by Yu Jun, director of the China National Culture and Art Foundation and former president of Xueyuan Audio and Video Publishing House, was released. The book records every detail of his life in the grassland and tells the story of Beijing's educated youth and the The story of Inner Mongolia grassland, introducing and promoting grassland culture to the outside world.

75-year-old Yu Jun often drives for more than 10 hours from Beijing to the prairie of East Ujimqin Banner in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, with one person and one car. His love for the grassland originated from his personal experience of jumping in the grassland more than 50 y - Lujuba

Yu Jun, the author of "Love in the Grassland".

Ten years of grazing: encountered life and death tests many times, gave up the opportunity to be transferred to the grassland many times

From 1962 to 1979, more than 17 million educated youths across the country went to the mountains and countryside, writing a rich and colorful mark in China's social, economic and cultural history. One stroke. Yu Jun is one of them.

On November 16, 1967, more than 300 middle school students from Beijing took a bus from Tiananmen Square. The convoy traveled for 10 days and arrived at East Ujimqin Banner of Xilin Gol League in Inner Mongolia on the 26th. Their household registration was also settled here. From "students" ” became “herdsmen”. The Samai Commune of East Ujimqin Banner where Yu Jun is located is on the border with Outer Mongolia. The place where sheep are herded is only a dozen miles away from Outer Mongolia. Every yurt along the border has a bright five-star flying high in the sky. red flag.

75-year-old Yu Jun often drives for more than 10 hours from Beijing to the prairie of East Ujimqin Banner in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, with one person and one car. His love for the grassland originated from his personal experience of jumping in the grassland more than 50 y - Lujuba

In 1972, educated youths from Inner Mongolia who went to the countryside took a group photo.

When he first arrived in the grassland, Yu Jun also bluntly said that he was "not used to it": On the way to the grassland, he drank Inner Mongolia's special milk tea for the first time. When he tasted the bowl, it was a bit bitter, like traditional Chinese medicine. In order to express his determination to go to the countryside, he drank the whole bowl of milk tea smoothly. As a Han student, I have never eaten beef or mutton before, and the streets, hotels, and restaurants in the grassland are full of the smell of mutton. "I felt psychological discomfort at the beginning, but once I got there I had to learn to adapt to it. Not only did I have to adapt to it, but I also had to like it and love it. It was with this mood that I came into contact with beef and mutton. People are so magical. Not only did I He soon got used to it, and the more he ate, the more delicious they became, and now he can’t live without them.”

After settling in the grassland and becoming a herdsman, Yu Jun and several educated youths took over a flock of more than 2,300 sheep until 1977. Leaving the grassland in the year.

On the grassland, herding sheep is the hardest job. No matter it's windy, rainy, icy or snowy, every day the sheepherders have to let their sheep out to graze and walk for a whole day. The sheep follow the water and grass all year round, and the yurts of the sheepherders also follow the sheep. A bad weather like "white hair wind" or a wolf disaster is a fatal test for the sheep and the sheepherders. During his 10 years as a shepherd, Yu Jun had experienced such life and death tests many times.

The closest he came to death was when Yu Jun fell off his horse while riding around 1975. "Wrestling on horseback is common, and some herdsmen also fall to death on horseback. I was very dangerous that time, and I was carrying a gun at the time. , when he fell to the ground, he only felt the butt of the gun hit the back of his head hard, and then he knew nothing." Yu Jun said that when he woke up, he had been sent back to the yurt. His waist was injured and he could not move at all. "The bullock cart was too big. I couldn't go to the commune hospital because of my condition, so I had to rely on barefoot doctors to come to my home and give me some medicine. "I lay there for half a year. Under the care of educated youths and herdsmen, my back injury gradually recovered.

75-year-old Yu Jun often drives for more than 10 hours from Beijing to the prairie of East Ujimqin Banner in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, with one person and one car. His love for the grassland originated from his personal experience of jumping in the grassland more than 50 y - Lujuba

Yu Jun when he was young.The grazing area is near the border. The grassland border is a "military-civilian joint defense", and the educated youth are also militiamen.

During the period of joining the team, Yu Jun, who was good at singing, was also selected into the Dongwu Banner Wulan Muqi and became a mobile artistic performance team on the grassland. But when Wulan Muqi proposed to keep him and become a formal employee of the state, Yu Jun thought "my world is in the prairie, among the herdsmen" and insisted on going back to herding sheep. During the ten years of joining the team, there were many opportunities to be transferred out of the grassland, but because he was unwilling to leave the grassland, Yu Jun took the initiative to give up the opportunity.

Prairie people in Beijing: dedicated to the promotion of grassland culture, publishing many grassland songs that became popular

Yu Jun returned to Beijing because the college entrance examination was resumed in 1977. This grassland herdsman was admitted to the Chinese Department of Peking University and later transferred to the Law Department. , received a bachelor's degree in law and stayed at the school to teach for 5 years.

In 1989, Yu Jun was transferred to the Xueyuan Audio and Video Publishing House sponsored by the Central Committee of Jiusan Society, where he presided over the publication of thousands of grassland songs. "Mongolians", "Father and Me" and "Black Horse" sung by Tengger were all published by Yu Jun; the familiar "Three Auspicious Treasures", "I Have a Promise with the Grassland", "Watching the Grassland with You" and " Famous songs such as "Legend" and "Prairie Love" also became popular after Yu Jun was published. In addition, he also participated in the planning of film and television works such as "Wu Zetian", "Genghis Khan", "Prairie People in Beijing", "The Love of Ujimqin", etc., serving as screenwriter and consultant. While

is committed to promoting grassland culture, Yu Jun and the educated youth in Beijing also miss the herders on the grassland. Since 1996, Yu Jun and his publishing house have donated millions of yuan in books, audio-visual products, and teaching and sports equipment to schools and border defense construction in Inner Mongolia for 15 consecutive years. He also attracted Chen Peisi, who is also an educated youth in the grassland. Famous sketch actor) funded the renovation of the canteen for a school in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia.

75-year-old Yu Jun often drives for more than 10 hours from Beijing to the prairie of East Ujimqin Banner in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, with one person and one car. His love for the grassland originated from his personal experience of jumping in the grassland more than 50 y - Lujuba

Yu Jun and Chen Peisi returned to the grassland, which the educated youth called the "second hometown".

Returning to the grassland year after year, Yu Jun clearly saw the tremendous changes and improvements in the production and life of grassland herdsmen in recent decades. “The living and grazing conditions are much better, but medical conditions are still limited.” The herdsmen became seriously ill. Those who came to Beijing for medical treatment did not understand the language and were not familiar with the geographical boundaries. They could only seek treatment from educated youths who had worked in the grassland. Yu Jun became the first choice of the herdsmen. Regardless of whether he knew the herdsmen who came to Beijing for medical treatment or not, Yu Jun received them just like the herdsmen received the educated youths who jumped in the queue. He arranged food and accommodation for them, found hospitals for them, and acted as an interpreter for them. In order to facilitate contact, Yu Jun specially printed a box of business cards in pure Mongolian so that herders could contact him through the business cards.

Benefiting from the help of Beijing’s educated youth, the herdsmen expressed plainly and straightforwardly about the “educated youth going to the countryside”: “Thank you for these children coming to the grassland.” The herdsmen have never left the grassland for generations and have never seen outsiders, and this group of ten Students of a few years old came to them from Beijing all of a sudden, bringing with them another concept and lifestyle, allowing them to be exposed to new things outside, and even their family members' illnesses could be effectively treated many years later.

Nandu dialogue

Queue jumping on the grassland 10 years, I learned to live

Nandu: What is the biggest challenge and difficulty you encountered when you jumped in the queue on the grassland?

Yu Jun: When I go to the countryside, every moment is difficult.

Regarding the details of life, for example, I am not used to drinking milk tea, and the only food I eat is fried rice, a little white flour, and no rice at all. The herdsmen on the grassland speak Mongolian, and we students only understand Chinese, so we couldn't communicate at all when we first arrived.

It was winter when we first arrived in the grassland. It was difficult to adapt to the severe cold. Even the severe cold of minus 42 degrees Celsius had to let the sheep out. Any exposed skin outside would immediately freeze. My nose and face were always frozen. They were all frostbitten, black and purple. These need to be learned to overcome and adapt to one by one, and finally integrate with the herdsmen.

Nandu: You took the initiative to sign up to jump in line. After arriving in the grassland, was there a psychological gap?

Yu Jun: In our era, young people were educated with the mentality of enduring hardship, exercising, and revolution. Words like "always be prepared to go to the battlefield" and "defend the home and the country" were widely circulated among students. Therefore, we are psychologically prepared for hardship, and even think that jumping in line and enduring hardship are necessary experiences in life.

Nandu: Is it acceptable to have the original intention of "revolution" and "defending the country" in the countryside, but then have to herd sheep in the grassland?

Yu Jun: Once we arrive on the grassland, real life becomes our biggest test. First, we must learn to survive and survive on the grassland like herdsmen. After taking over the sheep, we herd and produce them, which also adds wealth to the country and the collective. Protecting the sheep, even if we are injured, is a very natural responsibility.

Another special thing is that the place where we graze is near the border. The grassland border is a "military-civilian joint defense". We educated youth are also militiamen, carrying guns 24 hours a day. The border area is relatively peaceful on the surface, and there are some frictions from time to time. Although we are grazing, the string of "defending the homeland and the country" has never been loosened. According to the arrangement of the border defense team, I also participated in the operation to catch spies. I worked with the militiamen to cooperate with the border guards for eight days and caught two spies who broke through the border and sneaked in.

Nandu: Living in the grassland for 10 years, what is your biggest gain?

Yu Jun: The biggest gain from for me personally is that I learned to "live". I have experienced ups and downs on the grassland. No matter what environment I go to or what I encounter, I can live happily.

We, a group of Han students, went to the grasslands to join the queue. The Han and Mongolians, the mainland and the frontiers formed an invisible exchange, which greatly promoted and helped the grasslands. We also learned from the herdsmen their simplicity, enthusiasm, and Bold. The herdsmen have no special views on hierarchy or interests, and their behavior is very innocent and natural. This has a profound impact on me. After I returned to Beijing, I had the opportunity to be promoted, but I took the initiative to give it up, preferring to do what I like to do.

75-year-old Yu Jun often drives for more than 10 hours from Beijing to the prairie of East Ujimqin Banner in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, with one person and one car. His love for the grassland originated from his personal experience of jumping in the grassland more than 50 y - Lujuba

Yu Jun delivered a speech at the new book launch conference of "Love in the Grassland".

Nandu: Over the years, various sectors of society have had different opinions on the special history of "educated youth going to the countryside." In your book, you recalled your nine-year experience in the grasslands. Most of them were happy, romantic, and endlessly memorable. It seems that "bitter" is not considered "bitter"?

Yu Jun: has done various research on the experiences of educated youth in various aspects. I am just one of millions of educated youths.

What needs to be said is that the experiences and encounters of educated youth are vastly different. It is indeed difficult and difficult to join the queue in the grassland. Some educated youths suffer from not having enough to eat all year round. But in comparison, we herding sheep on the grassland are at least guaranteed in terms of food. The herdsmen on the grassland regard us as family members and relatives. Same care.

This may also have something to do with my later return to Beijing to work. Looking back decades later, it is like "the scar has healed and the pain has been forgotten." After coming out of the hard days, I will look at the previous hardships with a relatively indifferent and detached attitude.

Nandu: 70 Even though you are over 70, you still drive back to the grassland many times a year. What is it about the grassland that attracts you?

Yu Jun: The natural environment on the grassland is very good, with blue sky and white clouds, bright sunshine, and the air you breathe is pure and fresh. As soon as I arrived at the grassland, I felt like my whole body relaxed. I took Chen Peisi back to the grassland several times, and every time he said, "This is a lung cleansing trip," and he didn't want to leave as soon as he stayed.

I still have many herdsmen friends on the grassland, which is a kind of "nostalgia" and "family affection". Returning to the grassland, for me, means returning to a natural home, a shepherd’s home. Don’t they all say that the best way to recuperate is to return to nature and feel the warmth of family affection?

Nandu: Nowadays, young people also yearn for grasslands and frontiers. For example, this year's "My Altay" became a hit. Many young people feel that facing anxiety, involution, and confusion, grasslands can relieve the sense of class and heal the spirit of internal friction.

Yu Jun: I also strongly recommend that young people have time to go to the grassland and return to nature.

In the city, we face reinforced concrete, a tense pace of life, and complex interpersonal relationships. But when you go to the grassland, you can feel nature and experience another kind of natural, calm and close interpersonal relationship, which is very beneficial to the healing of people's mentality.

However, in recent years, people’s travel to the grasslands is still relatively shallow. They go to travel agencies and tourist attractions recommended on the Internet. They eat meat and sing songs and the trip is over. This actually doesn’t mean much. It is recommended that everyone go on an in-depth trip to the grassland, get more in touch with herders, understand the original ecological lifestyle on the grassland, and have a deeper understanding of the characteristics of the Mongolian people and pastoral areas.

5-year-old Yu Jun often drives for more than 10 hours from Beijing to the prairie of East Ujimqin Banner of Xilingol League in Inner Mongolia, with one person and one car.

His love for the grassland originated from his personal experience of jumping in the grassland more than 50 years ago. As one of the first batch of educated youths from Beijing to join the grassland of Inner Mongolia, Yu Jun has been grazing on the grassland for 10 years.

From an educated youth in Beijing, he became a grassland herdsman. Until he returned to Beijing after the college entrance examination was resumed, Yu Jun became the "spokesperson" and "promoter" of Inner Mongolia grassland in Beijing. While working at Xueyuan Audio and Video Publishing House, he presided over the publication of thousands of grassland songs, including the now widely sung "Mongolians", "Black Horse", "Father and Me", "Three Auspicious Treasures", "I Have a Promise with the Grassland", " Famous songs such as "Watch the Grassland with You", "Legend" and "Prairie Love" all became popular after Yu Jun was published. In addition, he also participated in the planning, served as screenwriter and consultant of film and television works such as "Wu Zetian", "Genghis Khan", "Prairie People in Beijing" and "Ujimqin Love".

Recently, a collection of documentary essays "A Life in the Grassland" written by Yu Jun, director of the China National Culture and Art Foundation and former president of Xueyuan Audio and Video Publishing House, was released. The book records every detail of his life in the grassland and tells the story of Beijing's educated youth and the The story of Inner Mongolia grassland, introducing and promoting grassland culture to the outside world.

75-year-old Yu Jun often drives for more than 10 hours from Beijing to the prairie of East Ujimqin Banner in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, with one person and one car. His love for the grassland originated from his personal experience of jumping in the grassland more than 50 y - Lujuba

Yu Jun, the author of "Love in the Grassland".

Ten years of grazing: encountered life and death tests many times, gave up the opportunity to be transferred to the grassland many times

From 1962 to 1979, more than 17 million educated youths across the country went to the mountains and countryside, writing a rich and colorful mark in China's social, economic and cultural history. One stroke. Yu Jun is one of them.

On November 16, 1967, more than 300 middle school students from Beijing took a bus from Tiananmen Square. The convoy traveled for 10 days and arrived at East Ujimqin Banner of Xilin Gol League in Inner Mongolia on the 26th. Their household registration was also settled here. From "students" ” became “herdsmen”. The Samai Commune of East Ujimqin Banner where Yu Jun is located is on the border with Outer Mongolia. The place where sheep are herded is only a dozen miles away from Outer Mongolia. Every yurt along the border has a bright five-star flying high in the sky. red flag.

75-year-old Yu Jun often drives for more than 10 hours from Beijing to the prairie of East Ujimqin Banner in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, with one person and one car. His love for the grassland originated from his personal experience of jumping in the grassland more than 50 y - Lujuba

In 1972, educated youths from Inner Mongolia who went to the countryside took a group photo.

When he first arrived in the grassland, Yu Jun also bluntly said that he was "not used to it": On the way to the grassland, he drank Inner Mongolia's special milk tea for the first time. When he tasted the bowl, it was a bit bitter, like traditional Chinese medicine. In order to express his determination to go to the countryside, he drank the whole bowl of milk tea smoothly. As a Han student, I have never eaten beef or mutton before, and the streets, hotels, and restaurants in the grassland are full of the smell of mutton. "I felt psychological discomfort at the beginning, but once I got there I had to learn to adapt to it. Not only did I have to adapt to it, but I also had to like it and love it. It was with this mood that I came into contact with beef and mutton. People are so magical. Not only did I He soon got used to it, and the more he ate, the more delicious they became, and now he can’t live without them.”

After settling in the grassland and becoming a herdsman, Yu Jun and several educated youths took over a flock of more than 2,300 sheep until 1977. Leaving the grassland in the year.

On the grassland, herding sheep is the hardest job. No matter it's windy, rainy, icy or snowy, every day the sheepherders have to let their sheep out to graze and walk for a whole day. The sheep follow the water and grass all year round, and the yurts of the sheepherders also follow the sheep. A bad weather like "white hair wind" or a wolf disaster is a fatal test for the sheep and the sheepherders. During his 10 years as a shepherd, Yu Jun had experienced such life and death tests many times.

The closest he came to death was when Yu Jun fell off his horse while riding around 1975. "Wrestling on horseback is common, and some herdsmen also fall to death on horseback. I was very dangerous that time, and I was carrying a gun at the time. , when he fell to the ground, he only felt the butt of the gun hit the back of his head hard, and then he knew nothing." Yu Jun said that when he woke up, he had been sent back to the yurt. His waist was injured and he could not move at all. "The bullock cart was too big. I couldn't go to the commune hospital because of my condition, so I had to rely on barefoot doctors to come to my home and give me some medicine. "I lay there for half a year. Under the care of educated youths and herdsmen, my back injury gradually recovered.

75-year-old Yu Jun often drives for more than 10 hours from Beijing to the prairie of East Ujimqin Banner in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, with one person and one car. His love for the grassland originated from his personal experience of jumping in the grassland more than 50 y - Lujuba

Yu Jun when he was young.The grazing area is near the border. The grassland border is a "military-civilian joint defense", and the educated youth are also militiamen.

During the period of joining the team, Yu Jun, who was good at singing, was also selected into the Dongwu Banner Wulan Muqi and became a mobile artistic performance team on the grassland. But when Wulan Muqi proposed to keep him and become a formal employee of the state, Yu Jun thought "my world is in the prairie, among the herdsmen" and insisted on going back to herding sheep. During the ten years of joining the team, there were many opportunities to be transferred out of the grassland, but because he was unwilling to leave the grassland, Yu Jun took the initiative to give up the opportunity.

Prairie people in Beijing: dedicated to the promotion of grassland culture, publishing many grassland songs that became popular

Yu Jun returned to Beijing because the college entrance examination was resumed in 1977. This grassland herdsman was admitted to the Chinese Department of Peking University and later transferred to the Law Department. , received a bachelor's degree in law and stayed at the school to teach for 5 years.

In 1989, Yu Jun was transferred to the Xueyuan Audio and Video Publishing House sponsored by the Central Committee of Jiusan Society, where he presided over the publication of thousands of grassland songs. "Mongolians", "Father and Me" and "Black Horse" sung by Tengger were all published by Yu Jun; the familiar "Three Auspicious Treasures", "I Have a Promise with the Grassland", "Watching the Grassland with You" and " Famous songs such as "Legend" and "Prairie Love" also became popular after Yu Jun was published. In addition, he also participated in the planning of film and television works such as "Wu Zetian", "Genghis Khan", "Prairie People in Beijing", "The Love of Ujimqin", etc., serving as screenwriter and consultant. While

is committed to promoting grassland culture, Yu Jun and the educated youth in Beijing also miss the herders on the grassland. Since 1996, Yu Jun and his publishing house have donated millions of yuan in books, audio-visual products, and teaching and sports equipment to schools and border defense construction in Inner Mongolia for 15 consecutive years. He also attracted Chen Peisi, who is also an educated youth in the grassland. Famous sketch actor) funded the renovation of the canteen for a school in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia.

75-year-old Yu Jun often drives for more than 10 hours from Beijing to the prairie of East Ujimqin Banner in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, with one person and one car. His love for the grassland originated from his personal experience of jumping in the grassland more than 50 y - Lujuba

Yu Jun and Chen Peisi returned to the grassland, which the educated youth called the "second hometown".

Returning to the grassland year after year, Yu Jun clearly saw the tremendous changes and improvements in the production and life of grassland herdsmen in recent decades. “The living and grazing conditions are much better, but medical conditions are still limited.” The herdsmen became seriously ill. Those who came to Beijing for medical treatment did not understand the language and were not familiar with the geographical boundaries. They could only seek treatment from educated youths who had worked in the grassland. Yu Jun became the first choice of the herdsmen. Regardless of whether he knew the herdsmen who came to Beijing for medical treatment or not, Yu Jun received them just like the herdsmen received the educated youths who jumped in the queue. He arranged food and accommodation for them, found hospitals for them, and acted as an interpreter for them. In order to facilitate contact, Yu Jun specially printed a box of business cards in pure Mongolian so that herders could contact him through the business cards.

Benefiting from the help of Beijing’s educated youth, the herdsmen expressed plainly and straightforwardly about the “educated youth going to the countryside”: “Thank you for these children coming to the grassland.” The herdsmen have never left the grassland for generations and have never seen outsiders, and this group of ten Students of a few years old came to them from Beijing all of a sudden, bringing with them another concept and lifestyle, allowing them to be exposed to new things outside, and even their family members' illnesses could be effectively treated many years later.

Nandu dialogue

Queue jumping on the grassland 10 years, I learned to live

Nandu: What is the biggest challenge and difficulty you encountered when you jumped in the queue on the grassland?

Yu Jun: When I go to the countryside, every moment is difficult.

Regarding the details of life, for example, I am not used to drinking milk tea, and the only food I eat is fried rice, a little white flour, and no rice at all. The herdsmen on the grassland speak Mongolian, and we students only understand Chinese, so we couldn't communicate at all when we first arrived.

It was winter when we first arrived in the grassland. It was difficult to adapt to the severe cold. Even the severe cold of minus 42 degrees Celsius had to let the sheep out. Any exposed skin outside would immediately freeze. My nose and face were always frozen. They were all frostbitten, black and purple. These need to be learned to overcome and adapt to one by one, and finally integrate with the herdsmen.

Nandu: You took the initiative to sign up to jump in line. After arriving in the grassland, was there a psychological gap?

Yu Jun: In our era, young people were educated with the mentality of enduring hardship, exercising, and revolution. Words like "always be prepared to go to the battlefield" and "defend the home and the country" were widely circulated among students. Therefore, we are psychologically prepared for hardship, and even think that jumping in line and enduring hardship are necessary experiences in life.

Nandu: Is it acceptable to have the original intention of "revolution" and "defending the country" in the countryside, but then have to herd sheep in the grassland?

Yu Jun: Once we arrive on the grassland, real life becomes our biggest test. First, we must learn to survive and survive on the grassland like herdsmen. After taking over the sheep, we herd and produce them, which also adds wealth to the country and the collective. Protecting the sheep, even if we are injured, is a very natural responsibility.

Another special thing is that the place where we graze is near the border. The grassland border is a "military-civilian joint defense". We educated youth are also militiamen, carrying guns 24 hours a day. The border area is relatively peaceful on the surface, and there are some frictions from time to time. Although we are grazing, the string of "defending the homeland and the country" has never been loosened. According to the arrangement of the border defense team, I also participated in the operation to catch spies. I worked with the militiamen to cooperate with the border guards for eight days and caught two spies who broke through the border and sneaked in.

Nandu: Living in the grassland for 10 years, what is your biggest gain?

Yu Jun: The biggest gain from for me personally is that I learned to "live". I have experienced ups and downs on the grassland. No matter what environment I go to or what I encounter, I can live happily.

We, a group of Han students, went to the grasslands to join the queue. The Han and Mongolians, the mainland and the frontiers formed an invisible exchange, which greatly promoted and helped the grasslands. We also learned from the herdsmen their simplicity, enthusiasm, and Bold. The herdsmen have no special views on hierarchy or interests, and their behavior is very innocent and natural. This has a profound impact on me. After I returned to Beijing, I had the opportunity to be promoted, but I took the initiative to give it up, preferring to do what I like to do.

75-year-old Yu Jun often drives for more than 10 hours from Beijing to the prairie of East Ujimqin Banner in Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, with one person and one car. His love for the grassland originated from his personal experience of jumping in the grassland more than 50 y - Lujuba

Yu Jun delivered a speech at the new book launch conference of "Love in the Grassland".

Nandu: Over the years, various sectors of society have had different opinions on the special history of "educated youth going to the countryside." In your book, you recalled your nine-year experience in the grasslands. Most of them were happy, romantic, and endlessly memorable. It seems that "bitter" is not considered "bitter"?

Yu Jun: has done various research on the experiences of educated youth in various aspects. I am just one of millions of educated youths.

What needs to be said is that the experiences and encounters of educated youth are vastly different. It is indeed difficult and difficult to join the queue in the grassland. Some educated youths suffer from not having enough to eat all year round. But in comparison, we herding sheep on the grassland are at least guaranteed in terms of food. The herdsmen on the grassland regard us as family members and relatives. Same care.

This may also have something to do with my later return to Beijing to work. Looking back decades later, it is like "the scar has healed and the pain has been forgotten." After coming out of the hard days, I will look at the previous hardships with a relatively indifferent and detached attitude.

Nandu: 70 Even though you are over 70, you still drive back to the grassland many times a year. What is it about the grassland that attracts you?

Yu Jun: The natural environment on the grassland is very good, with blue sky and white clouds, bright sunshine, and the air you breathe is pure and fresh. As soon as I arrived at the grassland, I felt like my whole body relaxed. I took Chen Peisi back to the grassland several times, and every time he said, "This is a lung cleansing trip," and he didn't want to leave as soon as he stayed.

I still have many herdsmen friends on the grassland, which is a kind of "nostalgia" and "family affection". Returning to the grassland, for me, means returning to a natural home, a shepherd’s home. Don’t they all say that the best way to recuperate is to return to nature and feel the warmth of family affection?

Nandu: Nowadays, young people also yearn for grasslands and frontiers. For example, this year's "My Altay" became a hit. Many young people feel that facing anxiety, involution, and confusion, grasslands can relieve the sense of class and heal the spirit of internal friction.

Yu Jun: I also strongly recommend that young people have time to go to the grassland and return to nature.

In the city, we face reinforced concrete, a tense pace of life, and complex interpersonal relationships. But when you go to the grassland, you can feel nature and experience another kind of natural, calm and close interpersonal relationship, which is very beneficial to the healing of people's mentality.

However, in recent years, people’s travel to the grasslands is still relatively shallow. They go to travel agencies and tourist attractions recommended on the Internet. They eat meat and sing songs and the trip is over. This actually doesn’t mean much. It is recommended that everyone go on an in-depth trip to the grassland, get more in touch with herders, understand the original ecological lifestyle on the grassland, and have a deeper understanding of the characteristics of the Mongolian people and pastoral areas.

Reported by: Nandu reporter Cheng Shuwen from Beijing

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