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The Rise of Pingjiang Red Village: Honoring the Red Spirit and Rural Revitalization in the New Era

Editor’s note: Pingjiang is a red holy land. It is the cradle of the Red Army and the stars shine here. The once hot land has become more lively and prosperous with the development of various rural revitalization initiatives in the new era. From October 13 to 15, 2023, Pingjiang County, Yueyang City will host the 2023 Hunan Red Tourism Culture Festival. Red Net Yueyang Station launched a special report “The Rise of Pingjiang Red Village”, closely following the theme of the conference “Salute Xiaoxiang Red’s Endeavor for a New Era”, starting from the red spirit, vigorously promoting the local struggle spirit of inheriting the red blood and the development of rural culture and tourism , industrial revitalization, harmonious rural construction and other aspects, the red fertile soil is full of new vitality in the new era.

Zhou Lingzhao recalled the painting scene of Chairman Mao’s portrait in Tiananmen Square during the founding ceremony of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

“The first designer in New China” Zhou Lingzhao.

Red Net Moment reporter Zhao Man Yueyang reports

Xiaoxiang is red, Pingjiang is red.

Pingjiang’s rich “Chinese red” includes the passionate red of the revolutionary memorial site, the spiritual red of the general’s hometown, and a touch of “cultural red”.

On the morning of October 1, 1949, the founding ceremony of the People’s Republic of China began in a few hours. There was a young man in the queue at the Central Academy of Fine Arts on the southeast side of Tiananmen who was particularly nervous. He stared at the portrait of Chairman Mao above the tower from a distance. Before dawn, he was still doing the final touches on the portrait of Chairman Mao on the ladder in front of Tiananmen.

He is Zhou Lingzhao, and he is also the representative of Pingjiang’s “cultural red”. From the solemn national emblem that represents the country’s image, to the Young Pioneers flag and the Communist Youth League flag that are remembered by the children who grew up in New China, to the second, third, and fourth sets of RMB that witness the prosperity of the People’s Republic of China… These are issued in the name of the country, The works that represent the country are all written by Zhou Lingzhao. He made historic contributions to the image design of New China and is known as “the first person to design in New China”.

From 1950 to the 1980s, Zhou Lingzhao was responsible for the overall design of the second, third, and fourth sets of RMB after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The picture shows the overall design of the third set of RMB 2 yuan notes.

As a party member with more than 70 years of party experience, he has always kept in mind his original mission of seeking happiness for the people and rejuvenation for the nation. In his more than 80 years of creative career, he has used his works to make a strong voice of the times, evoked the national spirit with his creations, and painted the National image, using design to show national glory, using art to serve the people and society.

What he writes about is the motherland, and even more so the hometown in the embrace of the motherland.

Winter 2000. Mr. Zhou accidentally discovered the leaves of the ancient camphor tree that he had preserved when he left his hometown of Sanshi Town in Pingjiang. He felt homesick and co-created “Blue Waves with Clouds and the Smell of Tea in the Four Seas” with his wife Chen Ruoju. By the Miluo River, hard-working people are under the ancient camphor trees. Picking tea, the Three Eyes Bridge is fascinating in the painting.

Mr. Zhou painted China with his pen and served the people with art. The essence of red culture spread in his hometown. In the new era, his hometown has become the representative of the “new countryside”. The harmonious countryside retains nostalgia and happiness.

In August 2023, the finals of the Sanshi Town National Leisure Festival and the Hemei Country Basketball Game (Spicy BA) will be held in the square.

In August 2023, the Sanshi Town National Leisure Festival and the Hemei Country Basketball Game (Spicy BA) finals will start in the square; the 2023 Dongting Fishing and Fire Season – the rhyme of autumn, our festival Mid-Autumn Festival, and “camphor” show cultural confidence and empowerment Rural Revitalization Pingjiang County’s autumn “Village Gala” kicked off in Guzhang Park, Tianhu Village, Sanshi Town… Country lanes on asphalt roads, well-equipped village squares, rich cultural activities, and smiling villagers.

In recent years, Sanshi Town in Pingjiang County has taken the construction goal of “Three Colorful Cities” and followed the seven working methods of “red party building, orange people’s livelihood, golden industry, green ecology, cyan corruption, blue culture, and purple public welfare” to ensure stability and seek With the development, various undertakings in the town have embarked on the “fast track” of accumulation and accelerated rise. It has successively won the title of “Hometown of Chinese Spicy Tiao Food”, “Top Ten Charming Townships” for Hunan Province’s New Rural Development, “Yueyang City Gluten Town”, etc. honor. The three towns use “Internet +”, “tourism +” and “ecology +” and other models to organically combine agriculture, culture, tourism and health care, and continue to innovate in parent-child tourism, life experience, homestays and other aspects.

“The country and the people have nurtured me all my life, and the plants and trees will also become useful materials. The annual rings on my tree have gone through twists and turns and hardships, but fortunately they have strong vitality. Seriousness, diligence and rigor in art It is my lifelong habit. I will continue to work to beautify the country and beautify people’s lives.” Zhou Lingzhao once said.

He painted a wonderful picture of “red culture” with his pen. Red culture is also inheritance, inheritance of spirit and inheritance of struggle. With the inheritance and development of this culture, his hometown becomes more and more beautiful.

Source: Red Net Moment News

Author: Zhao Man

Editor: Zhong Bao

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2023-10-15 03:19:06
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