The pear blossoms reflect the poplar trees, and listen to the wind and rain and pass the Qingming Festival. Today is Qingming Festival, a day to commemorate old friends and pursue the distance with caution, and a day to commemorate heroes and mountains and rivers.

This special day reminds people of such a letter. This letter was read affectionately when General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the 26th collective study of the 18th Central Political Bureau in September 2015 - "My dearest child! Mother does not need thousands of words to educate you, but only uses practice to educate you. After you grow up, I hope you don't forget that your mother sacrificed for the country..." This is the last letter from the anti-Japanese hero Zhao Yiman before his heroic death. It is a mother's last remark to his 7-year-old child, and it is also the true love given by a soldier to thousands of miles of mountains and rivers.

The General Secretary always reads the letters of the revolutionary martyrs again and again, and he remembers it here.

When working in Fujian, Comrade Xi Jinping personally revised the construction plan for the historical celebrity statues of Fuzhou. Among them, the first batch of figure statues included the image of Lin Juemin writing "Letter to Wife";

During the inspection in Hunan, General Secretary Xi Jinping talked about the letters of "adhering to the revolution and continuing my ambition and swearing to pass on the truth" written by Xia Minghan, a martyr from Hunan, who was trapped in prison...

A letter crossing the years of war, some of which were just a few words, but the General Secretary attached great importance to it, because they are not only historical records and witnesses of the times, but also the engravings of the spirit of the Communists and the carrying of faith.

In peaceful times, life and death tests are fewer, but various tests are everywhere.

"The original foundation is established and the Tao is born." Ideals and beliefs are the foundation for Communists to settle down. Only by working hard to establish their roots and solidify their foundation can they develop strong immunity and resistance, and burst out with infinite enterprising and breakthrough power.

General Secretary Xi Jinping guides the majority of party members and cadres to review the red letters from home again and again, and regards it as "the most vivid and convincing textbook for the education of ideals and beliefs." Every time I open these "textbooks", read, recite, think, and think, and carry out a spiritual baptism and a question of the original intention.

Letters convey feelings, and letters express aspirations. Letters are also an important way for General Secretary Xi Jinping to communicate with the people. The General Secretary often talks about heroes and martyrs in his letters, and the lines are filled with heroic spirit.

People cannot forget the warmth contained in this letter -

Use life as a candle to illuminate the road to peace; cast shields with passionate blood to protect the peace of the mountains and rivers. Since the founding of New China, nearly 20,000 police officers in the national public security system have died in the line of duty.

"Take heroic fathers as examples, strengthen ideals and beliefs, and study hard." On the eve of the 10th Martyrs' Memorial Day in 2023, the children of eight heroes from the People's Public Security University of China received a reply from General Secretary Xi Jinping. What is conveyed together is the memory and respect for the heroes and martyrs, and the care and concern for the families of heroes and martyrs.

People cannot forget the heavy instructions in this letter -

In 1965, in the face of the sudden accident in mine burial training, the hero Wang Jie used his life to fulfill his oath of "not fearing hardship and not fearing death".

In January 2019, after more than a year of discussion with the "Wang Jieban" soldiers, General Secretary Xi Jinping wrote another letter to encourage everyone to "work hard to be good soldiers in the new era." With earnest instructions, we will lead and promote the "Wang Jie spirit to shine in a new era."

People cannot forget the expectations contained in this letter -

In 1933, Zhaojin, Shaanxi Province established the first mountainous revolutionary base in the northwest, thus becoming the cradle of the northwest revolution. Decades later, the children here took classes as their company, listened to the military horns and grew up rooted in the red hot land.

"Learn from heroes and models" and "pass on the red gene from generation to generation with practical actions." In May 2018, a reply letter to the children of the Red Army Primary School in Zhaojin, Shaanxi came from Zhongnanhai across mountains and rivers. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out the spiritual code of "where to come" and guided us in the future direction of "where to go".

Qingming Festival is a time to remember the past and a time to walk in spring.

On the new Long March, there are many "Loushanguan" and "Lazikou". "To achieve our goals, we need heroes and heroic spirit."

General Secretary Xi Jinping conveys his emotions and expresses his will through faith, leads society to cultivate the ideological foundation of learning from the best, admiring heroes, and striving to be a pioneer, so that the new era becomes an era of strugglers, and everyone has a stage to become "his own heroes".

Moving forward is the best memory. The new chapter of the times we wrote on the land of China is the most touching letter to thousands of heroes.

Planning: Zhang Xiaosong

Editor-in-Chief: Zhu Jichai

Chief-in-Chief: Gao Lei

Visual: Zhang Aifang, Zhang Zhen, Gao Songling

Co-produced by Xinhua News Agency domestic and Xinhuanet

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