On the morning of September 30, 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping attended the ceremony of presenting flower baskets to the people's heroes on the Martyrs' Day.

Heroes and martyrs are more than a thousand pounds in the heart of General Secretary Xi Jinping. The General Secretary once pointed out that all national heroes are the backbone of the Chinese nation, and their deeds and spirits are powerful forces that inspire us to move forward.

It's Qingming Festival again. Let us remember the heroes and martyrs together, inherit the red genes, and continue the spiritual bloodline.

Some people say that Qingming Festival is a "root festival". People seek their roots, their families continue their genealogy, and their country will last for a long time. This "root" is the cornerstone, blood, faith, and direction...

It is a position that freezes into ice sculptures on the shore of Changjin Lake and does not retreat; it is the boundary marker guarded by the Galwan Valley with open arms; it is the sentence before the fighter plane crashes, "I can no longer return, you can continue to move forward"...

The heroes and martyrs ignite the spark with their lives; now, we use our protection to continue the light.

"Father, it's been seventy years since we finally took you home."

——73-year-old Fang Hanbing took the DNA appraisal letter tremblingly and successfully compared it with the remains of Fang Jinyao, a martyr in the Korean volunteer army. After seventy years of watching, we finally welcomed the loyal soul to return to our hometown.

"The martyrs are lying here, I will guard."

——Seventy-year-old Shu Zaize volunteered to guard the Yangxin Shizishan Martyrs Cemetery for 20 years, sweeping fallen leaves and wiping the tombstones, regardless of wind and rain. He said: "As long as I can still leave, I will keep going."

"The story of the hero cannot be stopped in our generation."

——Ding Huaguo, a 67-year-old national first-class combat hero, has traveled all over the country to carry out red propaganda for 21 years. He told the young man in a hoarse voice: "Peace is for life."

From black hair to white hair, from battlefield to podium, protection has never stopped.

Before Qingming Festival this year, the "Hubei Province Heroes and Martyrs Protection Regulations" was released. This is the first local regulations in the field of heroes and martyrs protection in the country and will come into effect on July 1.

Defend the glory with the rule of law, let every sacrifice be remembered, and every history be treasured.

We guard you, past is, present is, forever.

Producer: Cen Zhuo

Producer: Hong Yan

Editor: Kang Yaofang Yin Jun

Coordinator: Luo Feng

Reporter: Zou Min

Creative creators: Pang Dong, Ruan Xiang, Yin Zhe, Ouyang Shengtao, Cheng Yi

Company: Bao Xiaoji, Chen Kai, Guo Feng, Li Qiang, Zhang Gongxiong

Producer: Hubei Provincial Department of Veterans Affairs Hubei Radio and Television Station

Editor in charge Zou Min