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Relevant reports on Guyuan Daily about
Mr. Wu he-man |
| Mr. Wu He-man arrived at hometown
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| In the afternoon of Oct 21, Mr. Wu He-man came to his hometown-Shangshan
Town, Jiangxi Province. When the car arrived at the front of
town government, thousands of villagers lighted firecracker
to welcome the old Red Army soldier. It was only 1km from the
government to his home. But it cost more than one hour. When
the car stopped, dozens of photographers took pictures of him.
His younger brother went forward to hold his hands. 20 minutes
later, they together entered their old house. |
| Mr. Wu He-man visited Jiujiang City |
| In the morning of Oct 21, Mr. Wu He-man visited Jiujiang
City with the accompany of Vice secretary of Jiujiang City-Mr
Zhang Hua-dong. They came to Hezhong Square, where people
applauded to welcome the Red Army soldier. Mr Wu waved his
hands to express his gratitude. When the old man saw 100m
high fountain, he said that it was so beautiful. In the city
planning exhibition hall, Mr Wu was quite happy to see models
of buildings and roads. At the end of visit, Mr Wu sighed
that the construction of Jiujiang City was very great. |
| The Long March Spirit |
Between Oct 19 to 23, the journalist of Guyuan Daily interviewed
the whole possess of the Red Army soldier-Mr. Wu He-man going
hometown. The old man's spirit moved every journalist in the
presence. One noon, the government staff in Yuanzhou District
invited Mr Wu and journalists to have lunch. The waitress
offered a big bowl of rice to Mr Wu, who sighed that if only
we could eat rice in the Long March. At last, no grain of
rice was left in his bowl. Since 1935, he was hurt in the
battle; he never troubled the government in Guyuan City. Until
1980, the civil bureau did research about living Red Army
soldier; they got to know his story. As for a 96 years old
man, his Long March Spirit impressed a lot in every journalist's
heart. |
| The paper vied in interviewing the Red Army soldier |
In the afternoon of Oct 20, when the Red Army soldier-
Mr. Wu He-man reached the train station, the officials of
Jiujiang City government and armed police came to welcome
his arrival. More than 20 photographers crowded together in
order to take his photos and some were hurt in the chaos.
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