The Significance of the May 30th Movement The Significance of Nanchang Uprising

The May 4th spirit of patriotism, progress, democracy and science nurtured by this movement has become a valuable spiritual wealth for the people of China and the youth of China to make unremitting efforts for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation under the leadership of the Party. The core of the May 4th spirit is great patriotism. The patriotism embodied in the May 4th Movement is a vivid portrayal of the indomitable and self-improving national spirit of the Chinese nation and an important source of strength for the development and progress of China for thousands of years.

Rejuvenate China: The slogan of "Rejuvenate China" was first put forward by Sun Yat-sen in 1894 "Declaration on the Social Rejuvenation of China". Since then, most patriots have taken this as the ultimate goal of their lifelong struggle. It can be said that all the revolutionary struggles in China since then were aimed at rejuvenating the Chinese nation; All progress and achievements are due to its supervision and encouragement. The May 4th Movement is a direct continuation of this spirit. This is the most fundamental motive force for patriotic students to run and shout, fight bloody battles, and for intellectuals, citizens and workers to respond and support actively. This is also the most fundamental significance of slogans such as "fighting for national rights abroad and punishing national thieves at home" and "awakening compatriots and saving the country unanimously". Although some people didn't realize this clearly at that time, they were driven by patriotic enthusiasm, but their patriotic purpose was not to keep China backward, but the ultimate goal was to save China from peril, change the backward face of China and revitalize the Chinese nation.

Patriotism: During the May 4th Movement, students ran around shouting regardless of high pressure, and their patriotic actions were supported by celebrities, elites and the masses in the industrial and commercial circles because of the strong call for patriotism and the strong infection of patriotism. Today, to truly revitalize the Chinese nation, we must vigorously carry forward patriotism.

Democratic spirit: The New Culture Movement first put forward the idea of paying equal attention to science and human rights (mentioned in the inaugural speech of Youth Magazine), and then talked about "Mr. Sai" (science) and "Mr. De" (democracy, at that time, human rights and democracy were regarded as basically the same concepts). Later, "Mr. Sai" and "Mr. De" became "Comrade Sai" and "Comrade De", that is to say, the combination of democracy and science has always been the goal of China's * * * production party. In the May 4th Movement, democracy, that is, "Mr. De", was an anti-feudal and anti-authoritarian banner, which greatly liberated people's minds. The May 4th patriotic movement took place because it carried forward the democratic spirit. Without the enlightenment of democracy and the awakening of democratic consciousness, it is impossible to have such a large-scale patriotic movement. At present, China's democratic political construction has made remarkable progress and made great achievements in many aspects. However, it is still far from the goal of socialist democratic politics. To revive the Chinese nation at an early date, we must continue to hold high the banner of "Mr. De", carry forward the spirit of democracy and strengthen the construction of socialist democratic politics.

Scientific spirit: During the May 4th Movement, science, namely "Mr. Sai" and "Mr. De", was another banner against feudalism and superstition, which effectively promoted the development of democratic consciousness and the struggle against feudalism. Chen Duxiu put forward six new viewpoints in the article "Warning Youth", and the sixth one is "scientific rather than imaginary". He said: "The reason why modern Europe is superior to others and why science is prosperous is not because of human rights. If there are two ships and cars "and" China people want to get rid of ignorance and be ashamed of being shallow, they should catch up and pay equal attention to science and human rights. " Therefore, while carrying forward the spirit of democracy, we should also carry forward the spirit of science.

Emancipating the Mind: During the May 4th Movement, advanced thinkers boldly broke the old tradition and put forward many inspiring ideas, which formed a rare situation of ideological emancipation in the history of China and effectively promoted the liberation in other fields. As Mao Zedong described at that time: "The liberation of thought, politics, economy, men and women, and education all need to seek the sky from the imprisonment of nine kinds of injustice." It was this great ideological liberation that made the May 4th Movement a watershed between new ideas and old ideas, and between new culture and old culture. It was the first ideological emancipation movement with great influence in China in the 20th century, which initiated the ideological emancipation and profoundly influenced the development of China's history in the 20th century. The second and third ideological emancipation movements that followed, the first and second historic leap of combining Marxism with China's reality, the emergence of Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory, and every progress and achievement made by China since then can be said to be the result of emancipating the mind, inheriting and developing the May 4th spirit.

"Bayi Gong in the first shot". The Nanchang Uprising is a glorious starting point for China's * * * Production Party to lead the revolutionary war independently, establish the people's army and seize political power by force, which is of great historical significance.

The Nanchang Uprising ushered in a new historical period of the China Revolution. Since the Nanchang Uprising, the China Producer Party began to lead the agrarian revolution and armed struggle independently, and founded the people's political power and the people's army. After the serious failure of the Great Revolution, the China Revolution rose again and embarked on the correct road of encircling cities from rural areas and seizing political power by armed forces.

Nanchang Uprising initiated the history of China Producer Party leading the people's army. 1933, the Chinese Soviet Provisional Central Government decided to take the annual "August 1st" as the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army Memorial Day. 1949, according to the proposal of President Mao Zedong, the Central Military Commission decided to use "August 1st" as the symbol of the China People's Liberation Army on the military flag and emblem. Over the past 80 years, this people's army, under the leadership of the China Production Party, has experienced the test of war and gone through a magnificent and glorious course. From small to large, from weak to strong, it has become a mainstay in defending China's socialist modernization and national security, and an important force in maintaining world peace.

Nanchang Uprising trained outstanding generals of the People's Army. Nanchang Uprising gave birth to the People's Army, and many soldiers of the People's Army also gained the experience of revolutionary armed struggle from the practice of the Uprising. They dyed the military flag red with fiery blood, overcame difficulties with mighty spirit, wrote history with brilliant achievements, and grew into outstanding generals of China People's Liberation Army in the long revolutionary war journey. Zhu De, Liu Bocheng, He Long, Nie, Chen Yi and Lin Biao who directly participated in the Nanchang Uprising were awarded the rank of Marshal 1955, and Su Yu, Chen Geng and Xu Guangda were awarded the rank of general.

Nanchang Uprising cultivated the great spirit of the people's army to defeat the enemy. Nanchang Uprising not only created a miracle in the history of revolution and army building, but also forged the great spirit of August 1st: listen to the Party's command, dare to be the first, persevere and strive for the people. The most fundamental thing is to uphold the party's absolute leadership over the army. This is the fundamental principle and system of the people's army, the concentrated display of its excellent character and heroism, and the immortal soul of the people's army. With the growth of the army, the spirit of August 1st has been continuously enriched, which has become a magic weapon for the people's army to defeat the enemy and a powerful spiritual driving force for its development.