The significance of the 28 salutes fired by 54 guns at the Founding Ceremony of the People's Republic of China

1. The 54-gun salute symbolizes the 54 units participating in the first plenary session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

Second, the 28th bell marks the 28 years of heroic struggle led by the Communist Party of China.

At 3 pm on October 1, 1949, the People's Republic of China held its founding ceremony. Mao Zedong declared on the Tiananmen Gate Tower in Beijing that the People's Republic of China and the Central People's Government were established.

Mao Zedong personally pressed the button, and the first five-star red flag slowly rose in Tiananmen Square. At the same time, 54 gun salutes from 54 units representing the Communist Party of China participating in the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference fired 28 times.

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The significance of the founding ceremony

1. A new era of Chinese history was opened domestically, and China ended more than a hundred years of being invaded and enslaved. After a history of humiliation, the Chinese people truly became an independent country. The Chinese people have since stood up and become the masters of the country.

2. The International has strengthened the forces of world peace, democracy and socialism, and inspired the world's oppressed nations and oppressed peoples to strive for liberation. It shows that China is finally an independent country and that the Chinese people can transform from the sick man of East Asia into the descendant of the dragon.

3. The founding of the People's Republic of China ended the history of a small number of exploiters dominating the vast working people, and ended the history of imperialism enslaving the Chinese people of all ethnic groups. The Chinese people have since become the masters of the country. The master of the country. This is a great victory for Marxism in China and a great victory for Mao Zedong Thought that combines the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete practice of the Chinese revolution.

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