A story asking celebrities to be frugal.

1) The story of Premier Zhou Enlai's diligence and thrift is well known to all women and children and has become a beautiful talk. He has always advocated building the country through diligence and thrift, demanding that "all hospitality must be domestic, frugal and simple, not extravagant and wasteful, lacking revolutionary spirit and hard work style". Comrade Zhu Guangya once recalled a story:196165438+on February 4th, a special committee was convened to consider a plan of the Second Machinery Department at that time. The meeting lasted from morning to noon, and Premier Zhou invited everyone to have lunch. On the dining table is a big bowl of meatballs cooked with cabbage and tofu, surrounded by several dishes of pickles and sesame cakes. Premier Zhou and everyone eat at the same table and eat the same food. This story sounds instructive so far. Today, with the great improvement of living conditions, the consciousness of saving in some comrades' minds has gradually faded. In real life, it is not uncommon to lose the revolutionary spirit and hard work style. However, some comrades disagree. In the eyes of some people, thrift and hard work are the special requirements put forward in the past war years and hard years. Now that the conditions and environment have changed, advocating this is out of date. Some people think that whether to be hard-working and plain living is a trivial matter in personal life. Eating, drinking and having fun do not hinder the overall situation. There is no need to take it so seriously and strictly. Some people think that people pay attention to the quality of life and food and clothing, and the state also advocates and encourages consumption. "Generous expenditure" is a contribution to national economic construction. These understandings are inconsistent with the producer's outlook on life and values. Advocating frugality, opposing extravagance and working hard have always been the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, the fine style that our party has always adhered to and advocated, and the magic weapon to defeat the enemy. At that time, American journalist Si Nuo saw in Yan 'an that Mao Zedong and other central leaders ate coarse millet, wore vests made from captured parachutes and lived in crude caves. He praised with emotion that this is the "oriental magic" existing in the producers of * * *, and asserted that this power is "the light of rejuvenating the country". It is with this power that our country becomes stronger and stronger. On the eve of the victory of the national revolution, Comrade Mao Zedong was far-sighted and asked all Party members to continue to be modest and prudent, guard against arrogance and rashness, and continue to work hard. Shortly after the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China closed, General Secretary Hu Jintao and comrades of the Secretariat of the Central Committee went to Xibaipo, a revolutionary holy land, to study and inspect, and called on all party comrades, especially leading cadres, to bear in mind the "two musts" and take the lead in hard struggle. The fine style of thrift and hard work not only needs to be adhered to in the revolutionary war years and the early days of the founding of New China, but also needs to be adhered to in building a well-off society in an all-round way today. It should be noted that although China has made great achievements in modernization, it is still a developing country. Building a well-off society in an all-round way requires long-term struggle. Even if our country is well-off and rich, but our country has a large population and relatively insufficient natural resources, we are not allowed to enjoy the success and waste it in vain. Every little makes a mickle, and extravagance and waste bring incalculable losses to the country. The famous anti-Japanese patriotic general Xu wrote well in a 500-word poem: "Don't neglect saving, every little makes a mickle, a grain of rice is like a pearl, and a dish can't be rotten." "Although the economy is limited, ten thousand and ten stones, trickling into a river, break through the east coast." Water drops make rivers and rice grains make baskets. It can be seen that saving is a powerful saving! Facts have proved that extravagance and hedonism prevail, and there is no hope for any country or nation. 2) Gates' three dishes are worthy of China's richest man, China flavor, President and Hu Jintao. From 18 to 2 1, he will begin his first trip to the United States as president, which is also the first state visit to the United States by China and the president in 10 years. Gates's three-course banquet Hu Jintao, appetizer, smoked guinea fowl salad; Main course: Washington yellow onion steak or Alaska flounder paired with shrimp. Dessert, almond cake with butter. As the richest man in the world, in order to show his identity, to show his hospitality to President Hu Jintao and to thank China for his support, Gates could have welcomed President Hu Jintao with the most luxurious banquet. However, Gates only cooked three ordinary meals for President Hu Jintao, but it was these three dishes that made us feel Gates' philosophy of eating and drinking and personality charm again, and gave a vivid education lesson on the concept of honor and disgrace to the rich in China. Everyone knows that Gates is rich, but many people know that Gates is frugal. Everyone knows that the rich in China are not very rich compared with the rich abroad, but many people know that the rich in China are very extravagant. They often "don't buy the best, only buy the most expensive" and "don't eat the best, only eat the most expensive". Gates' three dishes at least make the rich in China "thrifty", and at least from now on, they will know which one is the best and most decent. 3) In Fengyang, Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, there is also a song with four dishes and one soup: "The emperor treats you, four dishes and one soup, radish and leek are really sweet; Onion tofu, profound and clear, makes corrupt officials flustered. When Zhu Yuanzhang celebrated the queen's birthday, he only used two bowls of carrots, leeks, vegetables and spring onion tofu soup to entertain the officials. Moreover, there are three chapters in the Covenant: in the future, no matter who hosts a banquet, only four dishes and one soup are allowed, and anyone who violates it will pay in hell. 4) There is a folk story: Once upon a time, at the foot of Funiu Mountain in the Central Plains, there lived a farmer named Wu Cheng. He lives a hard life, a carefree and very happy life. Legend has it that before he died, he set up a horizontal plaque for his two sons, which read "thrift" and warned them: "If you want to be free from hunger all your life, you must be like these two families. "Later, when the two brothers separated, they saw the plaque split in two. The eldest got the word" thrift "and the second got the word" frugality ". The boss respectfully hangs the word "diligence" at home, "work at sunrise and rest at sunset" every day, and harvest every year. However, his wife lives in luxury, and children often eat two bites of white steamed bread and throw it away. Over time, there is no surplus grain at home. Since he gave the second half a plaque, he also took the word "frugality" as nave's "Oracle", but forgot the word "thrift". He neglected farming and refused to intensively cultivate, so he didn't get much food every year. Although a family scrimps, it is difficult to last. This year's drought, the home of the eldest brother and the second child has been empty. In desperation, they tore off the plaque and put the word "diligence and thrift" on the ground. At this time, suddenly a piece of paper flew into the house from the window, and the two brothers quickly picked it up-look, it said: "Diligence is like carrying a bottomless bowl, but always full of dissatisfaction!" "If you don't work hard, you must be poor and hungry! "The two brothers suddenly realized that the words" thrift "cannot be separated, complement each other and are indispensable. After learning the lesson, they posted the words "Diligent Housekeeping" on the door to remind themselves, warn their wives and children and live on their own. Life has been getting better and better since then. 5) The Story of Ji Wenzi Ji Wen Zi was born in a family in it runs in the family. He was a famous minister of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period and served as an official for more than 30 years. He has been frugal all his life, based on frugality, and also asked his family to be frugal. His clothes are simple and neat, and he has almost no decent clothes except imperial clothes. Every time he goes out, the horses and chariots he rides are extremely humble. Seeing that he was so frugal, a man named Wang advised his son, "As a minister, you are highly respected, but I heard that your wives and concubines are not allowed to wear silk clothes at home, and you don't have to feed horses and food." You don't even pay attention to your appearance and clothes. Isn't it too shabby to make people in other countries laugh at you? This is also detrimental to the dignity of our country, and people will say what kind of life Lu Shangqing leads. Why not change this way of life? It's good for you and your country. Why not? After hearing this, Ji Wenzi smiled indifferently and said to the man seriously: "I also hope to decorate my home luxuriously and elegantly, but look at the people in our country. There are still many people eating coarse grains and wearing shabby clothes, and others are freezing and starving." With this idea, how can I have the heart to add property to myself? If ordinary people are poor in tea and clothes, and I dress up as my wife and concentrate on raising food and horses, it will be heartless to be an official! Besides, I heard that the strength and glory of a country can only be expressed by the noble behavior of its subjects, not by their beautiful wives and horses. In that case, how can I accept your suggestion? This sentence made Zhong Sun look ashamed, and at the same time made him respect Moon Hee more. After that, he took Ji Wen Zi as an example and paid great attention to the simplicity of life. His wives and concubines only wear clothes made of ordinary cloth, and the horses at home are only fed with chaff.