Why use long-distance running to commemorate the December 9 th Movement?

First of all, long-distance running in winter is a traditional winter sport in China. Secondly, commemorating the December 9th Movement in this way has another meaning, that is, running in memory of ancestors, and long-distance running in winter can not only enhance physical fitness, resist the cold, but also invigorate the spirit and exercise the will.

During the December 29th Movement, young students broke through the high-handed policy of the Kuomintang government and shouted the slogan "Down with Japanese imperialism", which promoted the new awakening of the Chinese nation. This movement made China's * * * production party put forward the idea of "stopping the civil war and unanimously resisting Japan", which became the unanimous voice of the people all over the country; It broke the once silent political situation and set off a new climax of the anti-Japanese and national salvation movement.

As Mao Zedong said, "The December 29th Movement is a movement to mobilize the whole nation to resist Japan. It prepared the idea of the war of resistance, prepared the hearts of the people and prepared the cadres of the war of resistance. " It has the same great significance as the May 4th Movement.

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Enlightenment of the December 29th Movement on Contemporary Youth in China

First, we should hold high the national spirit with patriotism as the core. National spirit refers to the sum total of value orientation, mode of thinking, moral norms and spiritual temperament formed by a nation in its long-term life and social practice and recognized by most members of the nation. It embodies the unique way and spiritual support of a nation's survival and development under certain natural environment and social and historical conditions.

During the five thousand years of development, the Chinese nation has formed a national spirit with patriotism as the core. It is out of deep attachment and love for the homeland, compatriots of the same flesh and blood and splendid culture that the Chinese nation can be unyielding in defending sovereignty and territory, create splendid material civilization and spiritual civilization, and strive for self-improvement and endless life.

Second, under the leadership of the * * * production party, consciously shoulder the mission entrusted by history. People who live in society should not only complete their own life course, but also undertake various life obligations and historical responsibilities. Young people in different times have different historical tasks and different historical missions.

Only when the student movement reflects the requirements of historical progress and the wishes of the people, matches the whole revolutionary struggle and shoulders the mission of the times can it have profound content, strong vitality and clear historical significance.

The December 29th Movement was the starting point of the new upsurge of the anti-Japanese national salvation movement, because at the critical moment of national survival, young students bravely shouldered the historical responsibility, and their slogans such as "Down with Japanese imperialism" and "Stop the civil war and unite against Japan" expressed the same demands of the people of the whole country.

Baidu Encyclopedia-December 9th Movement

People's Network-December 29th Movement and the Right Direction of Contemporary China Youth