Why did founding ceremony fire 28 rounds with a 54-gun salute?

The 54-gun salute represented people from 54 units and aspects who participated in the new CPPCC at that time, and the 28-gun salute represented the China * * * production party, which took 28 years from the founding of the Party to the founding of the People's Republic of China.

1949 10 1 2 pm, at this time, 300,000 Beijing soldiers and civilians who participated in the founding ceremony had already gathered in Tiananmen Square, looking forward to this great historical moment.

When the bright five-star red flag was first raised in Tiananmen Square in Ran Ran, 300,000 people in the square took off their hats and stood in awe.

At 3 pm, Lin, secretary-general of the Central People's Government Committee, declared the conference open. The chairman, vice-chairmen and members of the Central People's Government have been elected. Amid the cheers of the masses, President Mao Zedong solemnly declared to the world with his loud voice with a Hunan accent: "The Central People's Government of People's Republic of China (PRC) was established today!"

Suddenly, the square was filled with cheers and excitement. In the majestic melody of March of the Volunteers, Mao Zedong pressed the button, and Ran Ran, the first bright five-star red flag of New China, rose. The audience stood quietly, paying attention to the national flag. In the square, the 54-gun salute rang 28 times.

The 54-gun salute represented 54 units and people who participated in the new CPPCC at that time. The 28-gun salute shows that the China * * * Production Party has led the people of the whole country since the establishment of 192 1. After 28 years of struggle, the country became independent, and the people turned over and became masters of their own affairs, thus ushered in 1949+00+65438. Since then, our motherland has been prosperous and the people have lived a happy life.

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From the beginning, salute was listed as one of the procedures of the celebration ceremony. The military parade headquarters decided to form a salute team by the special forces of the North China Military Region.

The salute was selected from the mountain guns captured by the Japanese army, *** 108 guns, which were divided into two groups with 54 guns in each group. All the shells were unloaded. Compared with field guns and howitzers, this kind of gun has short body, small caliber, light weight and convenient use. It was selected from the mountain artillery battalion of the six columns in North China and the artillery units directly under the military region. The training of salute team was held in Xiannongtan Park.

Each salute has three gunners, who mainly train the three actions of loading, launching and shell ejection, which must be completed within 3 seconds. The volley of the 54-gun salute was limited to four and a half seconds at a time, because Chairman Mao pressed the button to raise the national flag and the military band played the national anthem for two minutes and five seconds. During this period, 28 salutes should be fired at the same time.

65438+ 10 month 1. When the five-star red flag was first raised in Tiananmen Square and the band played the national anthem, founding ceremony's salute sounded. These 28 rumblings, each as neat as a cannon, condensed the power of the 54-gun salute and the sound of the majestic sky.

54 salutes rang, representing 54 units and people who participated in the new CPPCC at that time; The salute sounded 28 times, representing the 28 years of heroic struggle for the victory of the new-democratic revolution led by the Chinese Production Party.

On that day, countless people marched through red lights in the city. Until late at night, the capital was still immersed in a carnival atmosphere. The wave of carnival swept across the country, from the city to the countryside, the liberated people cheered, and everyone uttered the same voice from the heart-the people of China stood up!

The establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC) ended the history of a few exploiters ruling the working people and the history of imperialism enslaving the people of all ethnic groups in China. Since then, the people of China have become the masters of their own country.

This is a great victory of Marxism in China, and a great victory of Mao Zedong Thought, which combines the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete practice of China revolution. The history of China has opened a new era.

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