Some good things about Lei Feng

Chronology of Major Events

On December 18, 1940, he was born in a poor farmer's family in Jianjiatang, Anqing Township (now Leifeng Township), Wangcheng County, Hunan Province. This year is the "Gengchen" year of the lunar calendar, and his parents named him "Gengyazi".

In the autumn of 1947, his parents and brothers died tragically one after another, and Lei Feng, who was only 7 years old, became an orphan.

From April to May 1949, Lei Feng scattered leaflets and posted slogans for underground party organizations in the area of ????(氵Rong)wan Town.

In August 1949, Lei Feng’s hometown was liberated. The Anqing Township People's Government was established. Lei Feng served as the captain of the Children's League.

Land reform began in early 1950. Lei Feng was allocated 3.6 acres of cultivated land, as well as some daily necessities, such as beds, mosquito nets, pots, boxes, etc.

Enrolled in the summer of 1950 and studied at Liu Family Ancestral Hall Primary School.

In the summer of 1954, he was admitted to Qingshuitang Primary School, joined the Young Pioneers, and was elected as a member of the squadron.

Transferred to Heyeba Primary School in 1955. In the spring of this year, during the climax of agricultural cooperation, Lei Feng transferred all the 3.6 acres of land allocated during the land reform to the commune.

Graduated from Heyeba Elementary School on July 15, 1956.

From July to September 1956, Lei Feng worked in the production team as an autumn campaign assistant for nearly three months, doing the work of collecting public grain.

In September 1956, he worked as a correspondent in the Anqing Township Government.

On November 17, 1956, he worked as a civil servant in Wangcheng County Committee.

On February 8, 1957, he was honored to join the New Democratic Youth League of China and was rated as a model worker for the county party committee.

In the summer of 1957, he served as the correspondent of the Wangcheng County Water Control Project Headquarters. The anti-counterfeiting project was completed and he was rated as a model for anti-counterfeiting.

In the spring of 1958, in response to the Wangcheng County Youth League Committee’s call to donate a tractor, Lei Feng donated 20 yuan, becoming the largest donor among teenagers in the county. The county party committee decided to send Lei Feng to learn to drive a tractor.

On March 16, 1958, the first article "I Learned to Drive a Tractor" was published in "Wangcheng Daily".

In the autumn of 1958, I went to Shaoshan to pay homage to Chairman Mao Zedong’s former residence.

In October 1958, his original name was changed from Lei Zhengxing to Lei Feng.

On November 15, 1958, he went to Anshan Iron and Steel Plant to participate in socialist construction. He was assigned to work as a bulldozer operator in the coal washing workshop of Angang Chemical General Plant. Soon, he attended the Anshan Youth Socialist Construction Activists Congress.

On August 20, 1959, he signed up to work in the new coking plant at Angang Zhangling Mine.

In more than one year and two months at Anshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. from October 1958 to January 1960, he was rated as an advanced worker three times, a red flag bearer five times, and a red flag bearer 18 times. A pacesetter and won the title of Young Socialist Construction Activist.

On December 9, 1959, Gongchangling's "Mining News" published Lei Feng's application "I am determined to answer the call", expressing his firm determination to actively request to join the army.

On January 2, 1960, the new recruits were dressed and ready to go. Because Lei Feng had no political review form, it was difficult to approve his enlistment. Political Commissar Yu Xinyuan of the Liaoyang Municipal Military Service Bureau sent Lei Feng to the recruit brigade to serve as a "plainclothes correspondent".

On the night of January 7, 1960, Dai Mingzhang, the recruiting staff officer, asked Wu Haishan, the leader of the Engineering Corps, via long-distance phone call for instructions. Although Lei Feng had no political review, he was an outstanding young man and could he be brought to the army first. With permission, Lei Feng finally put on his new military uniform 8 hours before boarding the train.

January 8, 1960, Lei Feng’s first day in the army. In the afternoon of the same day, as a representative of recruits, he spoke at a national conference to welcome new comrades.

In March 1960, the training of the new recruit company was completed, and Lei Feng was assigned to the transport company as a driver. Soon after joining the company, he was transferred to join the amateur performance team of the soldiers in the regiment.

In April 1960, he returned to the transport company from the regiment's amateur performance team. A month later, Lei Feng became a qualified car driver among the recruits and was the first to go to the combat class.

In August 1960, he participated in the Shangsi Reservoir rescue and disaster relief. He fought continuously for 7 days and 7 nights despite being ill. His performance was outstanding. The Youth League Party Committee awarded Lei Feng a third-class merit award.

In August 1960, he used the 200 yuan saved in daily life to support the People's Commune of Wanghua District, Fushun City and the Liaoyang flood-stricken area, and was commended by the army. The Youth League Party Committee decided to establish Lei Feng as a "model of thrift."

On November 8, 1960, the party members meeting of the Transportation Company Branch approved Lei Feng’s application to join the party.

On November 9, 1960, the Party Committee of the Engineering Corps, chaired by Party Secretary and Political Commissar Han Wanjin, temporarily held an enlarged meeting of the Party Committee at the Shenyang Military Region Guesthouse and approved Lei Feng as a member of the Communist Party of China.

On November 23, 1960, the Shenyang Military Region Engineering Corps Party Committee decided to award Lei Feng the title of "Model Communist Youth League Member".

On November 27, 1960, Lei Feng was awarded the second-class meritorious service and spoke at the awards ceremony of the whole regiment as a meritorious representative. League leader Wu Haishan and political commissar Han Wanjin awarded Lei Feng the second-class merit certificate and the "Model Communist Youth League Member" certificate respectively. Since then, Lei Feng has won the third-class merit award once and received many awards from the regiment and battalion.

On December 1, 1960, Lei Feng's 15 diaries from August 30, 1959 to November 15, 1960 were published for the first time in the Shenyang Military Region's "Forward News".

In December 1960, Lei Feng published a signed article in the "Forward" newspaper, "After Liberation, I Got a Family, and My Mother is the Party."

On February 3, 1961, he was invited to the Haicheng garrison to give a report on the memory of hardships and sweet memories, and had a cordial conversation with the national war hero Zhi Shunyi.

In May 1961, Lei Feng, as the only candidate in the league, was elected as a representative of the Fourth People's Congress of Fushun City, Liaoning Province.

On May 14, 1961, Lei Feng was promoted to deputy squad leader.

On July 27, 1961, I received a notice from the Fushun Municipal People’s Committee. From July 31st to August 3rd, he attended the first meeting of the Fourth People's Congress of Fushun City.

In August 1961, Lei Feng was promoted to the squad leader of the fourth squad of the transportation company.

On January 27, 1962, Lei Feng was approved to be promoted to the rank of sergeant.

During the Spring Festival of 1962, Lei Feng published "A Letter to Young Comrades during the Spring Festival of 1962" in "Forward". Before and after, Lei Feng published "Growing up under Chairman Mao's nurture", "How I grew up from a poor child to Chairman Mao's good soldier", "Becoming Chairman Mao's good soldier", etc. in "Forward" Signed article.

On February 14, 1962, Lei Feng was elected as a representative of the Party Congress and attended the Congress of the Tenth Regiment of the Communist Party of China Engineering Corps.

On February 19, 1962, Lei Feng attended the first Communist Youth League Representative Conference of the Shenyang Military Region as a special representative. And was elected as a member of the presidium to speak at the conference.

In May 1962, Lei Feng was rated as an outstanding off-campus counselor in Fushun City by the Fushun Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League.

Written the last diary entry in my life on August 10, 1962. The diary wrote: "Chairman Mao taught us: 'Modility makes people progress, and pride makes people fall behind.' This is a absolutely true truth." "In the future, I will cherish and respect the people even more, and always be a primary school student of the masses. Be servants of the people.”

At 10 a.m. on August 15, 1962, while directing the reversing of the vehicle, a wooden pole for drying clothes was knocked down and hit his head, causing serious injuries. Rescue efforts at Wanghua District Western Hospital failed and he died at 12:50. Only 22 years old.

A difficult childhood

Relatives

For many years, his grandfather Lei Xinting managed to maintain a half-sufficient life for his family by cultivating 10 acres of land from landlord Tang Si Gunzi. He became seriously ill due to the exploitation of land rent, usury and exorbitant taxes. In the winter when Lei Feng was 3 years old, the landlord Tang Sigun forced Lei Xinting to pay off his rent debt before the new year. Lei Xinting died in anger at the new year's end.

Father Lei Mingliang participated in the Hunan peasant movement led by Chairman Mao and served as a self-defense captain.

He was arrested in 1938 and severely beaten by the Kuomintang, causing internal injuries and disability. He returned to his hometown to recuperate and farm to survive. In 1944, he was severely beaten by the Japanese invaders, and his injuries were even more serious. He finally died in the autumn of the following year.

My mother, Zhang Yuanhuang, was born in a blacksmith's family. When she was a teenager, she was sent to Lei's family to be a child bride. After getting married, I worked hard to manage the life of the family. After the death of her husband, eldest son, and youngest son, her life became increasingly difficult. After being humiliated and persecuted by the landlord, she hanged herself from a beam on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 1947.

My elder brother Lei Zhengde went out to work as a child laborer when he was twelve years old. Under the torture of heavy labor, he contracted childhood tuberculosis (tuberculosis). One day, he suddenly fainted next to the machine and bruised his arm and fingers. After being fired, he worked as a child laborer in a printing and dyeing workshop. Due to overwork, his lung disease worsened and he had no money for medical treatment. He died within a few days.

Birth

Lei Feng was born on December 18, 1940, in a family of poor farmers in Jianjiatang Village, Wangcheng County, Hunan Province.

Unforgettable scars

Lei Feng became an orphan when he was less than seven years old. The sixth uncle and grandma of this family adopted him. In order to help his sixth uncle and his grandmother's family, he often went to the mountains to cut firewood. However, the local firewood mountains were occupied by wealthy families, and poor people were not allowed to cut firewood. One day, Lei Feng went to Serpentine Mountain to cut firewood, and was seen by the landlady of the Xu family. The landlady pointed at Lei Feng, yelled at him, and snatched the wood knife away. Lei Feng cried and wanted to take the wood knife back, but the landlady actually raised her knife and grabbed it. Lei Feng slashed three times on the back of his left hand, and blood dripped down his fingers on the mountain road...

Determined to join the army

In August 1949, the Chinese People's Liberation Army passed by Lei Feng hometown. When Lei Feng saw the camp team settling in, he greeted the fellow villagers and helped them carry water and sweep the floor. When I bought firewood and vegetables, I paid according to the price. I didn't take any money from the masses, so I had the desire to join the army from the bottom of my heart. Lei Feng found the company commander of the army and insisted on becoming a soldier. When the company commander learned of his miserable life experience, he told him that he was still young and could only become a soldier when he grew up. He gave him a pen and encouraged him to study hard. Only when you grow up can you defend and build China.

Join the Children's League

In 1950, a farmers' association was established in the township and land reform was carried out. Lei Feng actively participated in this movement and became the leader of the Children's League, standing guard and sentry. Patrolling to prevent enemy sabotage, he also learned to speak fast and carry out propaganda.

Student days

In the summer of 1950, the township government sent orphan Lei Feng to study for free.

In the summer of 1956, Lei Feng graduated from Heyeba Primary School. In the past few years, Lei Feng overcame difficulties and studied diligently, and was highly praised by teachers and students. He helped backward classmates, protected the collective food, and fought against bad elements. He was highly praised by school teachers, classmates and fellow villagers. At the graduation ceremony, he took the stage to speak and resolutely requested to stay in the countryside and contribute his meager strength to the construction of a new socialist countryside.

Going to work

In September 1956, Lei Feng worked as a correspondent in the township government. In November, Lei Feng, who was sixteen years old, was recommended to the Wangcheng County Party Committee Be a civil servant.

In 1957, Lei Feng was honored as a model worker in the government.

In the spring of 1958, Lei Feng came to Kunshan Lake Farm and worked as a tractor driver.

In September 1958, Lei Feng came to Anshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. to work as a C-80 bulldozer operator.

In August 1959, Lei Feng came to Gongchangling Coking Plant to participate in infrastructure construction. One day in the summer of the next year, he led his partners to fight in the rain and saved 7,200 bags of cement from loss. "Liaoyang Daily" reported Lei Feng's rescue of cement and praised his deeds of self-sacrifice for others.

Lei Feng worked in Anshan and Coking Plant for one year and two months. He was rated as an advanced worker three times, a pacesetter five times, a red-banner bearer eighteen times, and won the "Youth "Activist of Socialist Construction".

Join the People's Liberation Army

Join the Army

In early December 1959, the recruitment process for the new year had begun. Lei Feng urgently requested to join the Chinese People's Liberation Army. However, in view of the limited recruitment quota in the coking plant and Lei Feng's outstanding performance at the construction site, the leaders were reluctant to let him go and refused to allow him to sign up. This made Lei Feng so anxious that he ran dozens of miles to the People's Armed Forces Department of Liaoyang City to talk to Political Commissar Yu about his experience and express his willingness and determination to join the army.

The political commissar Yu of the Ministry of Armed Forces and the leaders sent by the engineering corps to recruit soldiers specially studied the issue of Lei Feng’s enlistment and believed that he was born in a poor family. After being tempered by practical work, he had good political qualities and a clear motivation for joining the army. Although he is 1.54 meters tall, weighs less than 55 kilograms and is in poor physical condition, he has driven a tractor on the farm and a bulldozer in the factory. He has been rated as an activist and advanced worker in socialist construction many times. I believe he will grow faster if he joins the army. Finally, it was decided to approve Lei Feng's enlistment.

On January 8, 1960, Lei Feng received the enlistment notice and accompanied the recruits from Liaoyang to Yingkou City where he was stationed. As a representative of new recruits, he spoke at a meeting to welcome his comrades into the army.

Lei Feng’s regiment is a unit with a glorious war history. He is determined to carry forward the fine traditions with practical actions. When eating, he takes the initiative to read newspapers to everyone and promote the party’s policies: during breaks, he teaches everyone to sing, Lei Feng felt unparalleled warmth in this big family. Due to his weak arm strength, he failed to practice throwing grenades at the beginning. He went out to practice before dawn. After more than ten days, he finally became the same as other comrades. , achieved excellence in live-fire learning.

Coming from behind

After the training of new recruits, Lei Feng was assigned to the transportation company as an automobile soldier. "I obey the needs of the revolution. The revolution needs me to burn charcoal, so I will be Zhang Side; the revolution needs me." If I plug the hole in the bullet, I will do Huang Jiguang." This is the attitude Lei Feng expressed to the organization.

Lei Feng has a cheerful personality and is usually very active. He teaches singing, publishes posters, and speaks all kinds of fast-paced songs. His superiors arranged for him to join the warrior performance team, so he worked early and late to memorize his lines. Later, considering Lei Feng's Hunan His accent did not harmonize with everyone's Mandarin, which affected the performance, so he offered to replace himself and concentrated on the logistics for the performance. Although everyone did not see Lei Feng's performance, every program on the stage contained Lei Feng's His hard work, and his spirit of always caring about the collective and obeying the needs of the work.

After Lei Feng returned to the transportation company, he devoted himself to intense learning of driving skills. In response to the lack of training vehicles, he led everyone to build a car driving station. Lei Feng worked tirelessly to learn technology and was unanimously elected as the leader of the technology learning group. In May, Lei Feng became a qualified driver and was assigned to the second platoon and fourth shift, and was given a No. 13 car to drive to the construction site.

Nail Spirit

During the construction task, he drove around all day long, and it was difficult to find time to study, so Lei Feng put the book in his satchel and took it with him. As long as the car is parked and there is no other work, I just sit in the cab and read a book. He wrote this passage in his diary: "Some people say they are busy at work and have no time to study. I think the problem is not that you are busy at work, but whether you are willing to study and whether you squeeze the time. There is time to study. The question is whether we are good at squeezing and whether we are willing to drill. There is no hole in a good piece of wood, but why can nails be driven in? This means that the nails are forced in through pressure. From this point of view, there are two nails. Two strengths: one is the ability to squeeze, the other is the ability to drill.

We should also promote this "nail" spirit in our studies and be good at squeezing and drilling

A voluntary labor

On a Sunday in the early summer of 1960, Lei Feng had a severe stomachache It was amazing. He went to the regimental health department and prescribed some medicine. When he came back, he saw a construction site in full swing. It turned out to be a building for Benxi Road Primary School. Lei Feng couldn't help but push up a small car and join the procession of transporting bricks. Until the noon break, Lei Feng was surrounded by a group of workers. Facing everyone, he said: "We are all contributing to the construction of socialism. Like everyone else, as long as I fulfill my obligations, I can be considered as having a bright future." Let's have some light!" That afternoon, after finding out Lei Feng's name and the location of his troops, the city's Second Construction Company organized workers to beat gongs and drums and send letters of thanks. Only then did everyone realize that the sick Lei Feng had done a good deed and had a special life. Sunday.

The respectable "idiot"

In August 1960, a flood occurred in Fushun, where we were stationed, and the transportation network was ordered to fight against the flood. Lei Feng endured the pain of his burned hands when he had just participated in firefighting and fought with his comrades at the Shangsi Reservoir Dam for seven days and seven nights. He was recorded as a second-class meritorious service.

A mobilization meeting was held in Wanghua District to call for large-scale production. The momentum was very loud. Lei Feng happened to see this scene when he went to the streets to do business. He took out the 200 yuan saved in the factory and the army in his passbook (203 yuan in the passbook) He went to the Wanghua District Party Committee Office to donate money and make some contribution to the construction of the motherland. The comrade who attended him really couldn't refuse his friendship and had to accept half of it. Another 100 yuan was donated to the people of Liaoyang when Liaoyang suffered the worst flood in a century. When our country was hit by a severe natural disaster, he donated all his savings for national construction and disaster-stricken areas, but was reluctant to drink a bottle of soda.

Join the Party

After Lei Feng was established by the Youth League Party Committee as a model of hard work, thrift and thrift, he set stricter demands on himself. He was born in poverty, had a clear distinction between likes and dislikes, was studious and motivated, and had high class consciousness. The motivation for joining the party was correct. Based on his consistent performance, the branch meeting unanimously approved Lei Feng’s application for joining the party.

On November 8, 1960, Lei Feng gloriously joined the Communist Party of China.

At the end of 1960, Lei Feng's deeds were published in newspapers and periodicals under the title "A Good Warrior for a Poor Child", which caused a strong response. More and more units from all over the country invited him to give reports. Banban’s family history tells people not to forget the past and inspires them to unite as one in building the motherland and to overcome difficulties more firmly. At the request of the people, the company set up an exhibition room on Lei Feng's deeds, and people from the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution also came to collect Lei Feng's deeds...

Unite and Friendship

Lei Feng put himself The collection of books was taken out for everyone to study, and it was called the "little Lei Feng Library". He helped his comrades learn knowledge. His classmate Qiao Anshan had a low level of education, so Lei Feng taught him how to read and learn arithmetic step by step. When Lei Feng found out that his classmate Xiao Zhou's father was seriously ill, he wrote a letter to his family in Xiao Zhou's name and sent 10 yuan. Comrade Xiao Han had several holes burned in his cotton trousers by sulfuric acid while driving at night. When Lei Feng came back from duty and found out, he took off his hat and repaired Xiao Han's trousers stitch by stitch, and gently covered it with On him. Qiao Anshan, who knew this situation, said: "In order to mend your trousers, Lei Feng stayed up half the night!"

The people's servant

Since 1961, Lei Feng has often been invited When he went to other places to make reports, he had more opportunities to travel and serve the people. There is a popular saying: "Lei Feng traveled a thousand miles on business and did a train of good deeds."

One time when Lei Feng was changing trains at Shenyang Station, he saw a group of people gathered around a middle-aged woman carrying a child as soon as she left the ticket gate. It turned out that this woman was going from Shandong to Jilin to see her husband, and the ticket and Money is lost. Lei Feng used his own allowance to buy a train ticket to Jilin and stuffed it into the hands of his sister-in-law. The sister-in-law said with tears in her eyes: "Brother, what is your name and which unit do you belong to?" Lei Feng said: "My name is the People's Liberation Army. Just live in China.”

One day in May, Lei Feng was going to Shenyang in the rain. In order to catch the early train, he got up at around 5 o'clock in the morning, took a few steamed buns, put on his raincoat and set off on the road. On the way, he saw a woman carrying Holding a child and leading a little girl by the hand, he was also walking hard towards the station. Lei Feng took off his raincoat and put it on his sister-in-law, then picked up the little girl and accompanied them to the station. After getting on the train, Lei Feng saw that the little girl was shivering from the cold, so he took off his close-fitting sweatshirt and put it on her. Lei Feng guessed that she hadn't eaten in the morning, so he gave them the steamed buns he brought. When the train arrived in Shenyang, it was still raining, and Lei Feng took them home again. The woman said gratefully: "Comrade, I can't thank you enough!" During the Chinese New Year, the comrades happily participated in various recreational activities together. Lei Feng and everyone played table tennis at the club for a while, and they thought of how the service and transportation departments are the busiest during the New Year, and how much help these places need. He put down his racket and called several comrades from his class. After asking for leave together, he went straight to the nearby Paoertun Station. One helped clean the waiting room and the other poured water for the passengers. Lei Feng got the whole class involved.

Lei Feng chose to never stop and wholeheartedly do good things for the people. No wonder people think of Lei Feng when they see people who do good things for the people.

Children’s intimate person

After October 1960, Lei Feng successively served as an after-school tutor at Jianshe Street Primary School (now Lei Feng Primary School) in Fushun City and Benxi Road Primary School. member.

Lei Feng is usually very busy with work and study. He can only use his lunch break or days when he can't go out on rainy days to ask for leave to go to school to talk to teachers, talk to classmates, or carry out other tutoring activities. He is good at uniting children and inspiring them to study hard and make progress every day.

With a high sense of mission and responsibility, Lei Feng worked hard to cultivate the next generation to thrive. In order to commend Lei Feng's deeds, the Fushun Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China issued a certificate on May 28, 1962, which read: "Award to the outstanding counselor Comrade Lei Feng, stay glorious and keep moving forward."

Model squad leader

In September 1961, the entire group unanimously elected Lei Feng as a deputy to the Fushun Municipal People's Congress.

After Lei Feng attended the National People’s Congress, he returned to the company and served as the monitor of the fourth squad of the second platoon. Under his leadership, the fourth squad became the "Four Good Squads", and Lei Feng also became the fourth squad of the entire company. Good monitor.

One evening, it started to rain heavily. Lei Feng saw a woman on the road holding a child in her arms, holding the child in her hand, and carrying a baggage, sliding step by step in the heavy rain. As they were walking, Lei Feng hurriedly stepped forward to inquire and found out that the sister-in-law had returned from visiting relatives out of town and was going to Zhangzigou more than ten miles away. She said anxiously: "Comrade, the rain has made me confused today. There are children here, and I can’t even cry home!”

Lei Feng put his raincoat on his sister-in-law, picked up the older child and walked towards Zhangzigou in the rain, preferring to get wet himself! Wet, we walked for more than two hours before sending mother and son home.

Modest and Prudent

Since Lei Feng joined the army, he has won many awards for his meritorious service. He was elected as a deputy to the Municipal People's Congress and attended the first *** Youth League Representative Conference of the Shenyang Military Region. His photo, The diary and exemplary deeds were widely publicized through newspapers and radio stations. Lei Feng successively received letters of enthusiastic praise from all over the country. He wrote this passage in his diary: "Everything I have is given by the party. I am glorious." It should be attributed to the party and the comrades who enthusiastically helped me. As for the work I have done personally, it is too little. My small contribution is still not enough compared to the requirements and expectations for me..."

Sacrifice

At around eight o'clock in the morning on August 15, 1962, Lei Feng and his assistant Qiao Anshan drove back to the station from the construction site in a drizzle. After they drove the car into the company's parking lot, they found a lot of mud and water splashed on the car body. Regardless of the fatigue of the long drive, they immediately asked Qiao Anshan to start the car and go to an open space to wash the car.

After passing through a relatively narrow aisle in front of the barracks, for safety reasons, Lei Feng stood on the edge of the aisle, raising his arms and directing Xiao Qiao to reverse and turn; "Left, left... Back! Back!" Suddenly the left rear wheel of the car slipped into the road. By the ditch, the car swayed violently and suddenly knocked over a square wooden pole usually used to dry clothes and quilts. Unfortunately, Lei Feng was hit on the head by the falling pole of Fang Lin. He fell to the ground on the spot and passed out...

The comrades immediately sent him to a nearby hospital on a stretcher for rescue. Heads at all levels rushed to the hospital immediately, and at the same time brought Shenyang's medical experts to Lei Feng's bed as quickly as possible. Due to skull injury, resulting in brain dysfunction, Lei Feng, a good son of the working people and an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, was only 22 years old, and he said goodbye to us forever!

On August 17, a grand memorial service was held at the Wanghua District Government Auditorium in Fushun City. Nearly 100,000 people escorted Lei Feng's coffin to the Martyrs Cemetery.

In January 1963, the Ministry of National Defense named Lei Feng's class "Lei Feng Class". The *** Youth League appointed Lei Feng as the outstanding counselor of the National Young Pioneers. The General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army,* The Central Committee of the ** Youth League, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, and the All-China Women's Federation have successively issued notices on learning from Lei Feng. People's Daily, People's Liberation Army Daily, China Youth Daily, etc. have successively published editorials commenting on and introducing articles about Lei Feng's deeds. On March 5, 1963, major newspapers in the capital published Chairman Mao Zedong's glorious inscription: "Learn from Comrade Lei Feng."

Lei Feng, this glorious name, shines with eternal brilliance in our hearts. He dedicated all his vigorous youth to the party and the people. His lofty ideals, beliefs, morals, and sentiments will continue to be carried forward by our young generation. His indelible and beautiful image will live forever. in our hearts.