Dearfriends,nowourtouristbusisgoingtoShaoshan,thehometownofChairmanMao,thegreatleaderoftheChinesepeople,wheretheredsunrises!
Nowadays,wearealltalkingabouttheChinesedream.WhatistheChinesedream?TheChinesedreamisthegreatrejuvenationoftheChinesenationandthedreamofgenerationsofChinesepeople.Wehaveneverbeensocloseandconfidenttothisgrandgoalaswearetoday.Youknow,today'ssituationisnoteasy.Whoistheearliestpioneerofthisgloriousroad?MaoZedong!MaoZedongisthefirstpersontorealizetheChinesedream.
Agreatmanmusthavesomethinggreat.Hebegantoreadoutlawsofthemarshwhenhewasachild,hidingthelightofthewindow(forfearthathisfatherwouldfindhim),untiltheeveningofSeptember8,1976,onlyeighthoursbeforehedied,andhewasstillreadingthelastdocumentofhislife.Throughouthislife,MaoZedongkepthispromiseandfoughtfortheindependenceandstrengthofthecountryandnation.Now,weshouldevaluateMaoZedonginthisway.HeistheheroofthegreatrejuvenationoftheChinesenationandtheheroofwhichthewholenationisproud!
__oncesaidthiswithdeepfeeling.Hesaid:therearetwohistoricalperiodsbeforeandafterthereformandopeningupwhenourpartyleadsthepeopleinsocialistconstruction.Thesetwoperiodsareinterrelatedandhavesignificantdifferences.Butinessence,theyarebothpracticalexplorationsofourpartyleadingthepeopleinsocialistconstruction.Thetwoareconnectedwitheachother.__'swordshighlyaffirmthegreathistoricalachievementsofrevolutionariesinMaoZedong'speriod.Weareverymovedbythisremark.AsanAmericanscholarsaid,withoutthefoundationlaidinMaoZedong'sera,wecouldnotfindanobjectforreform.
MaoZedong,asachildwhowentoutfromtheordinarypeasantfamily,builtthelargestparty,thelargestarmyandthelargestcountryintheworldemptyhandedin20__years,realizingthecompleteindependenceofthenationandthebasicunityofthecountry.ChairmanMaosaidoneoftheloudestwords,asweallknow,thatis"theChinesepeoplehavestoodupsincethen.".Infact,ChairmanMaoalsosaidamorewonderfulsentence:"theChinesepeoplenotonlystandup,butalsoorganizethemselves.It'snoteasyfortheChinesepeopletobeprovoked.It'snoteasytobeupset.".Thatistosay,theChinesepeopleareorganized,notjuststandingup.
WhenMaoZedongwas17yearsold,inordertogooutofhishometownandrealizehisambitionofsavingthecountryandthepeople,hewroteapoemtohisfather,expressinghisloftyambition:ifthechildisdeterminedtogooutofthecountry,hewillswearnottoreturnifhecan'tbecomefamous,whyshouldheburyhisbones,andtherearegreenhillseverywhereinhislife.LookingbackonMaoZedong'slife,thereisbasicallynopersonallife,andhehasbeencommittedtoservingthepeoplewholeheartedly.Itispreciselybecauseofhiswiseleadershipandselflessdedicationthathehasleftourcountryaninfinitetreasure.
Inmilitaryaffairs,thesuperweakwonthesuperstrong,andthoroughlyplayedouttheprestigeoftheChinesepeople.ThereasonwhyPremierZhouEnlaiwashighlyrespectedattheBandungmeetingisthatthoseAsianandAfricancountriesespeciallyadmireChina,becauseeventhenumberoneimperialistcountry,theUnitedStates,hasbeendefeatedbyus.
Whatisleftforusinagriculture?Wemayaswellthinkaboutit.Ifthereisnolandreformandequalrights,therewillbenogreatliberationofproductiveforces;ifthereisnocooperation,therewillbenolarge-scalefarmlandconstructionandlarge-scalewaterconservancyconstruction.Sincethen,thedevelopmentofagricultureisdefinitelynottheresultofthepolicyofdividinglandintohouseholdsandtheresponsibilitysystemofcontractwithoutput.
Inindustry,nottomention,MaoZedongleftbehindacompleteindustrialsystem.Onlywiththesolidfoundationofyesterdaycanwetalkabouttoday'sgreatachievements.