On the eve of the 60th birthday of New China, the autonomous region ushered in the 27th National Unity Education Month with the theme of "Grateful for the Great Motherland and Building a Harmonious Xinjiang". Seize this favorable opportunity and extensively carry out education that does not forget the kindness of the party, the warmth of the motherland and the common struggle of people of all ethnic groups. It is an important task to implement the unified arrangements of the central authorities and carry out mass patriotic education activities in depth.

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Dialectical materialism not only affirms that matter determines consciousness, but also affirms the positive role of consciousness in matter, emphasizing the positive significance of correct consciousness to social progress. Patriotism, as the mainstream ideology of society, has always been a banner to mobilize and inspire the people of all ethnic groups in China to unite and struggle, and it is also a powerful spiritual driving force for the people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang to meet challenges and carry forward the past.

In the magnificent picture of Xinjiang's history, the glorious chapter of patriotism has been written again and again. This accumulated recognition and love for the great motherland shines with the development of the times.

What is gratitude?

Gratitude is a noble emotion, which embodies the feelings of giving back and returning.

With a grateful heart, you will know how to honor your parents and respect your teachers, and you will dedicate everything to the great motherland, and people, people and nature, and people and society will become more harmonious. Gratitude and gratitude are closely linked and have a causal relationship. With gratitude, there will be rewards; Only by knowing how to be grateful can we know how to give and turn gratitude into loving action.

Our country has a tradition of gratitude since ancient times. There is a saying in The Book of Songs that "peaches repay plums". There are also famous sayings in the old saying, "Only an inch of grass has a few feelings, so you can enjoy three spring scenery" and "Thanks to dripping water, you can enjoy spring scenery". Throughout the ages, many people with lofty ideals have died for their country, which goes down in history.

Gratitude is a virtue, which reflects a person's correct understanding of his relationship with others, society and the great motherland.

As Kant, the great German philosopher, said, gratitude is a noble obligation. We oppose utilitarian gratitude, but everyone should have a grateful attitude and cherish the kindness given by others.

In the current social transformation period, due to the increasing diversification of people's value orientation, there are some worrying phenomena: many people enjoy the achievements of reform and opening up in the motherland and share the progress of social civilization, but their sense of gratitude is gradually indifferent and lacking. Some people don't even know how to be grateful, don't want to be grateful, and won't be moved. When they need to be grateful, they are speechless and slow to respond. Not reserved, not introverted, not serious, but ungrateful and disobedient.

The highest state and realm of gratitude is gratitude to the great motherland.

From affection, friendship, nostalgia, to feelings for one's own country, gratitude is multi-level and multifaceted. Gratitude for the great motherland reflects people's supreme and pure value orientation towards the motherland, is an effective form to guide people of all ethnic groups to influence themselves and inspire patriotic feelings, and is the only way to temper their aspirations and practice their journey of serving the country.

Gratitude is a national culture, which reflects the requirements of history and reality.

Comrade Hu Jintao pointed out: "A nation's culture embodies its historical cognition and realistic feelings about the world and itself, and accumulates the deepest spiritual pursuit and code of conduct."

Interpreted in this classic language, gratitude can actually be understood as a national culture. The reason why Chinese civilization is endless is closely related to this grateful culture formed in history. When traditional gratitude values are integrated with contemporary China's socialist concept of honor and disgrace and socialist core values, gratitude culture has more attributes of the spirit of the times.

Carrying forward the culture of gratitude and remolding the spirit of gratitude conform to the trend of historical development, and also reflect the requirements of the times for people-oriented and building a harmonious Xinjiang. To complete such a social system project requires the joint efforts of all parties.

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Why should we be grateful for our great motherland? To answer this question, we must look for the answer from the comparison between history and reality.

From the closed backwardness of "why the flute is strong and the spring breeze is not enough to cross Yumenguan", to the turn-over liberation of "a cock crow makes the world white and everything beautiful", and then to the historical process of reform and opening up and the construction of Socialism with Chinese characteristics and new China, a new era of Xinjiang's development has been opened.

Standing on the new historical coordinates, we can see that Xinjiang, which has entered a new era of reform and opening up, has got rid of poverty and backwardness and moved towards progress, prosperity, harmony and stability while bidding farewell to closure. Over the past 60 years, the north and south of Tianshan Mountain have interpreted the inevitable trend of equality, unity, mutual assistance, harmony and common prosperity of all ethnic groups in the big family of the motherland with earth-shaking historical changes.

Xinjiang's economy and society have never been so full of vigor and vitality. Sharing the same breath, destiny, development and prosperity with the great motherland, Xinjiang has taken such a confident and solid step towards a well-off society in an all-round way.

There are data to prove it: in 2008, the GDP of Xinjiang reached 420,345,438+0 billion yuan, an increase of 34 1.46 times compared with 1952; At comparable prices, the per capita GDP increased from 166 yuan in 1952 to 19893 yuan in 2008, an increase of 1 19.84 times.

The rising Xinjiang has made the world sit up and take notice. A western scholar even wrote an article commenting that due to the existence of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China will become an important factor in Asia in 2 1 century ... "Xinjiang experience" may become a model to prove that Huntington's theory of "clash of civilizations" is wrong.

Aybek, a Kyrgyz who studied at Xinjiang Normal University, said: "Xinjiang is really a beautiful and rich place. I am really surprised to learn about the great achievements China has made since the reform and opening up. "

Never been passive in water. The development and change of everything has specific causal conditions. Without the establishment of New China, the strong leadership of China, the establishment of the socialist system and the subsequent exploration of "China characteristics", the continuous liberation and development of social productive forces brought about by the reform and opening up, and the strong support of the central government for the modernization of Xinjiang in the big family of the motherland, it is absolutely unimaginable that the long history of Xinjiang will stir up such wonderful waves and be so far away.

In any case, the prosperity of the motherland is the well-being of 2 1 10,000 people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. The prosperity of the motherland gives us the confidence and strength to seize the pass and move forward all the way to overcome all difficulties and obstacles on the road ahead.

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How to be grateful for the great motherland? The answer is actually very simple, that is, to turn gratitude into an ambition and travel to serve the country.

It is not enough to be grateful for patriotism.

We should not only have the lofty spirit of sincere heart, but also have concrete actions dedicated to action. For any ordinary Xinjiang people, the essence of this spirit and the basic requirement of action are to do their job well and make contributions based on their posts. Cadres and the masses of all ethnic groups work quietly in ordinary posts to serve the motherland, while primary and secondary school students study hard on campus to serve the motherland and do their duty for the stability of the northwest border defense of the motherland.

As far as each individual is concerned, although the manifestations of the trip to serve the country are different, as long as the feelings are true, the meaning is strong, the heart is sincere, and the goals and directions of the action are the same, the actual results will be the same. Work hard, work hard, and do the best job with the greatest effort. This is our best return to the great motherland.

The starting point and end result of gratitude for the great motherland is to turn patriotic passion into the driving force for building a better future and build Xinjiang into a more prosperous, strong and harmonious society.

The great ship of reform and opening up has entered the "deep water area" in an all-round way after 30 years of brave progress. In the face of the complex changes in the international financial crisis, the period of prominent contradictions and the complex situation in the period of strategic opportunities, it is particularly necessary to unswervingly hold high the great banner of Socialism with Chinese characteristics, unswervingly adhere to the Socialism with Chinese characteristics road, unswervingly adhere to the Socialism with Chinese characteristics theoretical system, unswervingly adhere to the system of regional ethnic autonomy, unswervingly oppose ethnic divisions, safeguard the reunification of the motherland and the great unity of all ethnic groups, and repay the great motherland with sound and rapid scientific development.

We firmly believe that serving the great motherland with a grateful heart, transforming patriotism into firm confidence and strong actions to meet challenges and overcome difficulties, unswervingly promoting scientific development and promoting social harmony, Xinjiang will surely usher in a better tomorrow.