Chairman Mao’s speech at Tiananmen

The solemn and solemn founding ceremony finally began at 3 pm on October 1. It was cloudy that morning, and it rained a little in the morning and noon, but it cleared up in the afternoon. It was true that God also celebrated with all the people. The procedure of the ceremony is: the Secretary-General of the Central People's Government announces the opening of the meeting; the Chairman of the Central People's Government takes his seat, the Vice-Chairmen take their seats, and the members take their seats; the March of the Volunteers is played; the Chairman of the Central People's Government announces the establishment of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, The national flag is raised simultaneously (a gun salute is fired at the same time, and the gun salute is completed); the Chairman of the Central People's Government reads an announcement of the Central People's Government; military parade; procession. The announcement read by Chairman Mao Zedong is about 900 words. Although it is not included in the newly released eight-volume "Collected Works of Mao Zedong", it is included in the first volume of "Mao Zedong's Manuscripts since the Founding of the People's Republic of China" and the "Archives of the Republic of China 1949-1996".

When it comes to the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, people can easily think of Chairman Mao Zedong's famous saying that shocked the past and today: "The Chinese people have stood up since then." However, this sentence was not spoken by Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Tower, but in the opening speech of the CPPCC on September 21 before that. The original text is "Gentlemen, representatives: We have the same feeling. This is that our work will be written in the history of mankind. It will show that the Chinese people, who account for a quarter of the total number of human beings, have since stood up. ." This article has been included in "Collected Works of Mao Zedong".

Also mentioned is the raising of the national flag and the firing of gun salutes. This was the third time since the liberation of Peiping that the gun salute was fired. The first time was on the evening of July 7 when 200,000 people gathered in Tiananmen Square to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Anti-Japanese War and when the CPPCC Preparatory Committee was convened. The second time was the 54-gun salute at the opening of the new CPPCC on September 21. At this founding ceremony, 54 guns fired a 28-gun salute. The 54 gun salutes symbolized the 54 ethnic groups in the country (the 56 ethnic groups did not exist at that time). The 28-gun salute symbolized the 28 years of hardship experienced by the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Only through struggle can we achieve the victory of the new democratic revolution. While the salute was roaring, Chairman Mao pressed the button and the five-star red flag rose slowly. The people present raised the red flags and lights high, forming a sea of ??red.

Commander-in-Chief Zhu issued the order from the headquarters

After Chairman Mao read the announcement, the military parade began. The commander of the review is Zhu De, Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the commander-in-chief of the parade is Nie Rongzhen.

First, Nie Rongzhen accompanied Commander-in-Chief Zhu in a convertible to start the review. After the review, Commander-in-Chief Zhu returned to the rostrum of the city tower and read out the "Order of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Headquarters". The most important content of the order was to "resolutely implement all orders of the Central People's Government and the great people's leader Chairman Mao, and quickly eliminate the remnants of the Kuomintang's reactionary army." , liberate all unliberated lands, and at the same time eliminate bandits and all other counter-revolutionary bandits, and suppress all their resistance and disruptive behavior." Because at that time, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan in South China, part of Fujian in East China, and all of Southwest China (Sichuan, Xikang, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet) have not been liberated. Although Xinjiang has declared a peaceful uprising, the People's Liberation Army has not yet reached Dihua (Urumqi), let alone Taiwan, so Commander-in-Chief Zhu's order is targeted. After the order is announced, the breakdown is carried out. The troops being reviewed were led by two platoons of the navy, followed by an infantry division, an artillery division, a tank division, and a cavalry division. A total of 14 Air Force aircraft, including fighter jets, mosquitoes, and trainer aircraft, flew over the entire field from east to west to receive the review. It lasted 3 hours.

An unforgettable mass parade

After the entire military parade ended, the mass march began. Groups of people were all eager to go to the gate tower and see their sincerely beloved Chairman Mao. It will get dark soon