Red suicide note

Before she was executed, Sister Jiang also wrote a suicide note, which was addressed to Brother An (Sister Jiang’s cousin Tan Zhuan). At that time, Sister Jiang was using chopsticks. Grind it into a bamboo stick and make a pen, use cotton ash to make ink, and write this suicide note. "The letter is full of Sister Jiang's deep longing for her son as a mother." This suicide note is preserved in the Three Gorges Museum in Chongqing. .

On November 14, 2007, the 58th anniversary of Sister Jiang’s death, this cultural relic known as the “Red Suicide Note” finally revealed its long-standing secret to the world. The letter roughly stated: “We I am confident that I will win and survive. Since the day I was imprisoned (June of last year), I have made up my mind to stay in prison for two years.

The current situation has changed, and I will be released from prison at the end of the year. The possibility... Our time in prison is not in vain, we are constantly learning... After all, we are still people in the tiger's mouth, life or death is uncertain... If unfortunate, Yun'er (referring to the children of the two martyrs Jiang Zhujun and Peng Yongwu Peng Yun) is given to you, hoping that children will follow in the footsteps of their parents, aspire to build a new China, and fight to the end for the cause of the communist revolution. That's enough..."

This suicide note from Sister Jiang shows the tender side of Sister Jiang that is rarely known.

Extended information

"On the red rocks, red plum blossoms are blooming, thousands of miles of frost are treading underfoot, why are you afraid of the severe cold, a heart of loyalty is blooming towards the sun..." Whenever this paragraph of majestic momentum , when the touching melody sounds, people can always recall the red plum blossoms blooming proudly in the snow, and the "Sister Jiang" who endured torture and remained unyielding - Jiang Zhuyun.

In 1964, the Air Force Art Troupe of the Chinese People's Liberation Army put a national opera called "Sister Jiang" on the stage, which triggered an unprecedented response. This opera, written and screenplayed by Yan Su and composed by Yang Ming, Jiang Chunyang and Jin Sha, not only has a strong drama and distinctive national style, but also has a beautiful melody, which is deeply touching.

Behind the brilliance is the painstaking efforts of the creative team: they completed the project in one go but were completely rejected, experienced life but were put into a "cell", formally rehearsed but almost "died", wrote the theme song but failed. I almost went "crazy"... Now, let the folk singer take you into "Sister Jiang" and explore the "story behind" this classic opera.

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