"There is no great thing but Zhou Enlai"

This year is the 100th anniversary of Zhou Enlai's birth, and it has been twenty-two years since he left us. But his presence is always by our side, even today. , many people still shed tears when mentioning the Prime Minister, and they always remember the Prime Minister when talking about state affairs. Lu Fangweng's poem: "How can one transform into a hundred billions, an old man in front of a plum tree?" What is the way to transform into a Prime Minister with hundreds of billions, everyone can do it? With the Prime Minister in front of us? Is there really any eternal soul in the world? Can the soul of a great man fill the heaven and earth and infiltrate all things in this way? Just like the old monk enlightening Zen, just like Zhu Zi studying things, since 1976 Since the national funeral, I have often pondered on this puzzling problem. After more than 20 years, one day I finally realized a truth: the prime minister’s “having” everywhere at this time turned out to be because of his many "Nothing", those "nothings" that are the most inappropriate, the most unexpected and intolerable.

There are six amazing things about the Prime Minister.

One is to die without leaving ashes .

Zhou Enlai was the first person in Chinese history who proposed not leaving ashes after death. When the Prime Minister passed away, it was a day of great changes in Chinese politics. The Lin Biao Group had just been crushed, and the "Gang of Four" group Just as they were feeling complacent, dark clouds over China were pressing down on the city, and the people were filled with sorrow. On a cold morning just after the New Year in 1976, sadness and joy suddenly came from the radio. With tears in their eyes, people watched that scene over and over again on the TV. During the simple farewell ceremony, Jiang Qing's hateful face suddenly appeared. She bowed without taking off her hat. Many people roared beside the TV: "Jiang Qing takes off his hat!" A few days later, the newspaper announced the Prime Minister's body. The news about the cremation in Babaoshan and complying with the Prime Minister's will not to leave ashes. Many people did not believe this fact. It must be Jiang Qing, the stinky bitch, who was up to some conspiracy. It was not until many years later that we became clear that this was indeed the Prime Minister's last wish. After the memorial service on the afternoon of May 15th, Deng Yingchao called her family members together and said that the Prime Minister had made an agreement with her more than ten years ago not to leave ashes after her death. The ashes would be put into the earth to fertilize the fields. That night, Deng Yingchao called for the Prime Minister’s party. With the help of several members of the team, an agricultural plane took off quietly in the dark night of Beijing and flew to Tianjin, the place where the Prime Minister lived as a boy and where he first joined the revolution. It also flew along the Bohai Bay to the mouth of the Yellow River, flying there. A handful of silver-white ash powder turned into the sea and the sky. Perhaps with this scattering, the Prime Minister's soul will forever fill the world and connect heaven and earth.

But people still cannot accept this fact. Years later, some people still ask, Is it true that the prime minister’s ashes were not left behind at all? The Chinese and most other ethnic groups in the world are accustomed to building tombs and burying them. For the living, this is a way to prepare for emergencies, and for the dead, it is a hope that they will live longer. Leave it in the world. Over the years, the more powerful people are, the more they work hard to do this. I have seen the Ming Tombs in China, the Taj Mahal in India, the pyramids in Egypt, and some cathedrals where priests are buried. The Communist Party is atheistic and takes the liberation of all mankind as its own duty. Of course, it will not worry about its own aftermath. So as soon as it was liberated, Mao Zedong took the lead in signing for cremation to save farmland, but it was completely like Zhou Enlai. The person who didn’t even leave ashes was still the first person. If you look at a Babao Mountain, isn’t it just to keep ashes as a memory? There are many famous people in history. Even if there is no body after death, people will build a tomb for him. Mr. Lao She At the memorial service, a pair of glasses and a pen were placed in the urn. There must be a souvenir and an introduction to commemorate the deceased.

There is no ashes, and of course there is no place to bury the ashes. , there are no monuments and tombs. If you want to cry, you have no tears. If you want to offer sacrifices, there is no monument. Where is your soul? Where can you send your infinite lovesickness?

"Looking for a crossing, looking for a crossing, where to cross"

I have been to the small memorial hall of Qu Qiubai in Changzhou City three times. From the first time I saw that dark old building, I wanted to write an article. But six years later, I still haven’t written it. Qu Qiubai is really a mystery. He is so broad and profound that you cannot understand clearly. You can’t start writing but can’t put it down. When I visited Qiubai’s former residence for the third time last year, it was the 60th anniversary of his death. Both Shanghai and Beijing are preparing for seminars about him. He was only thirty-six years old when he died, but people have commemorated him for sixty years and will continue to commemorate him forever. Is it because he was a party leader? Is it because of his Literary achievement? Is it because of his talent? Yes, but not entirely. His short life is like a famous painting that can never be read to the end.