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Gada Meilin

Gada Meilin

Ga Damelin (1892-April 5, 1931), whose surname was Mollettu, whose real name was Nadamud, also known as Yexi, and whose Chinese name was Meng Qingshan, was of Mongolian origin, Darhan, Jelim League, Inner Mongolia (now Tongliao City) Banner (now Horqin Left Center Banner) Tamuzhalantun native. "Gada" (same as "Lao Gada" in Northeastern dialect) means the youngest brother in the family in Mongolian, and "Meilin" is his official position, that is, the commander-in-chief of Prince Namujil Seleng of Zhasak Darhan.

Gada Meilin attended a private school for several years and was proficient in Chinese. He has successively served as Zhang Jing, Kundu, Zhalan, and Meilin in the flag guard.

Starting from the late Qing Dynasty, in order to consolidate the borders and defend against further aggression by Tsarist Russia, the central government began to gradually reclaim land in the Mongolian Banner, and Han people were moved in to become tenant farmers. After the founding of the Republic of China, in February 1914, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Agriculture, Commerce, Finance and the Bureau of Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs jointly formulated the "General Rules for Prohibiting Private Release of Mongolian Wasteland" and the "Measures for Rewarding the Reclamation of Mongolian Wasteland" in preparation for the great development of Mongolia and Tibet. Reclamation. From 1916, Zhang Zuolin, a warlord of the Feng clan, began to reclaim land on a large scale. Opening up land for reclamation and guarding the border strengthened border defense and promoted local economic development, but it also harmed the interests of Mongolian herdsmen. Starting from the Baiyin Dalai Uprising in 1904, anti-reclamation uprisings occurred one after another.

Zhang Zuolin and Prince Namjil Seleng, who lived in Fengtian (Shenyang), agreed to reclaim a large area of ??grassland in the banner as agricultural land. By 1928, three-quarters of the land in Darhan Banner had been reclaimed and pastures Shrinking, herdsmen were forced to leave their homes, causing dissatisfaction among local herdsmen. Gadamelin went to the Bureau of Reclamation many times to oppose reclamation and was dismissed from his post.

In early 1929, shortly after the "Northeast Flag Change", Zhang Xueliang continued his plan to reclaim the Mongolian Banner land. Gada Meilin and others launched the "Du Gui Long" movement, in which all willing people signed in a circle on paper to hide the leader, and went to Shenyang to attack Namujile Seleng. On July 26, *** representatives Seren Nyima, Zhao Shewang, Sengge Garubu and Gada Meilin were arrested, taken back to their own banner and put into prison. On the night of November 13, Gada Meilin's wife Mudan Qiqige and some people broke into prison and rescued Gada Meilin. So Gada Meilin organized an uprising and led an anti-reclamation army of more than 700 people. He put forward the slogan "Down with the Survey Bureau and no looting of people's property", attacked the Bureau of Reclamation and the Reclamation Army, expelled the survey team, and moved to Zhaowu. Dameng (now Chifeng City) and Zhelimeng areas.

Zhang Xueliang ordered a cavalry regiment under Zhang Haipeng and the Li Shouxin regiment of the 17th Northeast Cavalry Brigade under Tang Yulin to send troops to encircle and suppress them. On April 5, 1931, the anti-reclamation team was surrounded and annihilated when they were preparing to cross the river to the south at the Xinkai River (today's Uli Jimuren River) near Xinkai River (today's Uli Jimuren River) near Shebolatu in northern Tongliao. Damelin died in battle. Li Shouxin cut off Gada Meilin's head and returned to Kailu to give it to Brigadier Cui Xingwu. Cui Xingwu packaged it in a wooden box and sent it to Tang Yulin. Tang Yulin handed it over to Prince Darhan and hung it in the flag for public display. Later, people built the Meilin Temple by the Uli Jimulun River.

Five months later, the September 18th Incident broke out, Zhang Xueliang's Northeastern Army withdrew into the pass, and the plan to cultivate grasslands could not be continued.

Although Gada Meilin's uprising failed, Zhang Xueliang's plan to reclaim the grassland was delayed.

The Gadamelin uprising was to protect the interests of Mongolian herdsmen, but the biggest harm caused by reclamation today is the damage to the environment. Due to short-sightedness and ignorance, people's reclamation of grasslands did not stop with the uprising of Gadamelin. The Horqin Grassland alone has been "out of wilderness" eleven times. Today, most of the grasslands have become desertified and have become the "Horqin Sand Land", which is part of the sand dune plain of the Xiliao River. It is a developing desertified land and is dominated by wind-eroded sand in a semi-fixed state. At present, Horqin Sandy Land is developing at an annual rate of 1.9%, with a total area of ??80 million acres, making it the largest sandy land in China. The Uli Jimuren River where Gada Merlin died has now turned into a sand ditch. The river has long since stopped flowing, and is surrounded by patches of deserted farmland and piles of sandbags and sand lumps. Relevant authorities are working hard to reverse desertification, but so far no significant results have been achieved.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the latest monitoring by China’s State Forestry Administration shows that the annual green area of ??Horqin Sandy Land is approximately 750,000 acres greater than the desertification area.

Chronology of Major Events in Gada Meilin

In 1929, the "Du Gui Long" movement was launched;

On July 26, 1929, he was arrested when he went to Shenyang to commit suicide. Arrested, taken back to the banner and thrown into prison;

On November 13, 1929, he robbed the prison and rebelled;

After being released from prison, he organized an uprising;

In 1931 He was killed by Zhang Xueliang's troops on April 5.

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"Gada Merlin"

China Film Group Corporation's Third Production Branch

CCTV Literary Program Center

Co-produced by Beijing Forbidden City Film Co., Ltd.

Screenwriter and director: Feng Xiaoning

Starring: Obs, Liu Wei

Photography: Feng Xiaoning, Gang Qiang, Zheng Jie

Composer: Sanbao

Singers: Tengger, Narenqimuge

This film is another national hero epic blockbuster by Feng Xiaoning, telling the story of the Mongolian heroes 70 years ago The story of Gada Merlin leading the people of all ethnic groups to rise up against the invasion