On the evening of May 3, General Secretary Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Party Central Committee, extended festive congratulations and sincere greetings to youths of all ethnic groups across the country! General Secretary Xi pointed out: “Youth is splendid by tempering, and life is sublimated by struggle. Faced with the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic, young people of all ethnic groups across the country actively responded to the call of the party and actively participated in the epidemic prevention and control of the People’s War... I am proud of you. !" This fully reflects General Secretary Xi’s concern and love for the youth of all ethnic groups across the country. On the "May 4th Youth Day", I want to tell the youth.
In order to write this essay and learn more about the origin of the "May 4th Youth Day", I specifically checked the "Cihai": "Chinese Youth Day, also known as the "May Fourth Youth Day". To inherit and carry forward the Chinese youth since the May Fourth Movement A glorious revolutionary tradition. In 1939, the Northwest Youth National Salvation Federation of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region stipulated that May 4th was the Chinese Youth Day. In December 1949, the Central People’s Government Administration Office officially announced that May 4th was the Youth Day." The most powerful textual expression of "Four Youth Day"
I have read Liang Qichao’s "Speaking of Young China": "The old are like the sunset, and the young are like the sunrise; the old are like barren cows, and the young are like tigers; the old are like monks, and the young are like knights; the old are like dictionaries, The young are like drama; the old are like opium cigarettes, and the young are like splashes of wine...the youth is wisdom, the country is rich, the youth is strong, the country is strong..." These words are also very useful for today's youth. So, I used the title "Talking About Youth".
I also read the "New Youth" written by Chen Duxiu in September 1916: "What do young people do? New youths are like old ones? The same young people are the same, but the difference between the new and the old lies? In terms of age: old and new youths are indistinguishable; however, physically and psychologically, there is an inherent absolute gap between the new youth and the old youth. It is indispensable to refer to the big difference between Chen Qi and to promote our youth's vigilance. Be careful not to take age. In my youth, I thought I was qualified for youth..." Chen Duxiu pointedly pointed out that "the new youth and the old youth have an inherent absolute gap." There is a world of difference, and there is a watershed in thinking. In fact, to put it more generally, young people should look like young people.
Revolutionary pioneer Li Dazhao once wrote: "The civilization of youth, the civilization of struggle, struggle with circumstances, struggle with the times, and struggle with experience. Therefore young people, the king of life, the spring of life, the blossom of life." He is powerful. Praised the youth.
I remember that when I was a child, I often read, memorize, and sing a familiar Chairman Mao’s message to the youth: "The world is yours and ours, but in the final analysis it is yours. Your young people are full of vigor and prosperity, like the eighth morning. The sun at nine o'clock, I hope it rests on you.” This message can be memorized and sung even now, which shows the number of times it was memorized and the number of times it was sung.
A few years ago, I also read "China for Youth" by the writer Ma Yong: "After all, our ancestors have generously donated the word'green' to the young people of the prosperous year.'Green' overlooks the green grass. Looking up to the blue sky for thousands of miles, when encountering water, it will be'clear', and tempting will be'love'. Thousands of interpretations and changes always have beautiful connotations. Even if there are as many Chinese characters as a sea of smoke, there is hardly any other person...Looking back at history, I see passionate youth, fearless youth, joyful youth, struggling youth, fanatical youth, confused youth, lost youth, angry youth, rebellious youth, youth who are looking for. There are countless youths like countless youths. The strong spokes have supported the wheels of the times to roll forward. The wheels have never stopped, and the young people have never let down their own times..."
The "May 4th Youth Day" is a festival for the youth themselves. Various commemorative activities are held across the country to commemorate the "May 4th Youth Day" which is full of time significance and youth characteristics. Looking back at my youth decades ago, I was also a passionate young man. I joined the army enthusiastically and devoted myself to the fiery life of the barracks. I gave my youth to the army and let my youth shine in the barracks.
I remember that when I commemorated the May Fourth Youth Day in the army, I wrote: “Youth, what a beautiful and attractive word! Throughout the ages, this shining name has attracted praise and acclaim from many people. The famous writer Yang Mo He wrote the "Song of Youth" for us, and Wang Meng, a famous writer and Minister of Culture, enthusiastically shouted "Long Live Youth." We praise youth, but the word "youth" has different meanings in different young soldiers. Although young people have the advantage of youth, they waste their great youth years for nothing. They are bored all day long and have no ideals and pursuits. Some youths are still youthful, but their mental state is as if they have entered their twilight years; some youths are about to die. , But the youthful vigorous air is exciting..."