Into Jiuquan, Gansu—— Taste the national defense charm of the ancient Silk Road City ■ PLA Daily reporter Si Lilong correspondent Chen Sixia Memorial Hall of Anxi campaign of the West Road army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army. Jiuquan, Gansu Province, was called Suzhou in ancient times, implying the meaning of "Su Jing and ningbian", from which the "Su" of Gansu comes. As an important node of the land-based Silk Road and a famous historical and cultural city, it not only has the spirit of the Central Plains Dynasty to open up territory and expand territory, but also has the charm of solitary smoke in the southern desert beyond the Great Wall, but also reposes the long cherished dream of the Chinese nation to fly into the sky and look up to the stars. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty "listed four counties and occupied two customs", this millennium old city at the junction of Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia has undertaken the historical mission of strengthening the border. Since the founding of new China, a number of "national heavy weapons" such as petroleum industry base, nuclear industry base, steel industry base and aerospace base have been laid out and constructed in Jiuquan. Jiuquan has undertaken important political responsibilities and historical missions with a broad mind and made outstanding contributions to the implementation of major national strategies. In the new era, the tasks of manned spacecraft launch, ensuring the transit of troops and practical training are becoming more and more frequent. Jiuquan's position and role in maintaining national defense and security, serving national strategy and ensuring military construction are further highlighted. Today, let's enter Jiuquan and taste the national defense charm of the ancient city of the silk road. The moment of manned spacecraft launch. Education base for inheriting history and culture On May 10, the first "double support school" and "double support community" in Jiuquan City were unveiled in Suzhou District. Li Junning, a national defense education teacher of Jiuquan military sub district, came to the "double support school" - Experimental Primary School and gave students a vivid national defense education lesson in combination with Jiuquan's military history and culture. "Standing at the intersection of times and history, Jiuquan is a rich mine of national defense education resources." Li Junning has a lot of research on the history of Jiuquan. He said that the history of Jiuquan is basically a military history of guarding the border and strengthening defense. Here are the witness of Zhang Qian's sinking into the western regions and Huo Qubing's defeat of the Xiongnu in the Western Han Dynasty, the prosperity of the Silk Road in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and the story of Zuo Zongtang's "planting willows for three thousand miles". Being in this ancient city can deeply understand the historical longitude and latitude and establish national self-confidence. The West Road Army memorial hall, iron man Memorial Hall and space Park... Pass through Jiuquan City. The national defense education bases jointly built by the military and the local government can be seen everywhere, the national defense theme parks are novel and diverse, and the national defense culture atmosphere is rich. National defense education bases are blooming everywhere, becoming an eye-catching city business card. In recent years, Jiuquan military and local governments have built one national, five provincial and 16 municipal national defense education bases and 115 national defense education exhibition rooms, which are all open to the society, and have become the main position to carry forward the fine revolutionary tradition and strengthen the awareness of national defense in the new era. "The Yangguan pass and Yumen pass, which live in the desert Gobi, are still strong, although there are only ruins." Mr. Guo, a tourist from Xi'an, told reporters that through on-site tour and listening to the guide's explanation, he understood the military history and culture of Jiuquan and received a profound national defense education. Jiuquan is named after "there is a spring under the city, and its water is like wine". There is also a legend about the origin of Jiuquan's name: the Hussars general Huo Qubing conquered the Huns in the West and won the battle in Hexi. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty rewarded a jar of Royal wine to reward meritorious soldiers. There were few wine and many people. Huoqubing poured wine into the spring and drank with all the soldiers. Therefore, "Jiuquan" was named. Walking around the ancient city of Jiuquan, although there are rows of high-rise buildings, there are military relics such as cities, castles, springs and monuments in various historical periods. They quietly tell the beacon years of the Chinese nation's external stability. The drum tower, located in the center of the old city of Jiuquan, is the east gate of the ancient city of Jiuquan. It is also the place where the soldiers guarding the city patrol, report the time and prevent bandits and call the police. The wooden plaques of "shengzhenhuayi" and "majestic and majestic pass" are hung on the second floor of the East and west sides of the city tower, echoing the Jiayuguan City Tower at the west end of the Great Wall, highlighting the prestige of a military important town. With Qilian Mountains in the South and the ancient Great Wall in the north, Jiuquan has been "the main road for foreigners to pay tribute, the lapel and throat of Hexi security, the hub of the East-West thoroughfare and the important town of military border defense" since ancient times. Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty built defense projects in the Hexi Corridor, such as the Great Wall from Yongdeng in the East and Jiuquan in the West. The huge defense system crosses the East and West ends of the Hexi Corridor, which is called Hexi hansai. Since then, Jiuquan has shouldered the mission of guarding the Central Plains Dynasty. Repeated wars have made the history of Jiuquan almost a barometer of the rise and fall of the Central Plains. It has repeatedly become a battlefield beyond the Great Wall for the central government to play games with other ethnic groups. "The severe wind blows frost, the seaweed withers, the tendons are dry and firm, and Hu Majiao. The Han family soldiers are 300000, and the general Huo whores Yao." Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote a heroic, fierce, generous and tragic poem Hu Wuren, which outlined the shocking scene of the heroic battle of the border soldiers. The beacon is gone, and sorrow always exists. Generations of famous generals such as Huo Qubing and Zuo Zongtang left Jiuquan with the historical relics of expanding the border and consolidating the border with their iron and blood. Frontier poets such as Wang Changling and Cen Shen left Jiuquan with blood-filled frontier poems with strong and fierce pen and ink. All these have become rich historical resources for Jiuquan to carry out national defense education for all. Statue of Iron Man Wang Jinxi. Continue the spiritual highland of red gene The towering Qilian Mountains and the long black river. More than 80 years ago, the officers and men of the West Route Army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army wrote a heroic epic of sacrificing life and death, heroism, tragedy and sobbing in the Qianli Hexi corridor. The people here say that the story of Qilian Mountain is stained with the blood of the West Road army. In mid March, the scheduled recruits of Jiuquan City who participated in pre service training came to the Anxi Campaign Memorial Hall of the West Road army to pay tribute to the revolutionary martyrs. After watching the physical exhibition of the soldiers and soldiers of the West Road army fighting in blood, they said one after another that they should inherit and carry forward the revolutionary spirit and fine style of the revolutionary martyrs, continue the red blood, absorb the strength of struggle, and make contributions to the cause of strengthening the army with their knowledge when they arrive in the army. The light of the sword and the shadow of the sword have long faded, and the contention of drums and horns has gone away, but the heroic deeds and immortal spirit of the West Road army, like the endless black river, flow in the hearts of the people of Jiuquan. Entering the mountain from guanshankou village, jinfosi Town, Jiuquan City, about 15 kilometers away from the river valley, there is a stone tablet with "general tablet" written on it, which is erected by the local people in memory of sun Yuqing, commander of the ninth Red Army. The inscription records: from March 16 to 18, 1937, sun Yuqing's right detachment was dispersed after a fierce battle with the Kuomintang's Ma Biao brigade in huangzang temple. Unfortunately, he was cheated and captured here, and died heroically after being taken to Xining, Qinghai. Sun Yuqing's army commander and soldiers' adherence to ideals and beliefs is as pure as a snow mountain. Their tragic stories of blood stained Qilian are still widely spread today and move the masses outside the mountains. The villagers said that looking up at the snow mountain is like looking up at a hero. Looking west along the bloodstains of the West Road army's battle in Qilian, in the memorial hall of the Anxi campaign of the West Road army, physical objects, pictures and sculptures all tell the tragic course of the soldiers of the West Road army's heroic struggle and bloody battle in Qilian. History tells the future and history awakens today. This is the spiritual highland for millions of Jiuquan people to inherit the red gene. Jiuquan City has actively explored red cultural resources and launched red tourism routes relying on the Anxi Campaign Memorial Hall of the West Road army, the memorial tower of the last war of the West Road army, the former site of the mushroom platform conference, the Red Army tomb in hongliuyuan, etc. Many units, groups and individuals from inside and outside the province came here with admiration for the revolutionary ancestors and received patriotic education through activities such as visiting the memorial hall, revisiting the Red Army Road, eating red army meals and participating in parent-child experience tours. Song Lian, curator of the Anxi Campaign Memorial Hall of the West Road army, introduced that in recent years, the memorial hall has received 100000 visits and training personnel from all walks of life every year. The flames of war and gunpowder smoke have become the past, and the red spirit has been passed down from generation to generation. Standing in the south of Jiuquan municipal building, Yumen Oilfield exhibition hall, located on Century Avenue, Suzhou District, is particularly eye-catching. Walking into the exhibition hall recording the glorious history of China's petroleum industry, the bronze statue of Iron Man Wang Jinxi stands in the hall of the museum. Not long ago, Jiuquan No. 6 middle school organized more than 30 League member cadres and excellent League member representatives to the Yumen Oilfield exhibition hall to carry out the theme education activity of "inheriting the legacy of martyrs, learning the iron man spirit and being a good boy in the new era". The iron man is dead, and his spirit spans time and space and is renewed over time. "Look, this is the tool used by the iron man." During the national day last year, two "little commentators" wearing red scarves explained the story of the iron man to the public in front of the exhibition board in the public square. Let the red army stories and iron man deeds move from the exhibition hall to the society, and the training of Party members and cadres combines listening with experience, which is the experience of Jiuquan in making good use of red resources to build a solid foundation for the spirit of cadres and the masses in the past two years. The red spirit is like sunshine and rain, which makes the seeds of supporting the army and patriotism take root, sprout and blossom. Jiuquan "old mother" military support service team formed a double support and co construction unit with the resident troops in 1968. Over the years, the officers and soldiers of the army have changed one crop after another. The "old mother" has gone one after another and came one after another, but the true feelings and traditions of the military support service team have not changed. From the initial removal and washing of bedding, sewing of clothes and sewing of insoles for officers and soldiers to the current pairing, family recognition, talking about hometown affairs and talking about hometown feelings, the two support firewood has been inherited for 54 years, and the flowers of co construction are more and more colorful. The drum tower is located in the center of Jiuquan old city. A place to embark on a flying dream At 9:56 on April 16, the return module of Shenzhou 13 manned spacecraft successfully landed at the Dongfeng landing site. Astronauts Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and ye Guangfu ended their six-month space "business trip" and returned to the embrace of the motherland. The magical Jiuquan is the hometown of flying in ancient China and the cradle of modern aerospace. Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, founded in 1958, has created countless proud firsts due to the enthusiastic dedication of generations of astronauts, witnessing and casting the brilliance of new China's aerospace industry. On April 24, 1970, China's first carrier rocket, Long March 1, carrying China's first man-made earth satellite, Dongfanghong 1, was successfully launched here. On November 20, 1999, the shenzhou-1 experimental spacecraft was launched from here, which opened the curtain of China's manned aerospace project. Since then, Shenzhou and Tiangong spacecraft have been launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, known as the first port of China's aerospace. The moon rises from the Tianshan Mountains, and there is a vast sea of clouds. Every time, with the command of "ignition", the giant rocket carrying the dream of a big country soared into the sky in the roar, which made the Chinese people straighten their spine at the moment of witnessing the magnificent take-off of the Chinese dragon. In Jiuquan, the military and people are proud of "aerospace" and partner with "aerospace". There are not only jiuhang railway and jiuhang expressway connecting Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, but also sketches of aerospace theme cities, aerospace homes and aerospace parks. Shenzhou road in the urban area has been built into a national defense education street, and the South Ring Road has been built into a double support street. "Aerospace" is like the active cell of Jiuquan City and the firm core of the city, bursting with the vitality of the times with profound details. The spirit of "two bombs and one satellite" and the spirit of manned spaceflight bred here nourish the feelings of Jiuquan people's patriotism and military worship like spring breeze and rain. The Jiuquan municipal Party committee and the Jiuquan municipal government have always regarded the service guarantee of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center as a major responsibility and mission to support national defense construction, and allocated land in the central urban area to build the family courtyard of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center; Purchase advanced printing equipment to ensure that officers and soldiers can see the PLA Daily and other newspapers and periodicals on the same day; We will allocate special funds to solve the problems of employment of military families, schooling of children and talent training, and vigorously develop the modern Gobi