The Chinese people, under the leadership of the Chinese ****producing party, went ahead and achieved a great victory in the people's revolution. in September 1949, the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference decided that October 1 every year for China's National Day.
[edit]Records of the Founding Ceremony
At 3:00 p.m. on October 1, 1949, the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China was established, and a ceremony was held in the capital city of Beijing. Participating in the Founding Ceremony were the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and members of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China, all the delegates of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, workers, peasants, citizens, schoolteachers and students, staff of the authorities, and the city's defense forces, estimated to total 300,000 people. There were also international friends watching the ceremony.
The venue in Tiananmen Square. Square into a d-shaped. D-shaped a horizontal north of a river, the river side by side with five white stone bridges; and then north of the city wall, the center of the wall towers Tiananmen Square. The d-shaped vertical extends southward to the China Gate. In the south of the intersection of a horizontal and vertical, standing a 22-meter high electric flagpole.
The podium is located on the Tiananmen Square Citadel. Under the eaves of the citadel, eight large red palace lanterns hanging on both sides. Leaning against the stone railings on the left and right sides of the tower, eight red flags fluttering in the wind.
The ding-shaped square gathers the masses from all directions. Since six o'clock in the morning, there have been teams of people entering. Some of the people were carrying red flags and some were carrying red lamps. After entering the venue, they arranged themselves according to the predetermined location. Among the workers, there were railroad workers from as far away as Changxindian, Fengtai, and Tongxian, who arrived early in the morning at the Beijing station and went straight to the meeting place as soon as they got off the train. The peasants from the suburbs woke up in the dark at five o'clock and walked forty or fifty miles to get here. By midday, Tiananmen Square had become a sea of people, and the red flag was fluttering, like waves on the sea.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, a mountain of applause erupted from the venue, and Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China, appeared on the rostrum to meet with the crowd. Three hundred thousand people's eyes were all turned to the podium.
Lin Boqu, Secretary General of the Central People's Government, declared the ceremony open. The Chairman of the Central People's Government, the Vice-Chairman, and the Acting Members took their places. The orchestra played the national anthem of the Chinese People's **** and State - the March of the Volunteer Army. It was the sound of this battle that had inspired the Chinese people to fight for the birth of a new China. Then, Chairman Mao Zedong announced, "The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China is established today!"
This solemn declaration, this majestic voice, so that the whole field of 300,000 people cheered together.
This solemn announcement, this majestic voice, through the radio broadcast, spread to the Great Wall inside and outside, spread to the north and south of the Yangtze River, so that the hearts of all the people of China jumped up together.
Then, raise the national flag. Chairman Mao personally pressed the electric button connected to the electric flagpole, the new China's first national flag - five-star red flag rising. Three hundred thousand people took off their hats and stood at attention, lifted their heads and admired the bright red flag. The five-star red flag was raised, indicating that the Chinese people from now on stood up.
When the flag was raised, the salute sounded. Every sound is 54 cannons fired, a ****28 sound. At first, the whole place is silent, only hear the sound of the cannon, only hear the national flag and many flags fluttering sound, to later, every sound of the cannon, the whole place will ring a thunderous applause.
Then Chairman Mao read the proclamation of the Central People's Government amidst burst after burst of applause from the crowd. In a powerful tone, he raised the voice of the new China to the world. When he read the sentence "Mao Zedong has been elected Chairman of the Central People's Government," the feelings of 300,000 people who love their leader melted into a loud cheer. There was a round of applause from the observation platform.
After Chairman Mao finished reading the announcement, the military parade began. The People's Liberation Army Commander-in-Chief Zhu De was the commander of the parade, and General Nie Rongzhen was the commander-in-chief of the parade. Commander-in-Chief Zhu and General Nie rode in the same automobile and inspected the troops first, then Commander-in-Chief Zhu returned to the podium and read out the orders from the PLA headquarters. The troops on parade were then led by General Nie, in the sound of the "Chinese People's Liberation Army March" music, from east to west, slowly into the field.
At the beginning were two platoons of the Navy, snow-white caps, and the ocean a color of blue uniforms. Next is a division of infantry, company-based, in square formation, marching in unison. Then came a division of artillery, field guns, mountain guns, howitzers, rockets, all kinds of guns, all marching in a single horizontal line. Then came a division of chariots, with all kinds of armored cars and tanks in rows of two or three, marching in neat rows; the soldiers stood on their chariots with their chests out, like giants of steel. Next came a division of cavalry, the "Red Horse Company" with red horses of one color, the "White Horse Company" with white horses of one color, five horses in parallel, their legs moving in perfect unison. All these troops passed in front of the podium at equal distances and at the same speed. As the chariot troops passed by, the airplanes of the People's Air Force also flew across the sky in a formation of herringbone. Chairman Mao was the first to wave into the air. When the crowd saw it, they all threw their hats on their heads, newspapers and other things in their hands up into the sky, and their cheers overpowered the rumbling of the airplanes.
Two and a half hours of review, the square constantly cheering, constantly applauding, a climax after a climax. The masses almost shouted their voices mute, the palms of their hands are patted numb, but still do not feel able to express their heart's joy and excitement.
The military parade is over, it is already evening time. Tiananmen Square lanterns and torches are all lit up, 10,000 fireworks shot into the sky one after another. The sky is full of colorful sparks and the ground is full of thousands of lights. The mass parade started at this time, and the procession set off in two directions, east and west. They carried lamps, danced with torches, and chanted "Long live the Chinese People's ****ing Party!" "Long live the People's Republic of China!" "Long live the Central People's Government!" They walked in order, and when they passed the White Stone Bridge facing Tiananmen Square, they raised their lanterns and torches and shouted, "Long live Chairman Mao!" "Long live Chairman Mao!" Chairman Mao, in front of the podium on the Citadel, leaned forward, waving his hand to the crowds and shouting, "Long live the people!" "Long live the comrades!"
At 9:30 p.m., the parade was completely out of the venue. The two "red streams" split to the east and west of the city streets, the light filled the whole city of Beijing.