Yes, at 6:57 a.m. on October 1, 2020, in the hazy drizzle, the audience at Tianfu Square in Chengdu eagerly waited for the flag-raising ceremony to begin. At 7:50 in the morning, with the sonorous steps of the national flag guard, the flag-raising ceremony officially began, and the Tianfu Square where tens of thousands of people gathered was solemn and solemn.
Pairs of sincere eyes followed the bright red national flag, and excited hearts waited with bated breath for the flag to fly. The national anthem sounded, and when the national flag was raised from the hands of the soldiers, the crowd sang the national anthem along with the music.
In the square, some parents brought their children with small national flags on their faces; some brought their elders, who were sitting in wheelchairs and waving national flags in their hands. In the impassioned national anthem, together with the motherland, they celebrated the special day of the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.
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The old man witnessed New China from birth to growth:
“I am so excited. I must leave a souvenir at this time.” In just a few short After the five-minute flag-raising ceremony, many citizens refused to leave. With smiles on their faces, they excitedly took photos with Tianfu Square.
In the crowd, an elderly man in a wheelchair had tears in his eyes. Like a young man, he deliberately put a small national flag on his face and held two national flags in his hands. The family member pushing the wheelchair behind him told reporters that the old man is a typical "post-90s generation" and has witnessed New China from birth to growth. Coming to Tianfu Square to participate in the flag-raising ceremony is one of the old man's wishes.
Red Star News-Thousands of people gathered in Tianfu Square to watch the flag-raising ceremony: My motherland and I cannot be separated for a moment