Why did you choose ten o'clock to hold a national moment of silence?

Because this is the best time for the sun to rise, the most stable time, so the national silence, to be chosen at ten o'clock, at the same time 10:01 is also a symbol of the National Day on October 1, the founding of China, independence and self-reliance.

In this sun's best hour, let us remember these fallen martyrs, it is their lives and blood for our good days of national prosperity and peace today.

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April 4, 2020, the Qingming Festival in the year of Gengzi. China, in the name of the country and with the highest specifications y mourn the fallen martyrs and deceased compatriots of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

President and other party and state leaders in the capital Beijing to participate in memorial activities, once again in action to declare the people first, life first.

North and south of the Yangtze River, inside and outside the Great Wall, hundreds of millions of people share the same grief, the same sacrifice and the same heart.

At 10 a.m., air-raid sirens sounded, cars, trains and ships sounded their horns, and the nation observed three minutes of silence.

Beijing's Tiananmen Square, the sky, the national flag at half-mast, the Monument to the People's Heroes stands tall. Square near the intersections, stopped motor vehicles honked to pay tribute. Zheng Yangmen east, a backpack girl stopped the electric car, standing next to the car, hands in front of his body, bowed his head in silence.

In Wuhan, Hubei province, the river flows slowly, and vehicles on the Yangtze River Bridge honked in unison. In the Hankou river beach Yiyuan Square, trees are lush, the families of the fallen martyrs and compatriots who died, medical personnel, community workers, volunteers and other sectors of society 500 people wearing white flowers on their chests to participate in commemorative activities, all the people *** with the solemn, silent mourning.

In Lanzhou, on the banks of the Yellow River, Gansu International Convention and Exhibition Center Square, representatives from all walks of life nearly 300 people to participate in collective memorial activities. Three boats on the Yellow River, along with cars parked along the riverfront road, sounded their horns.

In Nanjing, people dressed in black and holding yellow chrysanthemums on the square of the Yuhuatai Martyrs' Monument paid tribute to the martyrs and compatriots who died in the epidemic. On the steps leading up to the monument, yellow and purple flowers spelled out the word "remembrance".

In Chengdu, a black sign reading "Sichuan Province's Mourning for Martyrs and Compatriots Who Died in the Xinguancang Pneumonia Epidemic" was displayed solemnly in the courtyard of the provincial People's Congress conference center.

"I don't know who you are, but I know who you are for." In the severe struggle against the epidemic, a group of medical personnel, cadres and workers, community workers died on duty, leaving themselves in winter to bring spring to the people. The retrograde heroes guarded and saved more compatriots with their lives, and their names are written in the country's history and in people's hearts.

In Shenyang's Liaoning Mansion, more than 100 counterparts in support of Hubei Xiangyang Liaoning medical team 4 lifted medical quarantine. 10 o'clock, they paused to carry their luggage home, lined up in the hotel plaza, to the epidemic sacrificed martyrs and compatriots who died a moment of silence.

Wang Yuyan, a nurse born in 1995, has been fighting in Xiangyang for nearly 40 days. She said, "Every life is precious. The elders brought us to bravely rush to rescue lives. Today the nation mourns its fallen martyrs and compatriots, and we want to *** with send our hearts in mourning."

Early in the morning of the 4th, about 800 people came to Beijing Tiananmen Square. Mr. Xu, a citizen, came to the ceremony with his son, who is in elementary school. "Heroes who sacrificed their lives for the fate of the country without regard to personal safety always emerge in the long course of history, so our nation can continue to this day." He told the child seriously.

"For many years, the spirit of the martyrs has been alive and well, and the red gene has been flowing in our blood." Zhao Yongyan, party secretary of the Nanjing Yuhuatai Martyrs' Mausoleum Administration, said we should think of the source of the water, not forgetting the way to come, inherit the martyrs' legacy, and turn grief into strength to fight for the future **** with the struggle.

In the long river of the development of the Chinese nation, there are always some people, in the history of major nodes, affecting a country, and even several generations, they use their own lives as the price of guarding others. For the heroes of the greatest consolation, not only to mourn, memorial, but also to inherit, to practice. Only in this way can the spirit of the heroes be immortalized.

Grass color without empty land, river flow together with the distant sky. Every life lost is a loss of 1.4 billion people **** the same. In the Qingming this Chinese national tradition of prudence in the day, raise the country with the sacrifice, to the epidemic in each of the distant life solemn salute.

Deng Linghao, 36, director of the Sanyang community in Wuhan, remembered the martyrs and fallen compatriots with medical staff, community workers and volunteers at a memorial service at Yiyuan Square on Hankou's Jiangtan. He said that today to participate in the fight against the epidemic as a front-line workers to participate in mourning activities, the heart is very emotional, I hope the deceased rest in peace, the living strong.

Wuhan's city flower is the plum blossom. In Chinese culture, the plum blossom has the character of being proud of frost and snow. In the battle against the epidemic blockade, people have witnessed the heroic city, the brave and kind people, the tenacity and unyielding life, and the resistance of an ordinary person. They have loved, lived, and fought strongly for their lives. Their character and courage, in the future every spring, summer, fall and winter, will be home and country eternal memory.

Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital Koo Xiaohui and other people attending the memorial activities, said the country to the highest tribute to the heroes mourning, the people to the deepest remembrance of the heroes to send off the country mourning is the deceased's respect and remembrance, but also to the life of the caring and cherishing.

The Chinese people traditionally do not bow their heads in hardship and suffering, but we bow our heads in silence to the fallen martyrs and compatriots who have died, to the deepest respect and remembrance of the heart.

The greenery of nature is the flavor of life. This new crown pneumonia epidemic prevention and control struggle is another unprecedented test in the historical journey of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Through the years of shock and awe, history will remember the country's respect for life, this page of history will always be remembered in the hearts of the people.

Future days, strong and courageous, full and meaningful life, this is the deepest memory of the deceased; youth and the previous generation **** with the backbone of the nation, with more and more courageous fighting spirit and endless hope, to promote the progress of the country, this is the most sincere condolences to the martyrs.

People first! Life is supreme! For this goal, we are of one mind, unite our strength, struggle tirelessly and advance forever.

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