Yujiang is small but famous. Here is the "Red Flag of Blood Defense", which was the first one to eliminate schistosomiasis in the country 48 years ago, and here is the famous "Model Drainage Canal of Blood Defense", the Baita Drainage Canal.
Yujiang send the plague God Memorial Museum, because and Mao Zedong a poem linked to Mao Zedong poem title named Memorial Museum, in the country, only this one; because the record of the schistosomiasis ravaged, elimination and consolidation of the results of the blood of the building, in addition to the Shanghai Qingpu Museum of blood, only this one; because in Yingtan, cohesion of a kind of spirit and strength, carrying a sense of historical weight of the building, and it is not.
This is the only one in Yingtan, except for the Shanghai Qingpu Blood Defense Exhibition Hall.
From 1978 to commemorate Mao Zedong's "Seven Laws (Two) - Send the Plague God" published on the 20th anniversary of the construction of the Memorial Hall to date, Send the Plague God Memorial Hall has been 28 years old.
Three times in 28 years after the renovation
Again the spring breeze willows thousands of good season, send the God of Plague Memorial Museum ushered in a batch after batch of visitors. Beautiful environment outside the museum, the museum is arranged scientifically and reasonably, rich in content. After 28 years of care and construction, the memorial hall has become a provincial patriotic education base, and is actively declaring the national patriotic education base and national memorial hall, and, it has become the most commemorative significance of Yujiang and embodies the spirit of blood defense of the historic buildings.
But few of the many visitors know the stories behind the memorial. These stories are all linked to the "blood defense" plot of the people of Yujiang.
Twenty years later, on October 3, 1978, Yujiang County Plague God Memorial Hall was opened.
April 4, 2006, the reporter went into the former Yujiang county party secretary Gui Changgui's home. The 75-year-old man talked about the opening of the scene, still excited: "This museum was opened in 1977, a lot of provinces heard that we want to build the Plague God Memorial Museum, there are stones to send stones, cement cement. October 3, the day of the completion of the opening of the museum, but also opened a 10,000 people to celebrate the general assembly!" He told reporters that the memorial hall in front of the eight ten-meter-high square columns, all stone columns, are supported by the provinces. When the building of 350,000 yuan and the building of the square in front of the museum, the monument of 150,000 yuan, basically by the national and provincial investment.
Yujiang County Blood Defense Office Director Tranquility Yuan told reporters that the overall design of the Memorial Hall starting point is very high, dignified appearance, grandeur, the front hall and the left and right exhibition hall wall height wide, spacious and bright. Such a starting point for the back of the repair and remodeling laid a good foundation.
A few years after 1978, the memorial hall is the most famous and popular period. People were sent from all over the country to visit and study at the Yujiang Plague Sending Memorial Hall, and delegations from 14 countries, including the United States, Britain and Germany, also came.
But then after a few years, the memorial hall is silent. 1987, into the "recuperation period" of the memorial hall for the first time since the opening of the renovation, renovation focus on the layout and exhibition content. At the end of the 1980s, the country set off the "mobilization of all people, once again send the God of Plague" climax, "red flag of blood defense" Yujiang blood defense experience and the spirit of attention again, the Memorial Museum visitors increased. 1993, the Memorial Museum for the second time. In 1993, the memorial hall was remodeled for the second time, and the content of the exhibition was once again enriched, adjusted and perfected.
But from then on to the third "overhaul" in 2003, 10 years, the memorial hall is almost in a "dormant period".
10 years, a lot of people see the commercial value of this piece of treasure, some want to buy to do real estate, there are loopholes in the museum opened up a dance hall, some opened up a video hall, some opened up a furniture store.
In 2002, when Lin Jun, secretary of the Yujiang County Party Committee, walked into the cobweb frame beams, dust and dirt filled Memorial Hall, his heart was immediately tightened up.
This led to the third "overhaul" of the memorial hall in 2003.
500,000 yuan to pry the new museum
20 years ago, Yujiang people with 500,000 yuan to build a memorial hall. 20 years later, Yujiang people with 500,000 yuan to pry a new museum.
Yujiang County Standing Committee, Publicity Minister Cai Jiang told reporters that without the more than 500,000 yuan, there would be no later more than 3 million yuan of renovation, there is no memorial hall of the new look.
The more than 500,000 yuan, is the Yujiang cadres and masses of voluntary donations.
When the third overhaul was launched in 2002, the county raised only 100,000 yuan. At that time, the first consideration was for the Memorial Hall "clothes and hats", that is, in the basic does not change the appearance of the Memorial Hall on the basis of the Memorial Hall to increase the atmosphere of the times. The main leadership of the county party committee invited the province's first-class designers, the appearance of the memorial hall will be transformed into a new one. It is this small "surgery", also spent 37 million yuan. The project closes, but also owes the engineering team more than 100,000 engineering money.
The appearance of a good-looking, "modern", but into the museum is still very old, giving people a gloomy feeling. In order to do "the same as the table", Yujiang county party committee, the county government decided to the memorial hall decoration and content layout for a thorough remodeling. Simply put, that is, in addition to the framework does not move, everything has to move: wall roof leakage to make up for the walls and floors to be decorated, the content of the exhibition to be further enriched.
The county invited designers to estimate that the entire investment needs more than 300 million yuan. For a financial strength of only a few tens of millions of yuan of Yujiang County, the financial inability to afford this project. This side of the money owed to the engineering team, the other side of the need to remodel, the engineering team have to retreat, do not dare to sign this memorial renovation contract. What to do? The county party committee and the county government thought of the "blood defense spirit" rooted in the masses of Yujiang - relying on the masses, the will of the people to become a city. The county party committee, the government's main leaders to take the lead in donating 1000 yuan each, the cadres have been pouring money to help. Some students donated a few dimes, some donated 1 yuan. Yujiang County entrepreneurs are not willing to lag behind, do their best. The county party committee and county government held a donation ceremony in front of the unrepaired memorial hall, many citizens and workers back to their hometown farmers also joined the ranks of the donation. In half a month, donations reached more than 500,000 yuan!
Yujiang County leaders said, the donation of this fast and much, in Yujiang is the first time, in the donation activities, reflecting the Yujiang people's "blood defense spirit.
Since then, the repair of the memorial hall and the national and provincial government attaches great importance to the repair of the memorial hall of the funding gap was soon realized.
Gui Changgui, former secretary of the Yujiang County Party Committee, said to reporters, "Yujiang successive county party secretary than other counties to pay more than one account, is to consolidate the results of blood defense this political account." And let send the plague god memorial hall back to shine, is an important one in this account.
Feelings full of "poetry" and "three"
This is the memorial hall after the third major renovation of a few small things.
In the evening of September 27, 2003, the third overhaul was completed, Yujiang held to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the publication of Mao Zedong's seven poems on the eve of the activities, when the staff of a large banner produced by an advertising company in Nanchang erected on the podium temporarily set up in the Memorial Hall, a few members of the public almost coincidentally came up to the banner, pointing to the "words two
The staff was so anxious that they immediately reported to the leaders concerned. County leaders believe that this enthusiasm of the masses is a manifestation of love for the cause of blood defense and shaping the image of Yujiang, which must be taken seriously. After inquiries, it was confirmed that the public's opinion was right. The staff contacted the advertising company overnight and sent someone to Nanchang to retrieve the modified banner. In order to change this one word, busy until 3 o'clock in the morning, spent an additional 2,000 yuan. After the opening of the restored memorial hall, the public open for free for three days. During this period, the museum collected the opinions of many old comrades on the new museum. A member of the public pointed to the word "three" in "Seven Melodies (Two Songs)-Sending the God of Plague" in "The Earth Moves Three Rivers and Iron Arms Shake" and said: "It should be the word 'mountain'. I know these two poems very well. The staff, who knew the two poems well, did not look sloppy, let alone look disdainful, but found relevant information and explained the meaning of the word "three rivers" to the commenter.
The smallest thing shows the feelings of the people of Yujiang towards the memorial hall. Many people have visited the memorial hall many times, but whenever they walk into the memorial hall, they will carefully watch every picture, every paragraph or every object. Among the many new pictures on display, there is a picture of Lu Guang, the former director of the Central Blood Control Office, sitting in his study. Cai Jiang told reporters that Lu Guang had been to Yujiang seven times to check and guide the work of blood defense. 2003, the county sent people to visit the old man's home, Lu Guang took this picture. At that time, the old man was nearly 90 years old. He regarded his eighth visit to Yujiang for the 45th anniversary of the publication of Mao Zedong's seven stanzas as a "fulfillment of his dream". The staff of the memorial hall enlarged the picture and hung it in the hall. One day, a visitor pointed to the upper left of the photo and said, "Look, there is a character hanging on Mr. Luguang's bookshelf, a poem he wrote himself." Only the poem depicted the new appearance of Yujiang! The staff was overjoyed and said, "The photo has been hanging for so long, even we didn't realize it, what a surprise!"