Who designed the five-star red flag?

1In July, 949, the 32-year-old once designed the national flag pattern-the five-star red flag in Shanghai. However, among the more than 3,000 national flag patterns collected, the five-star red flag pattern was initially ignored. In mid-August, 1949, Room 4 13 of Beiping Hotel was turned into a temporary reading room, displaying the 30 12 national flag pattern for CPPCC members attending the meeting to make a preliminary evaluation. The Committee members are unanimously optimistic about the three patterns on a red background and a yellow background-the first one is a big Venus, and one third is a yellow stripe; The second picture shows a big Venus above and two horizontal bars below. In the third picture, there is a big star above and three bars below. The instructions read: Venus stands for the joint political power led by China's * * * production party, the first one stands for the Yellow River, the second one stands for the Yangtze River and the third one stands for the Pearl River, which symbolizes the new China under the leadership of the * * * production party. The five-star red flag pattern was eliminated in the first round of screening! For the sake of prudence, the selection team compiled the above three patterns and dozens of other patterns into "Reference Materials for National Flag Patterns" for discussion again. When compiling the materials, Tian Han asked, "Why not put the five-star pattern in?" He dug up this design from the bottom of a pile of eliminated design patterns: "This design is simple and generous, with profound implications, don't you think?" It can be seen that people don't like this design very much. After a short silence, someone finally swallowed his tongue and said, "Many people think this design seems a little familiar." Among more than 3,000 certified manuscripts, almost three-quarters of the design drawings imitate either the Soviet flag or the American flag, and some even imitate the flags of some small European countries. So when we first saw the five-star red flag, everyone put it aside. "What is it like?" Tian Han asked. "I like the Soviet flag!" Several people shouted in unison. Tian Han looked at the pattern carefully again, and then covered the big star with his sickle and axe: "What should you do if you take this off?" Everyone nodded. "Is this included?" Tian Han said. The staff wrote "No.32" in the upper right corner. A few days later, 38 national flag design reference materials were collected and sent to Mao Zedong and delegates. On September 23rd, 1949, Mao Zedong hosted a banquet for delegates attending the new China People's Political Consultative Conference in Zhongnanhai. Zhang Zhizhong spoke bluntly about his views on the national flag: "Didn't you say that you would carry out the revolution to the end? Drawing bars on the national flag is suspected of splitting the country! Moreover, it is unscientific to represent the Yellow River with a barbell. Most people will think of Sun Monkey's golden hoop! " At the same time, Tian Han handed the design of the five-star red flag to Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong stared at the sickle and axe in the big star and frowned slightly. Tian Han immediately said, "I think the pattern of sickle and axe can be removed, which will not hinder the overall effect, but will be more concise." Mao Zedong's eyebrows spread out. 1On September 27th, 949, the first plenary session of CPPCC unanimously adopted the five-star red flag as National Flag of the People's Republic of China. On September 28th, the national flag pattern appeared in newspapers. On September 29, citizens rushed to order the national flag, and the workers in the flag processing factory devoted themselves to the production of the national flag day and night with unprecedented enthusiasm. 10 10/day, the five-star red flag in front of every household and the five-star red flag in Tiananmen Square complement each other and look forward to each other. On September 29th, 1949, the new China national flag pattern appeared in newspapers. The East China Cooperation Administration once looked at the familiar patterns and froze. He quickly rummaged around to see if there was a designer's name. Don't! Zeng's expression slowly changed from excitement and expectation to doubt. For him, it was a sleepless night with both disappointment and hope. But soon, the expectation of founding ceremony replaced all his doubts. It doesn't matter whether we designed the national flag ourselves. The important thing is that my bloody career has finally succeeded. What could be more important than this? Two days later, in June 10, 1, I came to the door of the store early and stood in front of the horn. At that time, radios were rare. If there was any important news, people would listen to cable broadcasts in the streets and shops. The grand occasion of the founding of the People's Republic of China was transmitted to Shanghai by radio waves, which deeply shocked everyone's heart under the loudspeaker. In March of the Volunteers, the first five-star red flag of the new China rose slowly in Tiananmen Square ... Zeng's tears rolled down. On September 27th, 1950, he was officially told that he was the designer of the five-star red flag. This day is still 13 and a half months from the date of his submission. But joy has not faded because of the erosion of time. Two weeks ago, I went to Beijing on business. Hardly had I stayed when someone knocked at the door. Two strangers said they were from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. I was a little surprised, but he had a hunch that his design manuscript was sent to the CPPCC at that time. Sure enough, people asked him about the design of the national flag. They questioned him in detail and took notes. Shortly after returning to Shanghai, a notice confirming that he was a flag designer and a gift certificate to participate in Beijing National Day activities were delivered to him. 1 950165438+1October1day, I received an official letter, which marked "document number 1 137": Mr. Zeng: your National Flag of the People's Republic of China * * has been designed. From 19501October 2 1 General Office of the Central People's Government Committee to now, fifty years have passed, and the official seal printed on yellow stationery is still dazzling red. How much is 5 million yuan? "Ten thousand yuan" was the unit of old money at that time. 1955 after the implementation of the new currency, the price of the old currency and the new currency is 65438+1 00000 yuan, and the old currency is converted into1yuan new currency. That year's 5 million was equivalent to a skilled worker's salary for one year!