The 54-gun salute represents the 54 units and parties that participated in the new CPPCC at that time, and the 28-gun salute represents that it took 28 years from the founding of the party to the founding of the country.
October 1, 1949, 2:00 p.m., at this time, to participate in the Founding Ceremony of Beijing 300,000 military and civilian have long been gathered in Tiananmen Square, looking forward to the arrival of the great historical moment.
When the brightly colored five-star red flag was raised for the first time in Tiananmen Square, 300,000 people in the square took off their hats and stood in front of the crowd, looking up to admire the five-star red flag.
At 3 p.m., Lin Boqu, secretary-general of the Central People's Government Commission, announced the start of the ceremony. The chairman, vice-chairman and members of the Central People's Government took their places. Amid the cheers of the crowd, Chairman Mao Zedong, in his booming voice with a Hunan accent, solemnly proclaimed to the world: "The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China is established today!"
At once, the square was filled with thunderous joy and excitement. In the majestic melody of "March of the Volunteer Army", Mao Zedong pressed the electric button, the first brightly colored five-star red flag of new China rose. The whole audience stood up and saluted the national flag. On the square, fifty-four salutes were fired twenty-eight times.
Fifty-four salutes on behalf of the 54 units and parties participating in the new CPPCC at that time, 28 salutes indicate that the Chinese ****production party was founded in 1921, led by the people of the whole country, after 28 years of struggle, only to make the country independent, the people turned over to be masters of the country, ushered in the afternoon of October 1, 1949, the founding of the country ceremony. Since then our motherland continues to prosper and the people live a happy life.
Expanded Information:
"Firing a salute" was included as part of the celebratory program from the beginning. The parade headquarters decided to set up a salute team from the special forces of the North China Military Region.
The salute was selected by the captured Japanese mountain guns, ****108, divided into two groups, each group of 54. The shells were all unloaded. This kind of gun and field artillery, howitzers, compared with the short body, small caliber, light weight, easy to use, is selected from the mountain artillery battalions of the six columns in North China and the artillery units directly under the military region. The salute artillery team training takes place in the Xiannongtan Park.
Each salute gun has three gunners, the main training loading, firing, back shells three actions, must be completed within three seconds. 54 salute guns fired in unison once limited to four and a half seconds to complete, this is because Chairman Mao pressed the electric button to raise the national flag, the military band played the national anthem, the time is two minutes and five seconds. In this time to fire a 28-gun salute, synchronized.
October 1st. When the five-star red flag was raised for the first time over Tiananmen Square and the band played the national anthem, the salute of the founding ceremony sounded. Each of the 28 blasts of this rumble was as neat as a single cannon, but coalesced with the power of 54 salutes fired in unison and the sound of majestic clouds and sky.
The 54 salutes were fired in unison, representing the 54 units and parties participating in the new CPPCC at that time; the salutes were fired 28 times, indicating the 28 years of heroic struggle of the Chinese ****production party leading the whole nation to win the victory of the new democratic revolution.
That day, countless crowds marched through the city carrying red lanterns, and the capital was immersed in a carnival atmosphere until late at night. The wave of revelry extended to all parts of the country, from the cities to the countryside, as the liberated people cheered and jumped, each emanating the same voice from their hearts -- the Chinese people had stood up!
The founding of the People's Republic of China has put an end to the history of the rule of a few exploiters over the masses of the working people, and to the imperialist enslavement of the Chinese people of all races, and the Chinese people have been the masters of their country ever since.
This is the great victory of Marxism in China, the great victory of Mao Zedong Thought, which combines the basic principles of Marxism with the concrete practice of the Chinese revolution. A new era has opened up in China's history.
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