Lei Feng was born on December 18, 1940, to a poor peasant family in the village of Jianjiatang in Wangcheng County, Hunan Province. (see photo below)
Unforgettable scars
Lei Feng was orphaned when he was less than seven years old. The family's Sixth Uncle Grandma adopted him. To help his grandmother's family, he often went to the mountains to cut firewood, but the local firewood mountains were all occupied by rich families, who did not allow poor people to cut them. Lei Feng one day to the serpentine mountain to cut firewood, was the Xu family landlady saw, the landlady pointed at Lei Feng cursed, and snatched away the wood knife, Lei Feng cried to retrieve the wood chopping knife, the landlady raised the knife in the back of Lei Feng's left hand three times in a row, blood dripped down the finger on the mountain road ......
In August 1949, the People's Liberation Army passed by Lei Feng's hometown. Lei Feng saw the camping team stayed down to the old folks to ask for warmth, but also to help the old folks to pick water, sweep the floor. Buy firewood to buy food according to the price to pay, do not take a needle and thread of the masses, from the bottom of his heart to join the army desire. Lei Feng found the company commander of the army, determined to become a soldier, when the company commander learned of his bitter life told him that he was still small, wait until he grows up to become a soldier, and gave him a fountain pen, encouraging him to study hard, grow up to defend and and build China.
Aspire to join the army Participate in the children's regiment
1950, the township set up a farmers' association, land reform, Lei Feng actively involved in this movement, when the children's regiment leader, standing guard, sentry, patrol, to prevent the enemy from sabotage, he was also the first time that he had been in the army. He also learned to speak on the fast board and engage in propaganda.
In the summer of 1950, the township government guaranteed the orphan Lei Feng free education. In the summer of 1956, graduated from the lotus leaf dam elementary school, a few years, Lei Feng overcame difficulties, study hard, by the teachers and students of the unanimous praise. He helped the backward classmates, cared for the collective food, and fought against the bad elements, by the school teachers, classmates and the townspeople. At the graduation ceremony, he spoke on stage, resolutely asked to stay in the countryside, for the construction of a new socialist countryside to contribute their own modest strength.
In September 1956, Lei Feng worked as a correspondent in the township government, and in November, at the age of sixteen, Lei Feng was recommended to work as a civil servant in Wangcheng County Committee. In 1957, Lei Feng honorable year by year was named a model worker in the organization.
In the spring of 1958, Lei Feng came to Sleepy Mountain Lake Farm as a tractor driver. In September 1958, Lei Feng came to Anshan Steel as a C-80 bulldozer. In August 1959, Lei Feng came to Bow Changling Coking Plant to participate in infrastructure construction. One day in the following summer, he led his partners to fight in the rain and saved 7200 bags of cement from loss, <<Liaoyang Daily>> reported Lei Feng's rescue of cement and praised his self-sacrificing deeds. Lei Feng worked in Anshan and coking plant for one year and two months, had three times was named advanced workers, five times was named the standard-bearer, eighteen times was named the red flag hand, won the "youth socialist construction activist" title.
Enlistment
Early December 1959, the new year's conscription work has begun, Lei Feng urgent request to participate in the People's Liberation Army, but in view of the coking plant's limited enlistment quota, and Lei Feng's performance in the construction site is very outstanding, the leadership can not afford to let him go, so did not agree to sign up for him. Lei Feng was so upset that he traveled dozens of miles to the Liaoyang People's Armed Forces Department to tell Yu's experience and show his willingness and determination to join the army.
The political commissar of the Armed Forces Department and the leader of the Engineer Corps, who had been sent to receive the soldiers, studied the issue of Lei Feng's enlistment, and found that he was a bitter child, had been practically tempered, was of good political quality, and had clear motives for enlisting in the army; although he was 1.54 meters tall and weighed less than 55 kilograms, and his physical condition was poor, he drove tractors on farms, drove bulldozers in factories, and had been rated an active member and advanced worker of the socialist construction for many times. He has been honored as an active member of the socialist construction and an advanced worker many times. I believe he will grow faster if he enlists. Finally decided to approve Lei Feng enlistment.
On January 8, 1960, Lei Feng received his enlistment notice and came to Yingkou City from Liaoyang with the new recruits. As a representative of the new recruits, he spoke at a conference to welcome his comrades into the army.
Lei Feng's regiment is a glorious war history of the troops, he was determined to carry forward the fine traditions of practical action, the opening of the meal, he took the initiative to read the newspaper to the people, publicizing the party's policies: rest, he taught everyone to sing, Lei Feng in this big family to feel the warmth of no such, because of his body small arm weak, the beginning of the practice of throwing grenades failed, he was not bright on the day to go out and practicing, ten days, he was finally the same as the other comrades, he was not a grenade. Finally, like other comrades, he got excellent in the live-fire study.
Later on
After the training of new recruits was over, Lei Feng was assigned to the transportation company as a motorcycle soldier, "obeying the needs of the revolution, the revolution needs me to burn charcoal, I'll go to be Zhang Side; the revolution needs me to plug the gunhole, I'll go to be Huang Jiguang". This is the attitude that Lei Feng showed to the organization.
Lei Feng character cheerful, usually very active, teaching singing, wall posters, say all kinds of fast, the higher leadership arranged for him to participate in the warrior performance team, he got up early in the morning and late at night to memorize the lines, and later considered Lei Feng's Hunan accent and everyone's Mandarin is not coordinated, affecting the effect of the show, he took the initiative to replace his own, and focus on the performance of the logistics, although we did not see Lei Feng's performance, but every performance on the stage!
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Lei Feng returned to the transportation company, then put into the intense study of driving technology to go, for the lack of coaching the status quo, he led everyone to do a car driving platform. Lei Feng was unanimously elected as the leader of the technical study group. In May, Lei Feng became a qualified driver and was assigned to the fourth shift of the second platoon, handing over a No. 13 car to the construction site.
Nail spirit
Construction tasks, he drove the car all day running around, it is difficult to find time to study, Lei Feng put the book in the satchel, carry around, as long as the car stops, there is no other work, sitting in the cab to read. He wrote in his diary: "Some people say that work is busy, no time to study, I think the problem is not in the work is busy, but in your willingness to learn, will not squeeze time. To learn the time is there, the problem is that we are not good at squeezing, willing to drill. A good board, there is no eye on it, but why can the nail into it? This is to rely on the pressure to squeeze in. From this point of view, the nails have two strengths: one is the strength of the squeeze, and one is the strength of the drill. We should also promote this "nail" spirit in learning, good at squeezing and drilling.
A voluntary labor
1960 in the early summer of a Sunday, Lei Feng stomach ache is very strong, he came to the regiment health company opened some medicine back, see a construction site is in full swing construction, the original is to the Benxi Road Primary School to build a building, Lei Feng could not help but push up a cart to join the ranks of the transport of bricks until the midday break, Lei Feng was surrounded by a group of workers. Surrounded by a group of workers, in the face of everyone he said: "We are for the socialist construction of bricks and mortar, I'm the same as everyone else, as long as they do their own little obligation, but also be regarded as a piece of light to send a light it!" This afternoon, inquired about the name of Lei Feng and the troops stationed in the city of the second construction company to organize the workers to send a letter of thanks, we know that the sick Lei Feng did a good thing, had a special Sunday.
Admirable "fool"
August 1960, the resident Fushun floods, transportation connected to the flood rescue order. Lei Feng endured just to participate in the fire was burned hand pain and comrades in the upper Temple Reservoir dam fought continuously for seven days and seven nights, was credited with a second-class merit.
Wanghua District held a large production call mobilization meeting, a great momentum, Lei Feng went to the street to do business just to see this scene, he took out the passbook in the factory and the army to save 200 yuan (passbook on the 203 yuan) ran to the Wanghua District Party Committee office to be donated for the construction of the motherland to make some contributions to the reception of his comrades really can not refuse his friendship, had to accept half of the money. The other 100 yuan was donated to the people of Liaoyang when the country was hit by a hundred-year flood. When our country was hit by a serious natural disaster, he donated all his savings for the construction of the country and for the disaster area, but he could not afford to drink a bottle of soda.
Joining the Party
The Party Committee of the regiment set up Lei Feng as the standard bearer of hard work, diligence and thrift, Lei Feng was more strict with himself, he was born in poverty, love and hatred, good learning, high class consciousness, and correct motives for joining the Party, according to the consistent performance of the branch general meeting unanimously approved Lei Feng's application for joining the Party.
On November 8, 1960, Lei Feng honorably joined the Chinese ****anufacturing party.
The end of 1960, Lei Feng deeds were published in the press under the title of < < bitter child good soldier > > caused strong repercussions, around the invitation to him to give a report on the unit is more and more, he is a blood and tears in the family history, tell people not to forget the past, and inspire people to build the motherland united and more determined to overcome the difficulties. At the request of the people, the company Lei Feng deeds to make an exhibition room, the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution also came to collect Lei Feng's deeds ......
Solidarity
Lei Feng put his own collection of books out for everyone to learn, known as the "small Lei Feng The library. He helped his comrades to learn knowledge, and his comrade Qiao Anshan had a low level of culture, so Lei Feng taught him to recognize words and learn arithmetic. After learning that his father was seriously ill, Lei Feng wrote a letter to his family in the name of Xiao Zhou and sent 10 yuan. Comrade Xiao Han in the night out of the car cotton pants were sulfuric acid water burned a few holes, Lei Feng came back from duty and found that his own hat removed a needle and a needle for Xiao Han to patch up the pants, gently covered in his body. Knowing this situation, Qiao Anshan said: "In order to mend your pants, Lei Feng did not sleep for half the night!"
The people's handyman
From 1961, Lei Feng was often invited to make presentations in foreign countries, he had more opportunities to travel, more opportunities to serve the people, people circulated the saying: "Lei Feng traveled a thousand miles, good deeds have been done a train".
Once Lei Feng went out in Shenyang station to change the car, once out of the ticket gate, found a group of people surrounded by a middle-aged woman carrying a child, it turned out that the woman went from Shandong to Jilin to see her husband, the ticket and money lost. Lei Feng used his own allowance to buy a train ticket to Jilin and stuffed it into his sister-in-law's hand, who said with tears in her eyes: "Big brother, what's your name and which unit are you from? "Lei Feng said: "I am called the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and I live in China".
One day in May, Lei Feng to go to Shenyang in the rain, he in order to catch the early train, 5:00 in the morning to get up, with a few steamed buns on the raincoat on the road, on the road, saw a woman carrying a child, hand also led a little girl is also difficult to walk to the station. Lei Feng took off his raincoat in the sister-in-law, and picked up the little girl to accompany them to the station, get on the train, Lei Feng saw the little girl cold and shivering, and put his own close threads off to her to put on, Lei Feng estimated that she did not eat in the morning, they brought their own steamed buns to them to eat. When the train arrived at Shenyang, it was still raining, Lei Feng sent them home. The woman said gratefully: "Comrade, how can I thank you! "During the New Year's Eve, the comrades had a good time in various recreational activities. After playing ping-pong in the club for a while, Lei Feng thought that the service and transportation departments were the busiest during the New Year holidays, and how much these places needed help. He put down his paddle, called up a few comrades in the same class, and went straight to the nearby Lady's Tun station after taking leave, this one helped clean the waiting room, that one poured water for the passengers, Lei Feng drove up the whole class.
Lei Feng is to choose to never stop, wholeheartedly for the people to do good, no wonder people see people do good for the people think of Lei Feng.
Children's sweetheart
After October 1960, Lei Feng successively served as an outside counselor at Fushun Construction Street Elementary School (now Leifeng Elementary School) and Benxi Road Elementary School.
Lei Feng was usually very busy with his work and studies. Learning is very busy, he can only use the lunch break or stormy days can not leave the car days off to the school to find teachers, classmates to talk, or other counseling activities. He is good at uniting children, inspire them to study hard, every day up.
Lei Feng with a high sense of mission, sense of responsibility, diligently cultivate the next generation to grow strong. *** Table group Fushun municipal party committee in recognition of Lei Feng's deeds, had on May 28, 1962 issued a certificate of award, which reads: "Award to the excellent tutor comrade Lei Feng, keep the glory, continue to move forward."
Exemplary squad leader
September 1961, the whole regiment unanimously elected Lei Feng as a deputy to the Fushun City People's Congress.
Lei Feng returned to the company after participating in the National People's Congress and became the commander of the fourth class of the second platoon. Under his leadership, the fourth class became the "four good classes", and Lei Feng also became the four good class commanders of the company.
One evening, it was raining heavily, Lei Feng saw a woman on the highway, holding a child in her arms, and pulling a child in her hands, and carrying a burden, in the downpour step by step slippery walk, Lei Feng busy to go forward to inquire, only to know that the sister-in-law from the field to visit relatives to return to the dozen miles away from the camphor gully to go, she was anxious, said: "Comrade ah, today's rain all the water I confused, there are still a lot of people who can't see. She said anxiously, "Comrade, today's rain has doused me with confusion, and here are the children, I can't even cry home!" Lei Feng put his raincoat on his sister-in-law, picked up the older child in the rain toward Zhangzigou, rather than get soaked, has been walking for more than two hours, only to send their mother and child home.
Modest and prudent
Lei Feng enlisted in the army, many meritorious awards, he was elected as a deputy to the city people's Congress, attended the Shenyang Military Region, the first session of the **** Youth League representatives, his photo, diary and exemplary deeds. Through the newspaper. Radio made a wide range of publicity, Lei Feng received one after another from all over the country warmly praised his letter, he wrote in his diary, "I am all the Party to give, glory should be attributed to the Party, attributed to the enthusiasm to help my comrades, as for my personal work, that is too little, I so little contribution, compared to the requirements and expectations of my or very insufficient! ......"
August 15, 1962, more than eight o'clock in the morning, the rain fell, Lei Feng and his assistant Qiao Anshan drove from the construction site back to the site. After they drove into the company yard, they realized that the car was splashed with mud and water, so they immediately asked Qiao Anshan to start the car and go to the open space to wash the car despite the fatigue of the long-distance driving. Passing through a relatively narrow section of the aisle in front of the barracks, for safety reasons, Lei Feng stood at the edge of the aisle and raised his arm to direct Xiao Qiao to reverse the turn; "To the left, to the left ...... pour! Reverse!" The car suddenly left rear wheel slipped into the roadside ditch, the body violently shook, suddenly touched down a usual sun clothes quilt with a square wooden pole, Lei Feng unfortunately was down the square forest pole smashed in the head, on the spot flopped on the ground, fainted ......
comrades immediately with a stretcher to send him to the nearby hospital to rescue, the heads of all levels immediately rushed to the hospital, at the same time as the fastest speed to Shenyang's medical experts received Lei Feng bedside. Due to cranial injury, resulting in brain dysfunction, Lei Feng, a good son of the working people, the excellent member of the Chinese ****production party, at the age of only 22 years old, so with us forever goodbye!
August 17, in Fushun City, Wanghua District Government Auditorium held a grand memorial service. Nearly 100,000 people escorted Lei Feng's coffin toward the Martyrs' Cemetery.
In January 1963, the Ministry of National Defense named Lei Feng's class "Lei Feng class", **** Youth League posthumously appointed Lei Feng as the National Young Pioneers excellent counselor, the PLA General Political Department, **** Youth League Central Committee, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the All-China Women's Federation have issued a notice on the study of Lei Feng, the People's Daily, the People's Daily", "PLA Daily", "China Youth Daily" and so on successively published editorials, comments and articles introducing Lei Feng's deeds. On March 5, 1963, major newspapers in the capital published Chairman Mao Zedong's glowing inscription, "Learn from Comrade Lei Feng."
Lei Feng, this glorious name, in our hearts shines an undying light. He dedicated all his vigorous youth to the party and the people, and his noble ideals, beliefs, morals and sentiments will continue to flourish in our youth generation, and his indelible and beautiful image will live forever in our hearts.