In the Red Army, there are wives of leading cadres in directly under the authority, such as Deng, Kang Keqing, Cai Chang, He Zizhen, Liu Ying, Liu Qunxian and Xiao Yuehua. Some of them are female members of the Red Army in the health sector, such as Deng Liujin, Liu Caixiang, Li Guiying and Chen Huiqing. There are also some working group members and political fighters, such as Li Bozhao, Wang Quanyuan and Wei Xiuying. Their task is to investigate local tyrants, publicize the masses and find migrant workers. Political fighters should March on stretchers and do a good job in stretchers and transport classes.
Women in the Red Army were strictly selected to take part in the Long March. First, good political thought originated in party member; Second, we should be able to work independently and do mass work. Third, be healthy, be able to move things, walk and even lose weight. Lesbians who take part in the Long March must have a physical examination, and only when they are healthy can they act with the troops. The wives of central leaders and lesbians who have held leadership positions in Central directly under the authority may not undergo a medical examination, but whether they are transferred with the army or not is decided by the Secretariat of the Central Committee and the Organization Department. At first, 34 female Red Army women were determined to take part in the Long March, including Peng Ru and He Yi. Because her husband Chen Zhengren and Mao Zetan stayed in the Soviet area and persisted in their struggle, they did not follow the main force of the Central Red Army in the Long March. Shortly after the end of the Long March, two female Red Army women returned to the Soviet area due to illness, and finally only 30 female Red Army women arrived in Yan 'an.
These female Red Army women did not receive special treatment in the Long March, but they experienced many hardships unimaginable to ordinary people. They also carry more than 10 kg of luggage, including weapons and dry food. Some of them shoulder the heavy responsibility of taking care of the wounded, sometimes even carrying stretchers. On the way to the Long March, Li Bozhao undertook the task of propaganda and agitation. She carries the scripts of the Red Army Drama Club on her back, and travels back and forth between various units every day, twice as far as others. The book "Thirty-two Women Marching with the Central Red Army: They" published by the Central Literature Publishing House tells the sufferings of female soldiers of the Red Army in the Long March, especially another kind of pain brought by gender.
On the way to the Long March, when a huge army began to March into the Dayuling mountain area on the border between Fujian and Jiangxi, the road became more and more bumpy. In order not to disturb the enemy, the troops still keep marching at night and pick more paths that people don't often take. As a result, these women who are not used to walking at night will inevitably stumble.
A woman's feet were swollen and exhausted after a long journey of hundreds of thousands of kilometers. During the Long March, the Red Army didn't have enough medicine, and even the wounded and sick were reluctant to use it. Fortunately, the team is not fast. They have plenty of time and are tortured in the foot-binding cloth. This long journey is even more painful.
Every camp, women always set up a stove to boil a pot of water, hit the washbasin while it is hot, then soak their feet with acid and chat while soaking their feet. Warm water will open every pore in the soles of your feet, and that kind of pain and fatigue will be blown away with the rolling heat wave. That's interesting and cool! People who haven't traveled long distances don't know the pain. Similarly, they don't feel the happiness that comes from bitter experiences. This time is the happiest time for these female soldiers.
Liu Caixiang protects his feet in a different way. When marching, her steps were bigger than those of her female companions. As soon as she arrived at the camp, the others were too tired to carry her luggage. Although she is tired, she is in no hurry to lie down. Instead, I ran around the luggage and danced for a while. Just like the athletes who just finished the competition in the sports field now, she did some finishing moves to relax her tight muscles and make the whole blood flow smoothly, and then she went to rest. This is undoubtedly a simple sports science, but she didn't even realize it at that time. But this method laid a solid foundation for her to participate in sports competitions in Yan 'an in the future. She was able to leave men far behind in the long-distance race and won three first prizes alone.
Most of these women participated in the Long March for the first time. Those strong women, while taking care of three or four stretchers, have to help others carry luggage, dry food and medicine boxes. Every time I go to the camp, men fall to the ground like mud and don't want to move. However, these women can't degenerate. They must settle the wounded first. When marching in a hurry, when the wounded are resting, they will go to the village to persuade the people to be porters and supplement those who are lost halfway. After all this is arranged, they can enjoy the wonderful time of soaking their feet.
From this point of view, their feet have walked more than 25,000 miles. Of course there are exceptions. She never shows her feet in public. She always hides in the corner to soak her feet, which is a daily lesson of great significance to everyone. She is Yang Houzhen. Sometimes, when marching at night, you can see a pair of little feet supporting a short and fat body, swinging in this winding queue, like a gyro and a long dragon driven by the autumn wind. Luo Binghui's wife, Yang Houzhen, trudged inch by inch on the way of the Red Army's transfer.
I don't know from which dynasty the bad habit of foot-binding began, but the earliest poems chanting foot-binding can be found in the Bodhisattva Man written by Su Dongpo, a poet in the Song Dynasty. "Spit incense and look at the lotus step, and worry about Luo socks returning to Ling Bo; I see dancing and returning air, but I can't find it anywhere. Stealing the palace is stable, and it is a double drop; It's hard to say that it is exquisite, but you have to look at it from the palm of your hand. " It can also be called the first poem dedicated to foot binding in the history of China's poetry. It is not difficult to see from the poem that women bind their feet to please men.
In feudal times, for the rich, women were vassals and vases for men to play with and enjoy. In the fashion era of little feet, women's little feet have become the focus of men's pursuit and the victim of feudal ethics. Women who don't bind their feet are considered rude, disobedient and uneducated, and decent people won't marry Bigfoot women. The more knowledgeable and literate the family, the more bound by feudal ethics. The more you love your daughter's mother, the tighter she binds her daughter's feet. The theory of "three-inch golden lotus" was deeply rooted in people's hearts, and even a "holding lady" with feet less than three inches appeared, which was sought after by the society at that time.
In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the rulers banned women from foot binding, but they never achieved their goal. During the Revolution of 1911 and the May 4th Movement, people's thoughts gradually opened up, and the bad habit of foot-binding was gradually abandoned.
Yang Houzhen grew up in a typical poor family in a southern city. A mother loves her daughter. When she was four or five years old, she wrapped her daughter's tender little toe tightly in the direction of the soles of her feet with a long foot wrap. At the beginning of foot binding, Yang Houzhen quietly untied the foot binding cloth, but the short freedom brought endless scolding and reprimanding from her mother, and under the strict supervision of adults, she completed the whole foot binding process until her feet no longer developed and formed. So her feet became "three-inch golden lotus" feet and became a typical small jasper.
If the girl with big eyes and small feet was not because of family changes, she might still continue her housewife life. However, when she went to Ganzhou to collect the remains of her dead father, the local warlord General Luo Binghui fell in love with her at first sight and helped her with her father's funeral. Soon, they got married.
Born in a feudal family, Yang Houzhen has been following her husband's path since she married Luo Binghui. At the beginning of the revolution, she supported her husband, not because of her understanding of capitalism. After learning about some pro-Luo Binghui activities, she said to her husband, "I see that you have released all the' red-faced' elements sent by various parties recently, and some have given food, travel expenses and rags to people far away from home. You said,' The poor people in the world are all a family, so we must do something for them.' I'm impressed. I can do something for you. The little woman's words deeply touched the Yunnan man who had been a military wife all his life.
At first, Yang Houzhen quietly watched the liaison officer in Luo Binghui. Later, she risked her life as an emissary between her husband and the * * * production party, and joined the China * * * production party after the Ji 'an uprising in Luo Binghui. She followed her husband's uprising troops to Jinggangshan. When Yang Houzhen arrived in the Soviet area and threw herself into the life of the liberated areas in full swing, she really put down her feet and embarked on the revolutionary road under the guidance of the China * * * production party.
In this great transfer of the whole army, a woman with little feet like Yang Houzhen is not suitable for marching, but perhaps she was approved to join the team as the wife of Luo Binghui, the ninth head of the Red Army. Dear, it is lucky to be able to advance with the big army, but the difficulties and obstacles in the journey need to be overcome by yourself. Such little feet have to walk 25 thousand miles full of thorns.
Yang Hou's really small feet can't be taken back even if they are released. Her feet were squeezed and deformed, becoming an authentic "three-inch golden lotus". My feet are so small that I can't even take part in productive labor. At most, you can only walk around the pot and send food and water to the ground, let alone March and fight.
When we first set out, we couldn't walk a few miles. Yang Houzhen couldn't walk any further, so we had to ride on Luo Binghui's horse. Because she is short and fat, Luo Binghui's horse is tall and big. Every time she gets on the horse, she always needs help. In order to reduce trouble, Yang Houzhen never dismounted as long as he got on the horse, unless he arrived at the camp at night. Walking on the road, little feet are afraid of falling behind, but riding on horseback all day is very uncomfortable. A few times, as soon as she got off the horse, her legs went numb, and her heavy body fell to the ground with a splash. She felt very sad and hated her feet even more. She sat on the ground, patting her little feet and feeling sorry for herself. But she never said whether to stay or not. She is a woman with China's traditional thoughts. If she marries Luo Binghui, she will accompany him to the end, even in flames. After following the * * * production party, she also closely followed the revolutionary ranks, not afraid of numerous difficulties and obstacles. Of course, after the Long March, her separation from Luo Binghui can only be said to be a time lapse and a tragedy of an era.