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"The "Mark of the Republic" in the Old Railroad Objects
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Railways are "the vein of economy and the link of civilization". Railway cultural relics and physical objects are important empirical evidence of China's national development and construction in modern times, witnessing the great leap of the Chinese nation from standing up, getting rich to becoming strong.
In order to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Railway Group") and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage jointly sponsored the "Railway Old Objects Boutique Theory" exhibition - "The Mark of the Republic· People's Railway for the People" recently kicked off at the Beijing Erqi Theater, and released 100 "Mark of the Republic" railway witnesses and 100 "Walking with the Republic" railway storytellers, presenting the historical stories behind 8 groups of "Mark of the Republic" railway witnesses. With the history of physical evidence and the history of things, it affectionately tells the historical change of China's railways from following to running and then to leading, enthusiastically eulogizing the fiery practice of China's high-quality railway development in the new era and new journey, and vividly showing the magnificent development process of the great motherland in the past 75 years.
Over the past 75 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese railway people have always kept in mind the purpose of "people's railways for the people", and have always breathed the same breath, shared the same destiny and heart-to-heart with the party and the people, and successfully built and operated the world's largest high-speed railway network and advanced railway network, with the railway operating mileage exceeding 160,000 kilometers, including more than 46,000 kilometers of high-speed rail, accounting for 70% of the world's total high-speed rail mileage, and high-speed rail technology has set an international benchmark. The achievements of the railway are the epitome of the glorious history and great achievements of New China in the past 75 years, and the railway cultural relics and cultural heritage that accompany them are very valuable national historical and cultural resources.
In recent years, China Railway Group has deeply excavated the historical value and connotation of old railway objects, and strived to create a special publicity brand of "old railway objects can speak". Since the beginning of this year, China Railway Group and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage have jointly carried out the theme publicity activity of "Mark of the Republic · People's Railway for the People", collected a number of "Mark of the Republic" railway witnesses from the society, and selected a group of "Walking with the Republic" railway storytellers to tell the story of China's railway chapter.
The exhibition carefully selected the most representative Tsinghuayuan Station, "Mao Zedong" locomotive, railway 12306 network booking system, Fuxing China standard EMU and other 8 groups of "Republic Imprint" railway witnesses, through "People's Railway", "Pioneer", "Railway Vertical", "Beautiful Travel", "China Temperature", "Unicom World", "China Speed", "Red Gene" and other chapters, with melodrama, song and dance drama, eyewitness narration, poetry recitation and other diverse art forms, vividly reproduce the common destiny of Chinese railways and the Republic. With the journey of growth, we will profoundly explain the spiritual pedigree of the railway with "the people's railway for the people" as the main content, and further encourage the railway cadres and workers across the country to reform and innovate, forge ahead and forge ahead with high enthusiasm for loving the party, the country and socialism, and be the "locomotive" that serves and supports Chinese-style modernization.
The old railway objects are the historical witness of China's railways.
"People's railway for the people", this is the solemn oath of China's railways.
Tsinghuayuan Station witnessed the beginning of a great era
In 1949, spring came very early. At 6 o'clock in the morning of March 25, with a long whistle, a train drove into Qinghuayuan Station with a spring breeze, and Mao Zedong and other leading comrades of the CPC Central Committee arrived in Beiping from Xibaipo.
Tsinghuayuan Station, as the "first stop" for the entrance examination in Beijing, witnessed the opening of a great era of the Chinese nation.
On May 1, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong personally inscribed the title of the railway industry newspaper: "People's Railway", giving China Railway the fundamental attribute of "the people's railway, serving the people".
On October 1, 1949, the People's Republic of China was born, and the railway returned to the hands of the people. The Ministry of Railways of the Central People's Government was established at the same time, and the development of the people's railway began a new journey.
On January 22, 1950, the People's Daily published the design of the railway emblem. The emblem is composed of a variant combination of "workers", the upper part of which represents the people with the character "man", which is also a positive image of a steam locomotive; The lower part represents the railroad with a cross-section of the rails, and also represents the railroad workers who fought to be the first. The emblem pattern is simple and powerful, far-reaching and distinctive, issuing a solemn oath of "the people's railway, always serving the people".
The "Mao Zedong" locomotive witnessed the renewal and upgrading of railway locomotive equipment
On the 10,000-mile railway line of the motherland, there is such a locomotive, which was born in the smoke of artillery fire in the Liberation War, and has always maintained the best results in the safety production of railways in the country, and is known as the "locomotive leader" and "locomotive among locomotives", and it is the "Mao Zedong" locomotive.
In the eastern suburbs of the China Railway Museum, next to the first generation of "Mao Zedong" locomotive, Du Yuan, a staff member of the China Railway Museum, introduced that this locomotive is a national first-class cultural relic, and the first generation of "Mao Zedong" locomotive is also the only locomotive named after a leader in China. It was born 78 years ago, in August 1946, railway workers spent 27 days and nights successfully repairing a scrapped locomotive.
The "Mao Zedong" locomotive, which was born in the artillery fire of the Liberation War, was ordered to enter the customs in 1949 and settled in the Fengtai Locomotive Depot. Over the past 70 years, after three eras of steam locomotives, diesel locomotives and electric locomotives, it has turned to the north and south of the motherland, creating the best results of the national railway of 12 million kilometers of safe travel, and becoming a vivid epitome of the renewal and upgrading of railway locomotive equipment.
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were more than 4,000 steam locomotives from 9 countries and 98 models driving on the land of China, which was nicknamed the "International Locomotive Expo".
"Build your own train for the Chinese!" The founding of the People's Republic of China has opened up the pace of catching up with China's railways. In 1952, the first steam locomotive independently manufactured by New China, "Bay-1", was born, ending the history of China's inability to manufacture locomotives independently. In 1958, the first diesel locomotive "Julong" in New China was successfully developed, and it was later finalized as the Dongfeng type; In the same year, China's first electric locomotive 6Y1 was successfully trial-produced, and later named Shaoshan type, becoming the main locomotive for passengers and freight on the main railway line. On the main battlefield of socialist construction, in the places where the motherland and the people need it most, the locomotives are safe and punctual, running fast, shouldering the mission and forging ahead, and have made great achievements in the construction of New China.
Liu Yufeng, the twelfth chief driver of the "Mao Zedong" locomotive, said that in the driver's room of the "Mao Zedong" locomotive, the following two lines have always been printed: Drive the leader car, be the leader. This moment reminds us that we are railway people, the inheritors of the spirit of "Mao Zedong", and the builders of the great motherland. We will continue to drive a leader, be a leader, and realize the dream of a strong country!
For more than 70 years, the "Mao Zedong" locomotive has always inherited such a spirit: serving the motherland, being loyal to duty, working hard, and always being a pioneer. On the new journey of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation, this spirit will be inherited forever.
The monument to the intersection of the old and new Beijing-Zhangjiakou points witnesses the historical leap of China's railways
There is such a monument at Qinglongqiao Station of the Beijing-Zhangzhou Railway, which silently but solemnly shows the great transformation of the Chinese from standing up to becoming rich and then becoming strong, witnessing the historical leap of China's railway from scratch, from catching up to leading.
There is a "human" character on the monument of the old and new Beijing-Zhangjiakou intersection point, which represents the famous "human" herringbone railway. This is the first trunk railway designed and built by the Chinese in 1909, the Beijing-Zhang Railway. Westerners had arrogantly said that the Chinese engineers who could build the railway had not yet been born. At this time, Mr. Zhan Tianyou made up his mind to grow the ambition of the Chinese.
Because of the steep slope of the mountain, the steam locomotive could not climb it. Mr. Zhan Tianyou creatively designed and built a "human" zigzag turnback line, reduced the slope, and adopted the method of pulling a locomotive in front and pushing a locomotive in the back, which successfully solved this big problem.
This monument also has a "horizontal". This horizontal is the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway built in 2019, which is the world's first and smartest high-speed railway with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour - intelligent high-speed rail. Just below the "human" herringbone railway, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway Baling Tunnel shuttles through, writing the word "human" into the word "big". And this "one horizontal" has witnessed the historical leap of China's railways.
This miracle continues: in 1949, China's railway mileage was only 21,000 kilometers, in 1978, 52,000 kilometers, in 2003, 73,000 kilometers, in 2012, 98,000 kilometers, and in 2024, more than 160,000 kilometers. Crossing mountains and seas, China has built and operated the world's largest high-speed railway network and advanced railway network.
From 21,800 kilometers to 160,000 kilometers, China's railways stand up as a steel backbone. The railway lines, crisscrossing thousands of miles, compressing time and space, have painted a magnificent picture of the transportation of a great country, and measured the resolute pace of the great country.
Yang Cunxin, the old stationmaster of Qinglongqiao Station, said that in 1951, my father Yang Baohua came to Qinglongqiao Station as a station worker, and I was born here. In 1982, I took over the baton from my father and served as a watchman and stationmaster at Qinglongqiao Station until I retired, and our father and son were on duty at this station for 71 years. I feel the most fortunate that standing here, I can look up and see the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway built by my ancestors more than 110 years ago, and I can feel the speed of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway under my feet. From the word "human" to the word "big", I have witnessed the miracle of the new era! I will always stay here and pass on the spirit of self-confidence, self-reliance, integrity and innovation of Chinese railway people.
From the word "human" to the word "big", this stroke took 110 years! The railway is vertical and horizontal, connecting the mountains and seas, and the Chinese railway people use wisdom and sweat to paint the most beautiful "fine brush paintings". Looking back at the 100-year development history of China's railways, it is a history from backwardness to catching up and then leading, and it is also a true portrayal of the glorious course of the Chinese nation's self-reliance and self-improvement in the railway industry.
The new railway 12306 ticket system witnesses a beautiful trip
It's a magical "net" that no matter where you are, you can start a beautiful trip with just a tap on your phone's screen. This is the world's largest real-time ticketing system - 12306 railway passenger ticket system.
The term "Spring Festival" first appeared in the People's Daily in 1980. In the past, the Spring Festival was a great migration of the whole country, crowded with people and long queues. Now there is no longer a long queue to buy tickets for the Spring Festival. Nowadays, the Spring Festival carriage sticks Spring Festival couplets to eat dumplings, which is warm and harmonious, and the atmosphere of civilized travel is strong. The changes in the Spring Festival are a microcosm of China's development.
As sung in the rap song "12306 is Really Strong": "It's convenient to buy tickets, don't panic, and set sail with a single screen." The query of remaining tickets is super smooth, and the train information is all on the list. There is no need to queue up to grab tickets, and it is easy to get your mind down. Smart waitlists to help, not afraid of no ticket to hurt the heart. All kinds of functions are complete, and you can also change and refund tickets. Order food online casually, and the food along the line is swept away. The hotel accommodation is all done, and the high-speed rail express is stronger. The mobile phone is properly operated, and you will not be confused anytime, anywhere. The railway network connects all directions, and the laughter and laughter are famous! ”
Shan Xinghua, chief researcher of the China Academy of Railway Sciences, said that from hard board tickets to soft paper tickets, from magnetic tickets to electronic tickets...... Long queues for tickets are a thing of the past. Today, the 12306 railway ticket system has become the world's largest online ticketing system in terms of access and transaction scale, allowing the masses of people to enjoy a beautiful trip that they can just go.
In the vast land of the motherland, the railways are dense, the high-speed rail is speeding, "seeing China by high-speed rail" has become a beautiful enjoyment of travel life, and China's railway has become a wonderful epitome of the great development achievements of New China.
The public welfare "slow train" plaque witnesses the temperature of China
This is a plaque with "temperature", accompanied by a small slow train wandering on the land of the motherland, carrying the dreams of rural people and holding up the hope of rural revitalization, which is the public welfare "slow train" plaque.
"Flowing China" has speed and temperature. Covering 22 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, stopping at 691 stations, and insisting on 28 years without price increases...... The public welfare "slow train" is full of smiles, warmth and hope, bringing a better life into the mountain towns along the way.
The conductor of the 6063rd train said to Baolin, I have been the conductor of the 6063 small slow train for 18 years. In 1958, the Baocheng Railway was opened, and there were 6,063 small slow trains, which was the only means of transportation for the villagers in the mountainous areas along the line. For more than 60 years, how many villagers have relied on this bus to get rid of poverty and become rich, and how many children have taken this bus out of the mountains, and the villagers affectionately call it "Qinling Xiao Slow". I will retire in 1 year, but the 6063 small slow train will not retire, it is the brand of our state-owned enterprises, and it will continue to convey the temperature of socialism.
The "National Development Medal" bears witness to the railway connecting the world
This is a medal cast by the "Golden Passage", which witnesses a moving story of "the mountain is no longer high, the road is no longer long", and it is the "National First-class Development Medal" awarded by the Lao government to the National Railway Group.
The China-Laos Railway opened for operation on December 3, 2021. In the past three years since its opening and operation, passenger and freight transportation has shown a trend of both quantity and quality, and the role of the international gold channel has become increasingly apparent. The China-Laos Railway cargo transportation covers Laos, Thailand, Viet Nam, Myanmar and other countries that jointly build the "Belt and Road", and the categories of goods have expanded from more than 10 kinds of rubber, fertilizer, department stores and other goods to more than 2,900 kinds of electronics, photovoltaics, automobiles, cold chain fruits, etc., with a value of more than 10 billion yuan.
The successful and stable operation of the China-Laos Railway has opened a new era of railway transportation in Laos, which has greatly facilitated the people of Laos and realized the smooth flow of people and goods by virtue of the characteristics of fast railway transportation, strong carrying capacity, high safety and low transportation cost. The railway has driven the vigorous development of various industries along the line, bringing tangible benefits to ordinary people.
Dai Rui, the conductor of the international passenger train of the China-Laos Railway, said: I took the first Chinese train in Laos. When I was on the platform of Vientiane Station in Laos, I saw the bright five-star red flags waving enthusiastically, my eyes were full of tears, and I felt proud and proud of my motherland. Now, as the person in charge of passenger training on the China-Laos Railway, I have trained hundreds of Lao trainees and formed deep friendships with many Lao employees.
China Railway adheres to the principle of joint construction, sharing and win-win cooperation, and contributes Chinese solutions, Chinese wisdom and Chinese strength to the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The Fuxing Chinese standard EMU witnesses the speed of China
On the vast land of the motherland, there are groups of trains that symbolize China's speed and China's science and technology. They are like giant dragons, interpreting the glory of China's railways from following to running and then to leading in the land of China, and it is the Fuxing Chinese standard EMU.
In 2013, domestic rail transit equipment development enterprises, 25 domestic first-class universities, 11 first-class scientific research institutes, 51 national research laboratories, 68 academicians, more than 500 professors, and more than 20,000 engineers and technicians jointly launched the development of the Fuxing high-speed train.
In less than 4 years, after tens of millions of tests, China's standard EMUs have realized the full autonomy of traction, braking, network control and other systems, and the technical standard system built covers more than 10 aspects, reaching the international advanced level, creating a high-speed railway that truly belongs to the Chinese.
Zhao Hongwei, chief researcher of the China Academy of Railway Sciences, said that in June 2024, the "Fuxing high-speed train" project won the special prize of the 2023 National Science and Technology Progress Award. As a member of the R&D team, I feel very excited and proud, and I feel a great responsibility and a glorious mission.
The speeding Fuxing highlights China's strength, Chinese spirit and Chinese image in the new era. China's railways have achieved fruitful results in self-reliance and self-improvement with science and technology, and have set an international benchmark. Catch up, run, lead, and cherish the greatness of the country, breathe with the republic and grow together. China Railway Group unswervingly follows the path of independent innovation with China's railway characteristics, and continuously improves the self-reliance and self-improvement ability of railway science and technology. On the new journey, we will thoroughly implement the national innovation-driven development strategy, implement the "CR450 scientific and technological innovation project", and the EMU prototype with a speed of 400 kilometers per hour is in full swing.
The years engrave dreams, and struggle creates a chapter. On the great journey of rejuvenation of a strong country, the railway people will continue the red gene, inherit the glorious tradition, engrave the "people's railway for the people" on the 10,000-mile railway line, and write a magnificent chapter of bravely serving and supporting the "locomotive" of Chinese modernization!
Source: People's Daily Overseas Edition Editor: Peng Xiaoliang Review: Zhang Yaoyun Producer: Ru Dongya