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The old man insisted on sewing the national flag by hand, which is a love for the motherland

Original title: 70 year old sews national flag by hand 49 years: I will stick to it all my life

4hw.com.cn in zhuodecun, cuomei County, Tibet Autonomous Region, the national flag is hung on the roof of every household. However, the national flag of one family is different, because it was made by the old man dunjiu. Since the 1970s, dunjiu, who is the same age as new China, has sewed more than 170 five-star red flags.

Recently, the reporter followed the "new era & middot; happy and beautiful new frontier" network theme activity to zhuodecun and met the 70 year old dunjiu old man. At that time, he was seriously bending over the sewing machine to sew the national flag. In the following conversation, the reporter learned from the mouth of the old man dunjiu the story of his "persistence" over the years.

The first five star red flag in the village

Dunjiu was born in a serf family in 1949. When he was a child, he still firmly remembered the days when he begged barefoot. At that time, his family were begging. Sometimes he could get a spoonful of Zanba a day, and that spoonful of Zanba would be their daily ration. In addition to these, he clearly remembered being whipped and driven away by serf owners on the roadside.

At the beginning of 1959, he was still working hard. When he saw a five-star red flag rising, he thought that the Communist Party must have come, and the flag must be a symbol of the country.

This year, serfdom in Tibet was officially abolished. Dunjiu has become a witness of Tibet's democratic reform. The better the day goes, the deeper he feels for this flag.

In 1971, dunjiu attended the national flag raising ceremony in Potala Palace Square, Lhasa. When he saw the five-star red flag flying in the wind, in addition to his incomparable pride and pride, he also had an idea: to sew the national flag by hand.

When he watched the flag raising, dunjiu was not at the front. Dunjiu could only estimate the area and size of the national flag, so when he got home and was ready to officially start making the national flag, he still found it difficult. At a later opportunity, dunjiu bought a very small 'standard flag', which was the first five-star red flag in zhuoder village. Seeing the national flag made him feel that since he was doing it, he had to make a national flag that met the national standards.

However, he did not know at that time that it was not easy to make a national flag that met the national standards.

Try a little, and finally make a standard flag

When dunjiu bought back the first flag in the village, he began to measure the distance between the five stars on the flag with his fist. After measuring, turn the distance between the five stars into a number, then pad the newspaper on the bought flag according to the number, and start to cut along the line. After cutting, start to sew. Because he wanted to sew a bigger flag than a small one, the most difficult thing for him at that time was the distance between the five stars.

In order to solve this problem, he repeatedly measured and tried. His initial semi-finished products failed. After many attempts, he finally found a more standardized proportion. Then, he found a new problem: the five pointed star on one side of the national flag is very bright, while the five pointed star on the other side is dark. After discovering this problem, dunjiu cut two different five pointed stars each time, and sewed them on both sides of the national flag. After finishing, he thought this was very standard.

Because the national flag made by myself is more standardized, I feel very happy after a long pause. Since then, he has devoted himself to sewing the national flag. Later, as he had more and more opportunities to go outside, he also had more and more opportunities to see the national standard flag. With more watching and more experience, his national flag became more and more standardized.

Nowadays, in addition to raising the national flag on the roof during holidays, it is necessary to change the national flag on national day and the party's birthday. He added: 'we have to change it. We have to change the bigger one, not the smaller one. '

Because he is old, he no longer holds any position in the village. But old man dunjiu said that he still wants to "play his role as a party member" by sewing the national flag himself, which can be regarded as a kind of reward for his kindness to the party.

Family support, the flag will continue to do

In today's zhuodecun, every household uses LCD TVs, refrigerators, washing machines and other household appliances. The network has achieved full coverage, and the number of smart phones has basically reached one for each person. Although Suo Lang qunzeng, the daughter of dunjiu, has not experienced the miserable life of her father as a child, her father's persistence in sewing the national flag by hand for nearly 50 years has always been in her eyes.

Suo Lang qunzeng told reporters that although the conditions at home were not very good before, his family had always supported his father in making the national flag. In their eyes, as an old Party member, my father's hand-made national flag is a manifestation of loving the party and patriotism. The materials for making the national flag need to be bought in Lhasa. The three sorang qunzeng sisters took turns to buy them a long time ago, and it took them a day or two to go to Lhasa at that time.