Chapter 943: Loyalty for a Thousand Years (First update, please subscribe)
The Martyrs' Shrine is not only a shrine to honor fallen officers and soldiers, but also a national cemetery. Located in the southern suburbs of Yingtian, the Martyrs' Shrine covers an area of hundreds of hectares. This large-scale cemetery is full of green and looks like national defense green.
Like all cemeteries, it seems a bit deserted here. On the green cemetery, there are only a few white lines stretching into the distance. They are white marble tombstones. Although there are not many, this is just the beginning.
At the entrance of the cemetery, there is a Chinese-style city gate-style archway. On the central porch of the archway is written "loyalty for thousands of years", on the right porch is "Chengren", and on the left porch is "Qiyi". This is taken from Wen Tianxiang's desperate death.
The poem "Confucius said to be benevolent, Mencius said to obtain righteousness, but the righteousness is exhausted, so benevolence is the best."
Walking further inside, along the pines and cypresses on both sides of the passage, you can see a large-scale Chinese-style building, which is the Martyrs' Shrine. Its shape is based on the Hanyuan Hall of the Tang Dynasty - it was completely created by Emperor Zhu Da.
, he drew a sketch of the restoration of Hanyuan Hall for later generations based on his memories, and then handed the sketch to the architects. It took three years to build this large palace-style building. From the day it was built, it was the most Chinese-style building in South America.
of Chinese architecture.
Instead of building a palace, build a temple of loyalty!
This shows the difference between the Ming Dynasty and previous dynasties!
The Martyrs' Shrine not only enshrines the tablets of the fallen soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, but also enshrines the tablets of loyal Chinese ministers and martyrs from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the late Ming Dynasty. To a certain extent, this is the inheritance of Chinese civilization.
After all, the Ming Dynasty, which was founded in South America, is just a part of China's thousands of years of history. China's sages and heroes can receive four sacrifices a year here.
For the Ming Dynasty, this is not only a Martyrs' Shrine to worship martyrs, but also a memorial center. The right side hall is the Panthian Temple, which worships the Chinese sages, while the left side hall is the Youju Pavilion, which displays the military equipment of the Ming Dynasty and the captured weapons.
From the day it was built, schools have often organized students to visit weapons from various countries.
Today, like every other day, there are primary school students from Yingtian School here to visit. What is different from the past is that the usually quiet Martyrs' Shrine seems a bit "noisy".
"Bang! Bang..."
When the neat rows of gunshots came from the empty cemetery, the students who were visiting stood at attention one after another. They looked at the direction of the gunshots. The funeral of the martyrs was going on. War always kills people, every day.
The ashes of fallen soldiers are sent to Yingtian from the front line, and funerals are held every day in the cemetery of Martyrs' Shrine.
Under the leadership of the teacher, the students walked on the lush green land, between the white tombstones, in the direction of the gunshots. These young students were full of curiosity and even a little yearning for military funerals. After all,
, in the middle school texts of the Ming Dynasty, there are descriptions of military funerals.
Solemn and solemn.
This is the first time they have witnessed a military funeral, but unlike the description in the book, there are no sobs from relatives here today.
"boom……"
When the students got closer, they saw a funeral going on about ten meters away.
Six armed soldiers raised their rifles and fired into the air.
"Prepare...release!"
"boom!"
The sound of gunfire sounded again along with the sergeant's command. Although the sound of gunfire made the students' bodies tremble slightly, their expressions became more solemn at this time.
The students consciously lined up in rows to perform military salutes towards the cemetery.
"boom!"
“Du…du…du, du…du, du…”
After the gun salute ended, the bugler picked up the bugle and blew the lights-out horn. The low lights-out horn sounded extremely solemn at this time.
In front of the tomb, there were no relatives to see them off, only six soldiers in uniforms stood there. The coffin that was about to be buried was covered with a national flag. This is an honor that belongs to the military.
Accompanied by a low and solemn lights-out signal, the six soldiers standing next to the coffin raised the national flag at the same time. Their hands were wearing white gloves, and then they gently closed the national flag along the center line. The soldiers followed the standard steps of folding the flag.
Standing with six hands intersecting on both sides of the military coffin, he gently folded the national flag.
The leading noncommissioned officer folded his arms and hugged the national flag to his chest, and then slowly walked towards the soldiers in front of the cemetery.
"This flag is dedicated to you in the name of His Majesty the Emperor and the country! In gratitude to your brother for his glorious, loyal and respectable contribution to the Empire, I would like to use this flag to express the gratitude of the entire country and the Imperial Legion to him.
of gratitude.”
Children can even memorize this passage. This is a "signal gift" written in a book. Logically speaking, it should be given to the relatives of the fallen officers and soldiers. If they have no relatives, they should be given to their brothers-comrades-in-arms.
In fact, many soldiers who died in the Ming Dynasty had no relatives. They came here alone across the ocean. They created this country with their blood and loyalty and opened up this land for the Chinese nation. They were buried in the Zhonglie Memorial Hall.
Ancestral temple, they deserve to be paid tribute and condolences to.
The sergeant's voice was low, and he gently handed the flag to his comrades with both hands. Although everything seemed to be a process, when the soldier took the flag, he also held it in front of his chest with both arms, like
Hugging his brother.
After completing the "flag-presenting ceremony", the noncommissioned officer saluted the young soldier. His movements were gentle and seemed to be full of reluctance. Everything at this time seemed so solemn...
In the name of His Majesty the Emperor and the country, I remember them and express my gratitude to them!
In the Ming Dynasty, almost everyone can recite this sentence. It is the sacrifice of soldiers that has established everything in this country. For this reason, they deserve people's respect and must be respected and remembered by people.
Seventeen years!
In the past seventeen years, many people's habits and personalities have changed. Seventeen years ago, soldiers were just people who were on duty to eat food. But now? Soldiers are sacred and respected.
What makes all this happen is the sacrifice of soldiers, the bravery of soldiers, and of course the country's sincere respect for soldiers and its many guarantees, rather than just the rhetoric that "soldiers are a respectable profession."
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In order to show respect for the soldiers, the Ming Dynasty used many things that seemed to be dogmatic and used minute to cumbersome regulations to protect the interests of the soldiers during their lifetime and after their death. It is such meticulous care that allows everyone to feel the status of the soldiers.
unusual.
At this time, at the funerals of these martyrs whose souls returned to the Martyrs' Shrine, these solemn-looking students once again received a patriotism education. This was more intuitive and meaningful than the "military funeral" they learned in class.
Their influence is also obvious...
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