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China News Service, Beijing, January 1, caption: Thousands of people watch the flag being raised in Tiananmen Square on the first day of the new year: bless the motherland and the world
China News Agency reporter Du Yan
“Long live the homeland!” “I love you, the homeland!” On the first day of 2021, in the early morning, tens of thousands of people in masks came to Tiananmen Square, looking at the five-star red flag rising, in the national anthem of the People’s Republic of China. Welcome to the first ray of sunshine of the new year.
At approximately 6 o’clock, the night was leaving and the morning light was gradually awakening. Although the outside temperature dropped to more than minus ten degrees Celsius, in Tiananmen Square, many people have taken a favorable position to wait for the flag-raising ceremony an hour and a half later.
Wrapped in thick cotton padded clothing, some people stomped their feet to get away from the cold, while others hugged them to keep warm. Even in the cold, many people reached out and pulled out their phones to take pictures of Tiananmen Square this morning.
At 7:33, eight ceremonial trumpeters from the PLA Military Band blew the flag-raising horn on the tower, and people stood on tiptoe and looked towards Tiananmen Tower.
96 members of the three-service honor guard flag guard formation walked through the center of the tower and Jinshui Bridge with a loud step, and 30 soldiers saluted on both sides.
At 7:37, “Salute to the salute to the national flag!” With a loud command, the flag guards and soldiers saluted, and the salute trumpeter played the “March of the Volunteers.” Heading into the dawn of the new year, the standard bearer raised the national flag high and the bright red five-star flag fluttered in the wind, slowly rising amid the solemn national anthem.
Li Liang’s family of four from Wuhan, Hubei stood up and looked at the five-star red flag. The son in the second grade of primary school wears a red scarf and his daughter in the small kindergarten class salutes the national flag.
People sang the national anthem and from time to time the voice of “¡Patria, viva!”, “I love you, country!”
At 7:38 a.m., after the ceremony, the national flag was raised on top of the flagpole and ten thousand peace doves soared into the sky and circled Tiananmen Square. In the melody of the military band “Cantando la Patria”, many people began to take photos with the red five-star flag waving, or share this moment with family and friends on the other end of the phone.
“When the national flag was raised, I shouted to everyone: ‘Long live the homeland!'” Li Liang said that at the beginning of the epidemic, the unit established an emergency response team and participated in it to help send epidemic prevention materials. Basically, he went out every day. Work, “Disinfect him from head to toe before going home, take off your coat outside the house before walking in the door.”
Li Liang said that in the past year, he has witnessed the positive progress of the epidemic situation in Hubei and Wuhan with the support of the state and various parties and achieved important results. He is also proud of the success of the Chang’e 5 lunar exploration. The homeland has been very difficult last year, but many achievements have been made, and the family will be healthy and healthy until 2021. “In the new year, the greatest I want everyone to be safe and the country getting better and better. “
Mr. Xu from Shandong and his family of five arrived in Beijing on the last day of 2020. In the early morning of the first day of the new year, in Tiananmen Square, he was wearing a large black backpack and holding his 7-year-old son arms.
“This is the first time that my son comes to Tiananmen Square to see the flag hoisted. After reading, we ran to the hospital to see a doctor who came to Beijing together. We have already booked an appointment in advance,” he said.
Speaking of New Year’s wishes, he said that he hopes that the epidemic will be defeated as soon as possible and that the new year will have a peaceful and peaceful life.
“They are all amazing.” Ms. Chen, who lives in Beijing, brought the daughter of the dragon and phoenix fetus who was in elementary school to see the flag raised. He said that in the last year, adults have struggled and children have also experienced the process of studying at home and then going back to school. “I hope the children remember 2020, they remember those people who are retrograde in the epidemic and I hope they grow up. Do something meaningful for society.”
Outside Tiananmen Square, more people watched the first New Year’s flag-raising ceremony through television screens and mobile phone screens, and wrote in the message area “Every time I see the flag-raising ceremony of the flag, I’ll be excited “” 2021, proud to be born in this country. ” May the people be happy and the world at peace! “(The end)
