Guangdong Qingyun Story |

The former site of Dongyuan Gate Building, No. 55 Yuexiu South Road, Guangzhou. (Image source: "Youth Heart to the Party: The Graphic Collection of the 100th Anniversary of the May Fourth Movement of the Guangzhou Communist Youth League")

In May 1922, the beautiful Pearl River was full of spring, and a grand event was brewing, and Guangzhou entered the fiery revolutionary era.

On May 5th, the weather was extremely clear, and the fragrance of flowers was scattered in the air. The calm and calm guests passed through the streets and lanes, and gradually gathered on the open space by the two red and white layers of the two -story ocean building. The gazebo next to it was a well -known Dongyuan Square. More than 1,000 leaders of the Communist Party of China and guests from all walks of life witnessed an important historical moment here. On this day, it was the birthday of the great proletarian mentor Marx. The revolutionary youth welcomed the first National Congress of the Socialist Youth League with great respect, and deeply entrusted the unlimited longing for the revolutionary cause.

There are more and more young people on the square. They are full of energy and high mood. Swen's men, wearing clean gown; hard -working workers, wearing new blue cloth trousers, reserved female college students, wearing short skirts. Revolutionary leaders Deng Zhongxia, Zhang Tailei, Shi Cunong, etc. were in the flow of people, and they scolded Fang Yan and conveyed the fire of youth.

There is a portrait portrait hanging in the middle of the podium of Dongyuan Plaza. Members of the Interim Central Committee of the Chinese Socialist Youth League, as well as 25 provinces and cities from Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Tangshan, Wuchang, Changsha, Guangzhou, and other 25 provinces and cities. When the applause and cheers sounded, the meeting officially opened.

The exciting scene in the venue was the flag bearer of the Chinese New Culture Movement and Chen Duxiu, the General Secretary of the Central Bureau of the Communist Party of China, and published a speech entitled "The Two Spirits of Marx". He pointed out that "the socialist youth group was established according to the theory of Marx", hoping that young people would "take the theory of Marx as the driving force of the social revolution." The chairman of the conference Zhang Tailei also shouted "Help Labor, defeat imperialism and warlords!"

This event also selected the leader of the central government in democratic ways, and Shi Cun was selected as the secretary. Since then, the Socialist Youth League has become a loyal assistant, a reliable reserve and a pioneer team under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

(Author: Xing Zhaohua, unit: Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences)

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