The reporter experienced the return of Hong Kong: There must be a background you don't know in the camera

In the early morning of July 1, 1997, the exhibition center on the Bay of Victoria in Hong Kong was still brightly lit, and the world's eyes were focused on this.

The rice flag symbolizing the British landed slowly, at zero, the five -star red flag rose here! "Oriental Pearl", which was colonized for 156 years, officially returned to the arms of the motherland!

That love is vivid. Today, the media tea will share an article, follow the lens of the reporter who has returned to Hong Kong, and relive the grand occasion of the year.

People's Daily

The first shot of Hong Kong New Age

(People's Daily Overseas Edition Senior Journalist Xu Yan)

The transfer ceremony of the Hong Kong regime is the highlight of the interview in Hong Kong. Meng Renquan, a former senior journalist of the People's Daily, was arranged as an interview with photography reporters.

Xu Yan interviewed the reporter's certificate of the return of Hong Kong (Photo by Xu Yan)

It is my task to take this historic shot in the backcourt of the five -star red flag.

In addition to shooting panoramic views, we also need to take some close -ups and need to prepare a 600 mm long shot, but we did not have it. Later, we leased the camera from the Canon office in Hong Kong.

In order to take a good handover ceremony, I repeatedly focusing and framing the scene on the top of the station. I also prepared two canonon camera fuselage (800 -degree Fuji color negative film), 3 shots (28-105 mm, 80—— 200 mm, 600 mm) and two tripods.

In the afternoon, I conducted a serious study of every step of the handover ceremony to calculate a few of each step to ensure that there is no need to change the film at the most critical moment.

Xu Yan, who is ready before shooting, provided by Xu (Xu Yan)

The ellipse in the figure is the shooting position of Xu Yan (provided by Xu Yan)

The sacred moment has arrived, and I press the shutter every step at every step.

But at this time, it was found that the camera on the tripod was shaking, which turned out to be the wooden board below unstable.

So I simply picked the 80-200 mm camera from the tripod and patted it with my hands (the podium was hit by the lights).

At 00:00 on July 1st, I pressed the most exciting shutter -the five -star red flag rose to the top of the flagpole, and came down the first shot of Hong Kong's new era.

This five -star Red Flag's first color photo on the land of Hong Kong was published in the most prominent position of the People's Daily and the People's Daily (Overseas Edition) on July 1 of that year.

On June 30, 1997 to the early morning of July 1st, the Hong Kong regime transfer ceremony of the Chinese and British governments, which has noticed the world's attention, was grandly held at the fifth floor of the New Wing of the Hong Kong Conference and Exhibition Center. The picture shows the venue of the transfer ceremony. (Photo by Xu Yan)

On July 1, 1997, the People's Daily (overseas version) printed in Hong Kong (overseas version), then the leaders of the People's Daily and interviewed reporters who interviewed the return of Hong Kong signed the first version of the newspaper. (Photo by Xu Yan)

Witness the British flag landing in Hong Kong

(Meng Renquan, former senior reporter of the People's Daily)

With the days when Hong Kong's return on July 1, 1997, the Governor's House came to Hong Kong British authorities to watch the British flag and the colonies during the colonies.

Although the action of those in the Scottish skirts and the British soldiers wearing flower socks was the same as before, it seemed a little more funny and sad.

On the eve of Hong Kong Return to the Street View (Photo by Meng Renquan)

Hong Kong citizens are eagerly looking forward to returning to the embrace of the motherland, and the five -star red flag raised before returning. (Photo by Meng Renquan)

With the heart like arrows, Hong Kong citizens rushed to return to souvenirs. (Photo by Meng Renquan)

Because I was going to interview the return transfer ceremony of Hong Kong on June 30, I rushed to the Governor's Mansion on the evening of June 29 and crowded in the crowd to watch the British flag bearer.

At sunset, three soldiers came out of the barracks next to the Governor's House.

They neither carrying guns nor walking on their steps. When they walked towards the flagpole, they were worse than those of the national flag team at the flag -raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

They slowly fell the banner one by one, then folded and folded again, raised them in their hands, turned their heads, and walked silently to the barracks.

The British flag bearer put away the British Empire Flag that fluttered over Hong Kong. (Photo by Meng Renquan)

Hong Kong citizens watched the British flag bearer to clean up the land flag. (Photo by Meng Renquan)

The British flag bearer put away the British rice flag flying over Hong Kong. (Photo by Meng Renquan)

The red arrow is Meng Renquan in the crowd. (Provided by Meng Renquan)

The crowd chasing three soldiers asked about their feelings of Hong Kong's return.

The soldiers did not answer, and they were unhappy.

One of the tall soldiers even ran a few steps in a hurry, jumped up "Teng", crossed the fence in front of the barracks, and drilled in.

The crowds who watched the chase stopped.

Precious moment

(Li Shiying, former senior reporter from the People's Daily Overseas Edition)

At 1:30 am on July 1, 1997, the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the SAR Government's oath inauguration ceremony were grandly held on the seventh floor of the New Wing of the Convention and Exhibition Center.

Meng Renquan and Li Yan, colleagues of the People's Daily, were filmed at 3 different angles.

I was shot with a 400mm long focal length lens on the steps of the last row.

I do n’t know if there are too many reporters or the wooden board is too poor. As long as someone moves, the camera of the reporter next to it will follow.

If anyone walks, the distance between four or five meters around will feel obvious trembling.

This is a taboo for photographers.

In order to ensure the quality of the photo, I quickly adjusted the shutter speed of the camera.

When the inauguration ceremony began, I suppressed my inner excitement and took this precious moment with midflow and long focal length lens. In the early morning of July 1, 1997, Dong Jianhua, then the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, swore to work, and then Li Peng, then Prime Minister of the State Council. (Photo by Li Shiying)

Xinhua News Agency

Recall that day in Hong Kong's return

(Liu Weibing, a senior reporter from Xinhua News Agency)

Two or three years before the return of Hong Kong, I began to interview various movements in Beijing to welcome the return, shooting the lane residents hanging national flags, posting labels, and holding people to organize gala.

I also often go to the Chinese Revolutionary History Museum to shoot various activities before the return of Hong Kong's return countdown cards.

In June 1997, the Beijing Department Store building hung a slogan to welcome the return of Hong Kong.

In December 1995, the photography "Facing Ninety -7". The pre -conclusion of the Pre -Committee of the Preparatory Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was closed. Li Jiacheng, Zhou Nan, and Huo Yingdong (from left to right) watched the performance at the celebration dinner.

In December 1995, the Beijing Hong Kong and Macau Center interviewed the pre -committee's closing dinner.

After dinner, everyone watched literary performances. At this time, I found that the three members of Zhou Nan, Huo Yingdong, and Li Ka -shing in the middle of the place had invariably set up on the back of the chair to watch the performance. The posture and expression were a bit special.

They smiled on their faces and looked a little tired.

I quickly retreated to the little actor who was dancing, kneeling on the ground, and recorded the moment when the complex emotions of the specific characters before the return of Hong Kong to return with the camera.

Later, this photo called "Ninety -seven" won a special award for the National News Photography Contest.

In the early morning of July 1, 1997, before the Chinese Revolutionary History Museum (now the National Museum), all sectors of the capital celebrated the return of Hong Kong.

In the early morning of July 1, 1997, the young people danced a cheerful collective dance on Tiananmen Square to bless Hong Kong and the motherland.

Central Radio and Television Terminal Station

Lying on the ground to shoot the national flag rising

(Then the PLA reported to the Hong Kong reporter's member Gao Jiquan)

The return of Hong Kong is a big news that year.

When Hong Kong returned to the night, two iconic transfer ceremony was needed. The task I received was to write a defense transfer scene that night.

In the second year, the selection of the China News Award, I participated in the manuscript "The Holy Moment -A Photo of the Surgering Ceremony of the Chinese Prevention Affairs" was elected as the first prize of the communications category with the highest votes.

After 00:00 on July 1, 1997, the transfer ceremony of the Hong Kong regime ended, and the Chinese flag and the Hong Kong Special Economic Zone Flag fluttered over the venue. (Photo by Li Zhensheng)

The last batch of British troops walked out of the camp door and moved towards the "Qi Xian" destroyer, which was about to leave the shore. (Photographed by Gao Jiquan)

The ceremony was divided into two parts. At 11:50 on June 30th, the honor guards of the Chinese and British armies played, and the two sides were preparing to carry out the defense transfer ceremony.

Most of the 200 journalists who were allowed to enter the scene were mostly photographer reporters. I turned left and right to enter the core area. In a hurry, my body squatted, and my body drilled in from the ladder gaps of the reporters. In front of the line.

Because I was too close to the flagpole, I couldn't make a view. I simply lay on the ground and raised my head to raise the camera. I just put the flagpie, ritual soldiers, especially the light box beating in one second and one second.

When the national anthem sounded, when the flag rose to the top, I pressed 3 times in a row and took a picture of the five -star red flag in Hong Kong in Hong Kong at 0:09 on July 1.

The Chinese and British guards are in line, and the defense transfer ceremony is about to be carried out. (Photographed by Gao Jiquan)

China News Agency

25 years ago, there was such a group of middle -aged and middle -aged people

"The Scholar of the Sino -Singapore Scholars", some members of the "Hong Kong Return" reporting group of China News Agency are ready to go. From left to right, Zhang Xinxin, Wang Xiaohui, Liu Mo Li, Zhou Jingluo, Tian Huiming, Tan Hongwei, Wang Yao, Yang Ruichun, Guo Jian, Zong Jinzhu.

This is a photo 25 years ago.

It was more than 4 o'clock in the afternoon on June 30, 1997, and there were still hours from Hong Kong.

Beijing is the second battlefield. Under the unified command of the then president Guo Rui and the editor -in -chief Guo Jian (also known as Guo Jian), more than a dozen young and middle -aged journalists from the heads and branches formed the Hong Kong return to the Beijing report group.

In the end, we made a series of reports, the title was: "24 Hours of Ninety -7", rally of the top 100,000 people in Beijing Tiananmen's countdown card, Nanjing Jinghai Temple sounded the alarm clock, Fuzhou Lin Xu's residence comforted Lin Gong in front of his old residence to comfort Lin Gong. , Guangzhou Humen selling smoke, front of Shanghai Bund, Tianjin Haihe River, Shancheng Chongqing Chaotianmen, and many provincial capital cities are connected in series. The content is rich, and a picture of the country's return to Hong Kong has been drawn.

This series of reports opened a precedent for the press release of China News Agency, and also won the 1997 China News Award.

All sectors of the capital celebrate the Hong Kong return party. (Photo by Wang Yao from China News Agency)

This article is comprehensive from: Xinhua News Agency, China Military Network, Jintai Singing Evening, and Ding Dingxin News, which are deleted than the original text

The original article was published in the "Global Military" in the second half of 2017, and the original title was "The Return of Hong Kong I Personal");

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