She has no children of her own, but gives her most precious things to children! She is a world-famous great woman

she

Followed Sun Yat-sen in his youth

Dedicated to the Revolution

In his nearly seventy years of revolutionary career

Unwavering determination and heroic struggle

For the liberation of the Chinese people

Health care for women and children

and cultural, educational and welfare undertakings

Made an indelible contribution

She is the "national treasure"

Great patriotism and democracy

Internationalist and communist fighter

Great Women of the 20th Century

Soong Ching Ling

today

129th anniversary of Soong Ching Ling's birth

In memory!

【Both moral and talented, excellent in both calligraphy and painting】

But he threw himself into the revolutionary war without hesitation

January 27, 1893

Song Qingling was born in

A wealthy merchant family in Shanghai Concession

His father, Song Yaoru, was a famous missionary.

Supporters of Sun Yat-sen's revolution

Mother Ni Guizhen

Famous scientists in the Ming Dynasty of China

Descendants of scholar Xu Guangqi

Family benefits

Let her receive a better education

At the same time, my mother Ni Guizhen

Carefully cultivated

She became a man of both virtue and talent.

A talented woman in both calligraphy and painting

1907

Soong Ching Ling went to study in the United States

First in Smith City, New Jersey

Learn English

The following year, he was admitted to Macon, Georgia

Wesleyan College, Department of Literature

Graduated from university in 1913

and received a Bachelor of Arts degree

Passing through Japan on the way back home

Later he served as Sun Yat-sen's secretary

In the common revolutionary struggle

Established deep friendship and affection

On October 25, 1915

Married Sun Yat-sen in Tokyo, Japan

As

The wife of the great pioneer of China's modern democratic revolution

When she was young, she followed Sun Yat-sen

Throw yourself into the revolutionary war without hesitation

National internal and external troubles

People are suffering

The revolution suffered setbacks

Just as Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling persisted

When striving to find a new path for revolution

A huge change has occurred:

1917

The October Revolution

Brought Marxism-Leninism to China

1919

The May Fourth Movement breaks out

The Chinese working class began

Entering the political arena with an independent attitude

1921

The Communist Party of China was founded

Opening a new page in the history of Chinese revolution

Sun Yat-sen realized

The Soviet Union's Road to Success

Perhaps this is the only way for China's revolution

Cooperation with the Communist Party of China

It is the revolutionary struggle of the Chinese people

Guarantee of victory

He told Soong Ching Ling

“The Kuomintang is dying in decay

Therefore, new blood is needed to revive it."

The Chinese Communists are this fresh blood

Song Qingling strongly agreed

Together with Sun Yat-sen

Devoting ourselves to laying the foundation for a new revolutionary path

Summer 1918

Song Qingling for Sun Yat-sen

Drafted a congratulatory message to Lenin and the Soviets

Congratulations on the great victory of the Russian Revolution

From now on

She took on the responsibility of Sun Yat-sen

Drafting of the letter to Lenin

Assisted Sun Yat-sen and Lenin

Direct contact was first established in 1922

December 1921, in Guilin

She accompanied Sun Yat-sen

Secret talks with Marin, representative of the Communist International

Sun Yat-sen agreed to the Northern Expedition after its victory

Alliance with Soviet Russia

Late August 1922

Resolution of the CPC West Lake Conference

The Chinese Communists, in their personal capacity

Joined the Kuomintang

Struggling with Sun Yat-sen

Song Qingling witnessed Sun Yat-sen inviting Li Dazhao

Join the Kuomintang

This marked the beginning of the KMT-CPC cooperation

January 1923

She accompanied Sun Yat-sen in his residence in Shanghai

With Soviet Russian plenipotentiary Joffe

Talks on Soviet assistance to the Chinese revolution

January 26, "Sun Yat-sen-Joffe Manifesto"

Published in Shanghai

Lays the foundation for the policy of alliance with Russia

Soong Ching Ling actively assisted Sun Yat-sen

Promote the reorganization of the Kuomintang

A lot of effective work has been done

Waged a resolute struggle against the opposition within the Kuomintang

Establish and implement the “three major policies”

The first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was realized

Made a unique and important contribution

In communication

Chinese Communists

Left a good impression on Soong Ching Ling

In the struggle side by side

Song Qingling discovered the Chinese Communists

Also for

“Let China become

The most prosperous and peaceful country in the world

Let the Chinese people become

The happiest people in the world"

Struggle

Common revolutionary ideals

Leading Sun Yat-sen to lead the Kuomintang

The first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was realized

Common revolutionary ideals

Leading Song Qingling to the Communist Party of China

Hope towards China

[Assisting the Eighth Route Army and the military and civilians in the anti-Japanese base areas

Establishment of international relief agencies】

March 12, 1925

Sun Yat-sen suffered from a long-term illness

He died after the treatment failed.

Died at the age of 59

Despite losing her husband

Song Qingling still insists on serving the people

Continue to carry on her husband's business

November 12, 1937

The Japanese invaders entered Shanghai

In front of the garden house at No. 29 Moliere Road, French Concession

Japanese spies began to be active

Kuomintang military agents also come in and out of here from time to time

Soong Ching Ling was under close surveillance

Personal safety is seriously threatened

At the suggestion of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai

Song Qingling used the alias "Mrs. Lin"

On board a German mail ship

Arrived in Hong Kong on December 26, 1937

One day at the end of March 1938

A Western journalist named James Bertrand

Along Conduit Road in Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island

After asking around, we arrived at Song Qingling's residence.

In conversation

Bertrand said to Soong Ching Ling:

"Zhou Enlai learned that I was coming to Hong Kong

I was asked to send you a message

Entrusted me with a report on the wounded of the Eighth Route Army.

When medical services are needed

Report to you

Mrs. Hope seeks overseas aid in Hong Kong

Rescue the Anti-Japanese War Soldiers

Especially to assist the Eighth Route Army and the military and civilians in the anti-Japanese base areas."

Since arriving in Hong Kong

Song Qingling often said to others

Seeking international assistance

It was her "first thing to do"

Soon after she arrived in Hong Kong, news came

The Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army were incorporated into the National Revolutionary Army

According to the agreement, the authorities should issue monthly supplies

But the Kuomintang authorities often

Withholding or delaying their military pay

No ammunition or medicine.

also

A piece of news also passed through the Eighth Route Army's Hong Kong Office

Liao Chengzhi

It was passed on to Song Qingling:

Planned and contacted by her

Sent by the International Committee for China Aid

Canadian and American medical aid team to China

Arrived in Yan'an in March 1938

Mao Zedong with the Canadian doctor who led the team

After meeting with Bethune, the Communist Party member, he had already decided

The Eighth Route Army Field Medical Team was established under the leadership of Bethune

To the Eighth Route Army Field Medical Team

Provide necessary medicines and equipment

Ensure Bethune's needs at the front line

The Eighth Route Army's Hong Kong Office

A support group was set up

However

We must complete the tasks assigned by the Eighth Route Army Headquarters

One support group is not enough

to this end

Liao Chengzhi specifically suggested to Soong Ching Ling

On the basis of the assistance group

Building a larger organization

To raise funds from the public for the war

This organization

Must be able to break through the obstruction of the Nationalist Government

Become a donor, a supporter

A bridge between the Chinese people and the Chinese people during the war of resistance

After several planning

The establishment of a rescue agency was finally finalized

Liao Chengzhi and others also contributed to this organization

Named "League to Defend China"

June 14, 1938

The China Defense League was officially established

Song Qingling served as chairman

T.V. Soong becomes president

Deng Wenzhao appointed as treasurer

Liao Mengxing serves as secretary of the League for the Protection of Civil Rights

Bertrand and others were invited

Responsible for hosting the official publication of the League for the Protection of the People

Liao Chengzhi as a member of the Central Committee of the League for the Protection of the People

In fact, he took on the daily leadership work of the Alliance

[“One Bowl of Rice Movement”]

After the establishment of the Alliance

Soon, many aid groups came to China

Positive response from friendly people

Batches of supplies and funds were sent to aid the war of resistance

Gathered in Hong Kong

Summer 1939

The Alliance completed its largest

International relief supplies delivery

At that time, the Alliance for the Protection of the People gathered 12 trucks

and 600 boxes of medical supplies

and by British industrialists

A donated vehicle with an operating room

and a large ambulance with seven beds

Delivery to Mainland China

To raise more donations

The Alliance has adopted a variety of fundraising methods

July 1941

Song Qingling followed the example of the American Medical Aid Association

A vigorous "One Bowl of Rice Movement" was launched in Hong Kong

Under the organization of the Alliance

10,000 meal coupons sold

The value of the meal voucher could have been used to enjoy several dishes

However, subscribers can only hold the voucher

Go to the restaurant that provided the sponsorship and eat a bowl of fried rice

This surplus

China Industrial Cooperatives

As a fund to help wounded soldiers and refugees

"One Bowl of Rice Movement"

Received positive response from all walks of life in Hong Kong

In the first few days, 13 restaurants participated

Donated more than 5,000 bowls of rice

Everyone calls it "the rice that saves the nation"

At the founding conference of the "One Bowl of Rice Movement"

Song Qingling also took out her treasured calligraphy

And other souvenirs

On-site charity sale and participation in fundraising

According to incomplete statistics

From its establishment to the fall of Hong Kong

During the four years of retreat to the interior

A total of more than 120 tons of various medical relief were sent to the front line.

at the same time

In the two years from 1938 to 1939

Returned to China to join the war through the Eighth Route Army's Hong Kong Office

Overseas Chinese youth and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao

More than 600 people

Most of them were urgently needed during the war of resistance

Driver, doctor, nurse

Other professional and technical personnel

Cai Ruiyan, Director of the Liao Zhongkai and He Xiangning Memorial Hall:

"A very important concept of Song Qingling

is to take overseas donations

and various supplies to where they are most urgently needed

The place that played the greatest role in the Chinese people's war of resistance

So her work at that time was very targeted.

Send to the most urgent place

Often it was the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army."

To the elders who fought alongside me

Comrade Song Qingling

Liao Chengzhi also did not hesitate to praise:

"Her revolutionary life

Especially in the turbulent 1930s

She fought hard, like a thousand-foot rock

Withstand the impact of waves

Standing tall in the storm"

【“Give the most precious things to children”】

“Some things can wait.

But work with children cannot wait”

“Working with children is working to shape the future”

“Give the most precious things to children”

…

After the founding of New China

Soong Ching Ling led the China Welfare Institute

With the attention and care of the Party and the government

Share the Party's worries, cultivate talents for the country, and seek benefits for the people

In maternal and child health

and children's cultural education

Conducted experimental and demonstrative

Work and scientific research

The pioneer of the cause of women and children in New China

Many firsts:

The first boarding nursery and kindergarten

The first maternal and child health care hospital

The first Children's Palace

The first children's art theater and children's art theater

The first comprehensive children's magazine

It can be said

Song Qingling is the leader of the cause of women and children in New China.

Pioneers and Founders

She is the eternal "Grandma Song" in the hearts of children.

Song Qingling believed

"To have a strong nation

Start with maternity and child welfare.”

July 1949

China Welfare Foundation

At the Soong Family Mansion on Seymour Road

Opening a nursery

November of the same year

Nursery school converted to boarding school

This is the first boarding nursery school opened in New China.

at the same time

Song Qingling led the China Welfare Foundation

The first to create maternal and child health care in New China

September 1951

Song Qingling gave her

“Strengthening international peace”

Stalin International Prize 100,000 rubles

All donated to China Welfare Institute

For women and children's welfare

September 1952

The China Welfare Association used the money to build

The first maternal and child health hospital in New China

——China Welfare Institute International Peace Maternity and Child Health Hospital

After the founding of New China

The school is fully open to workers and farmers

Education has reached an unprecedented level

Song Qingling put the focus of children's education

Turning to extracurricular education

Establish cultural stations, cultural centers, and libraries

End of 1952

Song Qingling during her visit to the Soviet Union

Studied the advanced children's palace system in the Soviet Union

She decided that China Welfare Fund would be the first to try this in Shanghai

May 31, 1953

On the eve of International Children's Day

China Welfare Institute Children's Palace grand opening

This is the first Children's Palace in New China.

Mao Zedong personally named the Children's Palace

Song Qingling advocated

Children's drama

Promoted as an important form of education

Spring 1947

China Welfare Foundation

Established a children's theater troupe in Shanghai

Song Qingling said:

“We put on children’s plays

To provide spiritual food for children

Let them see the future.”

April 1957

The Children's Theatre Company celebrates its 10th anniversary

Changed its name to China Welfare Institute Children's Art Theatre

This is the first children's art theater in New China.

Song Qingling affectionately called it

"Our Theater"

To benefit children across the country

Soong Ching Ling Hope China Welfare Association

Create a publication for children

Flying into thousands of households and every corner of the motherland

April 1950

"Childhood" magazine (bimonthly)

Published in Shanghai

This is the first issue of New China

The first comprehensive children's magazine

Song Qingling wrote the title of the magazine in her own handwriting

“In the past, many children...

Wandering and struggling in a miserable and dark environment

Now

The sun shines on everyone

Allow children to freely

Lively create a new era"

She pointed out

This publication is issued

To inspire children's thinking

Lead them to a bright and glorious future

Inspired by Soong Ching Ling

A large number of famous people took up their pens

Contribute to "Childhood"

Bing Xin's famous work "Another Letter to Young Readers"

and "Three Letters to Young Readers"

They have warmed the hearts of several generations of people in New China.

Childhood Memories: The First Serialization of "Childhood"

In her opinion

"Caring for the physical and mental progress of children"

It is "a principle for people in socialist society"

In "To Parents and Educators

An open letter to child care workers

In one article

Soong Ching Ling hoped that they could

“Educating our future citizens

Make them honest, brave and love work

Love the motherland, love compatriots...

Become a person of noble qualities

Become builders of socialism and communism"

As Song Qingling said

“Children are our future and our hope

We must give the most precious things to children.”

Song Qingling's pioneering work for women and children in New China

This deeply reflects her spirit of "cultivating people for the country"

The unique spiritual connotation of "Creating the Future"

In times of national crisis

She stepped up

"Youth are the pillars of the revolution

Youth are the defenders of the fruits of the revolution

It is to speed up history

Power towards a better world"

In wartime

She has a big heart

We appeal to all sectors at home and abroad:

“Save the future”

"Save the Children of War"

She gave all her love to the country

Always devoting

A lifetime of illuminating others

Salute! Remember!

Source: Communist Youth League Central Committee

Edited by Han Yanlin

Proofread by Wei Kairui

Proofread by Sun Xiaoqian

On-duty editor: Lian Lisheng