General Secretary Xi Jinping once said, ‘As a great feat in human history, the Long March (1934-1936) has left us with a rich heritage. However, its most precious element was the spirit of the Long March, which was forged with the lives and blood of Chinese Communists and Red Army soldiers.’ The year 2024 marks the 75th founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China and the 90th departure anniversary of the Red Army's Long March. How to carry forward the spirit of the Long March and succeed in our present long march Road is a major issue facing us in the New Rra. In order to deeply understand the great spirit of the Long March and to inspire students to forge ahead on the new journey in the New Era, the School of Marxism of Nankai University actively explore the new forms to commemorate, including the 6th. Red Games successfully held on May 26, 2024.
With the theme of ‘Retracing the Long March Road, Sharpening the New Journey’, this year's Games set up several activities spots on the Nankai University campus, according to the key nodes on the Long March, such as ‘Departure from Ruijin’, ‘Advancement to Xiangxi’, ‘Zunyi Conference’, ‘Crossing the Red River’, ‘Crossing the Jinsha River’, ‘Flying over the Luding Bridge’, ‘Victory Rally’ and some other important events of the Long March. were .
Bathing in bright sunshine on the campus in the early summer, students competed each other in the gymnasium and the Pear Tree Garden in an exciting and tense manner. Many passes such as ‘exchanging the old for the new’, “throwing sandbags”, “Cooperative Engagement”, “Uniting as one”, “you draw I guess”and so on were waiting for the students. All the students made every effort to overcome all the difficulties in the way, enjoying the sunshine and fun while recalling those war-ravaged and difficult years. Students realized that out today's good life is at the expenses of the lives and blood of countless revolutionary predecessors.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, ‘The spirit of the Great Long March is the spirit of putting the fundamental interests of the people and the Chinese nation above all else, meant upholding firm revolutionary ideals and beliefs, and meant the belief that a just cause would surely succeed. It represented a willingness to sacrifice everything to save the country and the people, no matter what difficulties and obstacles lay ahead. It meant remaining committed to independence and autonomy, to seeking truth from facts, and to proceeding from reality in all endeavors. It meant taking a broad view, maintaining strict discipline, and seeking unity. And it meant relying closely on the people, sharing weal and woe with the people, and fighting bitterly alongside the people.’
‘What made Red Army more delightful was the extended snow on Ming Mountain and all the soldiers beamed with smile after passing the mountain.’ At the end of the game, the students met in front of the statue of Premier Zhou Enlai, receiving the prizes and taking a group photo.
Since the 18th Since the 18th CPC National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly told the story of the Long March, stressing that ‘China's progress and development we see in China is the result of an ongoing ‘long march’’ and that ‘we must always remember, learn from and carry forward the spirit of the Long March spirit’. By means of this game activities, students really felt and comprehended the spirit of the Long March, and deeply appreciate the importance of staying true to our original aspiration, keeping the mission in mind, and succeeding in our generation's own Long March. In the future life, students will carry Forward the red tradition, inherit the spirit of the Long March, establish great ideals, and consciously shoulder the historical responsibility of achieving the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
