Chapter 52 51. Shi Chuanxiang - great contribution in an ordinary life

Shi Chuanxiang (1915-1975), male, Han nationality, from Qihe County, Shandong Province, a member of the Communist Party of China. He joined the work in 1929, and was a worker of the cleaning team of Chongwen District, Beijing (now the third team of Sanitation Team of Chongwen, Beijing). Shi Chuanxiang is an ordinary excrement worker on the sanitation front in Chongwen District.With the lofty spirit of "would rather one person be dirty, in exchange for thousands of households to be clean", he selflessly dedicated his life to the ordinary sanitation post and made extraordinary contributions to the capital's sanitation cause. In 1929, when he was only 14 years old, Shi Chuanxiang fled famine and went to Beijing to work as a manure collector.In the early days of liberation, due to his hard work, he enjoyed high prestige among the workers. He was elected as a member of the dung industry trade union in Qianmen District and the leader of the trade union group. He often led everyone to carry out the education of remembering bitterness and thinking about sweetness, and repaying the party's kindness with his own practical actions. . In 1958, the cleaning team of Chongwen District switched to trucks to transport excrement. He and his workers studied together and carried out technological innovations to increase the amount of excrement.He not only aspires to devote his life to sanitation, but also cares about the succession and development of sanitation.Beginning in 1962, he undertook the task of imparting, helping, and guiding the assigned junior and senior high school graduates, helping young people establish the idea of ​​"no work is high or low, no industry high or low", and serve the people wholeheartedly.Shi Chuanxiang has won the respect of the whole society with his lofty quality of selfless dedication. He vividly interprets the glory of labor and the value of life to people. He is an excellent example of serving the people wholeheartedly.He was a representative of the third National People's Congress and was awarded the honorary title of National Model Worker in 1959.

Shi Chuanxiang was born in Dahuzhuang, Zhaoguan Town, Qihe County, Shandong Province. His father was forced to death by the landlord when he was young, and his widowed mother and six children could not survive. He had to flee famine at the age of 15. Fled to the outskirts of Beijing.Forced by life, Shi Chuanxiang worked as a excrement worker, and has worked under Shiba for 20 years since then.For more than 20 years, insults and beatings have occurred almost every day, but the wages are rarely paid enough, and I have suffered all kinds of bullying.In the "lower ranks" of the old society, excrement workers lived at the bottom.There was not a single day when Shi Chuanxiang did not look forward to jumping out of this dirty cesspit.

After liberation, the new China gave him the dignity of being a human being, and he was proud that the working class was the master of the country, and he was full of gratitude to the party.With a simple heart, he remembered a popular truth: excavating dung is also part of the cause of socialist construction.He regards excavating dung as a very honorable labor, leads by example, takes pleasure in suffering, does not distinguish between internal and external, works hard, is full of enthusiasm, and serves the people wholeheartedly. After the founding of New China, the party's sunshine shined on the lives of the excrement workers, and also illuminated Shi Chuanxiang's heart. In 1952, he joined the cleaning team of Chongwen District, Beijing.He is determined to use his own hands to contribute to the cleanliness and beauty of the capital.

At this time, in order to show respect for the work of cleaners, the Beijing Municipal People's Government not only stipulated that their wages were higher than those of other industries, but also found ways to reduce the labor intensity of the excrement workers and improved the means of transportation.New China gave him the dignity of being a human being. Shi Chuanxiang felt respect and equality, and was full of gratitude to the party.He tried his best to lead the sanitation workers to serve the citizens, and put forward the slogan "There is no high or low in work, and there is no high or low in the industry; it is better for one person to be dirty in exchange for thousands of people to be clean".In those years, he almost gave up holidays and rest, and walked around and asked around when he had time.Where there should be excrement, no one needs to come to find it, he always takes the initiative to go.No matter how bad the outside of the pit was, no matter how deep the bottom of the pit was, he tried his best to dig it out and clean it up.

He calculated the working hours reasonably, tapped the potential, and changed the large class of 7 people into a small class of 5 people. He led the whole class to increase from 50 barrels per person per class to 80 barrels, and he himself carried 90 barrels per class. At most, 5 tons of excrement are collected per shift. Residents in the management area enjoy a clean and beautiful environment, but a thick layer of calluses has been worn out on his right shoulder carrying excrement.As a master, he takes "improving environmental sanitation and beautifying the people's capital" as his own responsibility. He carries a manure bucket on his shoulders, goes from house to house, and uses public holidays to clean up manure and repair toilets for residents, institutions and schools.

In 1955, Shi Chuanxiang was appraised as an advanced producer of cleaning workers. In 1956, he was elected as the people's representative of Chongwen District and joined the Communist Party of China in June of the same year. In 1958, he was elected as a member of the Beijing CPPCC. In 1959, he was selected as a national model worker. In 1959, Shi Chuanxiang participated in the National "Heroes Meeting" held in Beijing as an advanced producer in the country. On October 26, President Liu Shaoqi held his hand in the Hunan Hall of the Great Hall of the People and said: "It is the people's responsibility to dig out the dung. Servant, I am the chairman and also a servant of the people, this is just a different division of labor in the revolution." Shi Chuanxiang also said: "I will always listen to the party's words and be a manure digger for the rest of my life." Since then, Shi Chuanxiang has become a well-known model worker throughout the country. .