Chapter 116 Approved by Zhou Enlai

Facing two sets of different national emblem patterns, the committee members participating in the review carefully compared and commented in a low voice.Premier Zhou Enlai asked everyone to express their opinions.Tian Han first spoke and said: "I think the CAFA's proposal is good, with a strong sense of perspective and clear colors." Many members agreed with Tian Han's opinion. Zhu Changzhong, the representative of Tsinghua University's design team, was sitting in the back row. He couldn't control the flustered feeling. At this time, Zhang Xiruo stood up and said: "I think Tsinghua's proposal has national characteristics, it is beautiful and generous."

There are also many members who agree with Zhang Xiruo's opinion. Zhou Enlai noticed Li Siguang who had been sitting silently on the sofa next to him. He walked up to Li Siguang, put his hand on the sofa and asked, "Mr. Li, what do you think?" Li Siguang looked at the two plans again, pointing to Tsinghua's plan and said, "I think this one is bold and has national characteristics." Zhou Enlai compared it carefully and said, "Well, let's make it like this, everyone. What do you think?" At this time, the majority of members expressed their approval of Tsinghua’s plan, and believed that Tsinghua’s plan fully met the three requirements put forward by the CPPCC National Emblem: it not only had "Chinese characteristics", but also reflected "regime characteristics", and was "serious and rich in form". .

Zhou Enlai asked with a smile, "Is Mr. Liang from Tsinghua University here?" Zhang Xiruo replied: "Liang Sicheng asked for leave due to illness, and sent a teaching assistant here." Zhou Enlai called Zhu Changzhong to Tsinghua's pattern and pointed out: "Can the ears of rice in the picture be raised up?" Zhu Changzhong blurted out: "The drooping ear of rice means a good harvest, and it can be improved if it is upright." Zhou Enlai said: "The ears of rice are tall and straight, which can express the spirit of the times. In the winter of 1942, Comrade Soong Ching Ling held a tea party in her apartment to send Comrade Dong Biwu back to Yan'an. There were a few bunches of rice ears on her table. Friends praised the ears of rice as being like gold. Comrade Soong Ching Ling said: "It is more precious than gold. Eighty percent of the Chinese population are farmers. If there is a bumper harvest every year, the people will have enough food and clothing." At that time I said, When the whole country is liberated, we will paint ears of rice on the national emblem."

It was late at night when Zhu Changzhong returned to Tsinghua University.Sicheng and Huiyin are still waiting for news.Zhu Changzhong described the selection process in detail. They were excited for a long time, and their pain seemed to have eased a lot. The redesigned and adjusted pattern is marked with "Description of National Emblem Pattern": "The content of the national emblem is the national flag, Tiananmen Square, gears and ears of rice, symbolizing the birth of the new China of the Chinese people from the May 4th Movement, the new democratic revolutionary struggle, and the people's democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants. "

On June 23, 1950, Huairen Hall in Zhongnanhai.The Second Session of the First CPPCC National Committee was held here, and Lin Huiyin was invited to attend the meeting. Big red palace lanterns are hung on the rostrum, and huge portraits of Sun Yat-sen and Mao Zedong are placed in the center of the rostrum. Huiyin felt flustered and short of breath.She knew that it wasn't just caused by illness. At today's meeting, the new regime was going to formalize the national emblem of the People's Republic of China. The great sense of happiness flooded her like a tide, and she needed to breathe from time to time to get through.

For a person who takes art as his life, what could be more exciting than a work that condenses all his efforts and becomes a representative of the country's image? The meeting started. Under Mao Zedong's proposal, all the representatives at the meeting stood up and approved the National Emblem of the People's Republic of China by applause. A burst of dizziness hit, and tears welled up in his eyes. Lin Huiyin was so weak that he could hardly stand up from the chair.