Chapter 6 Carry forward the 08 spirit and rebuild the national soul

Since the beginning of 2008, the Chinese nation has suffered a series of severe natural and man-made disasters.This blow is not insignificant, and this blow is not painless.These blows have exposed that China's modernization is far from reaching the point where we can guarantee the safety of our country and people, and that our government, society, and people still have various flaws and drawbacks.However, after we wiped away our tears, we can clearly see that the Chinese nation has not been knocked down, defeated or defeated!For more than a hundred days and nights, we have clearly seen the revival of a great spirit of "hardship and hardship, Yuru Yucheng" in the land of China.This spirit, on the one hand, comes from the long-standing Chinese traditional civilization of self-improvement, on the one hand, it comes from the socialist heritage that is supported by all parties in difficulties, and on the other hand, it comes from the broad mind and international vision of the Chinese people in the new century.These aspects together constitute the "08 spirit" of the Chinese people's unity and struggle.If we continue to carry forward this spirit, we will not only be able to overcome the great pain in front of us, but also re-establish a brand-new national soul and complete the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The Chinese nation, which has created a splendid culture in the long river of history, has suffered countless natural and man-made disasters for more than one hundred years.From the late Qing Dynasty to 1949, the population of this extremely high-fertility nation hovered at 400 to 500 million. Hundreds of millions of compatriots were killed by disasters one after another. Our society, culture, customs and even Human nature has also suffered profound devastation.However, the backbone of our nation has not been crushed.Reform pioneers represented by Sun Yat-sen, Lu Xun, Mao Zedong and others saw the essence of this nation, saw the hope of this nation's rejuvenation, and also saw the key to the real revitalization of this nation-that is, to transform the national soul.Only when our citizens become real modern people can our country be truly modernized.In the words of Lu Xun: "The country where the sand gathers turns into a country of people." For this grand goal of "creating people", for more than 100 years, countless people with lofty ideals have shouted, countless heroes have sacrificed, and China has finally stepped out of the lowest point of disaster. Gu, from a semi-colonial country with an average life expectancy of only 30 to 40 years, has become a modern industrial country that can go to the moon for nine days and go to the five oceans to catch turtles.In this majestic historical process, we have also gone through many detours, discarded many virtues, wronged many good people, and lost a lot of property. However, our country has finally matured day by day.Not only have our people "stand up", but they are no longer being beaten casually, and they are no longer starving every year.This makes some people who hold the world view of the jungle law of the jungle feel threatened and feared, so we have encountered new troubles.Coupled with the mistakes in the process of reform and opening up, especially the imperfect social security mechanism and the corruption of officials, when we encounter major natural disasters and man-made disasters, although we respond quickly but the system is not reasonable, the measures are not scientific enough and the people are full of passion. Qi but do not trust each other enough.Therefore, on the one hand, everyone is united, and on the other hand, they quarrel and blame each other; on the one hand, the main leaders come to the front line in person, and on the other hand, some functional departments have neglected their duties.All these show that our 08 spirit is both precious and worrying.We should uphold this spirit, be alert to "five-minute blood" patriotism, and while vigorously affirming the national spirit, we should have the courage to face the shortcomings that exist in various tasks.Our people will not stop loving our country or trusting our government because of the existence of those disadvantages.

In this series of 2008 disasters, all the Chinese people, regardless of leftists, middle-rights, government officials or ordinary people, received an education in humanity, benevolence, and public morality.Disasters will always pass, and the work of reconstruction and recovery is more arduous, lonely and easily forgotten.Now that we lowered the flag at half-mast for the first time for the large-scale ordinary victims, let us remember the year 2008 when tears and hopes were intertwined, carry forward the spirit of 2008, and rebuild the soul of our nation.