Chapter 15 The Founder of Maintaining the Unity of the Tibetan and Han Nationalities—Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme

Shaking Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme was born in Lhasa, Tibet in 1910, and is a Tibetan.Since 1951, he served as the chief representative of the Tibetan local government to negotiate in Beijing, and signed an agreement with the Central People's Government on the measures for the peaceful liberation of Tibet. Chairman of the People's Committee of the Autonomous Region, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, Chairman of the People's Government, and vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress for three to seven consecutive terms.Vice Chairman of the Third, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.Although he is now in his nineties, he is still serving the country as the vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee.For more than half a century, he has faithfully fulfilled the dual responsibilities of the state and the government of the Tibet Autonomous Region, and has made great contributions to maintaining the harmony between Tibet and Han and the stability and prosperity of Tibet.He is one of the outstanding representatives of the minority cadres who have served the country's leadership position for the longest time; he has served the country and the people for more than 50 years, and he can be called a close friend of the Communist Party; political activist.

After the "Lin Biao incident" in 1971, the state officially equipped Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, the vice chairman, with a guard squad.The first security class was a certain class in the first platoon of my company, and the personal guard was also served by the former platoon leader of my company.Since then, I have been guarding Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme with this squad and personal guards for nearly ten years. Over the past ten years, the soldiers of the security squad, who are basically Han, have lived in harmony with the leader of the ethnic minority country who was born in Lhasa, as close as family.The main leaders of the party and government of the Tibet Autonomous Region came to Beijing for a meeting or to report to the house of Vice Chairman Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme. The leaders provided convenience, so that the Tibetans who came to visit left a good impression on the security squad.

Although Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme and his family live in Beijing, they still retain some Tibetan customs.For example, his family kept dozens of exquisite Tibetan knives in the lime basin in the courtyard all the year round.But the comrades in the guard class, no matter who patrols the courtyard at night, no one touches it.The chief repeatedly praised the discipline of the security squad emotionally. In the 1970s, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress, had frequent foreign affairs activities. Premier Zhou, Vice Premier Li Xiannian, and Vice Chairman Guo Moruo greeted and sent off foreign guests at the airport, and he participated in most of them.Every time we welcome and send off foreign guests or inspect work in Tibet and other places, the guards always consider all kinds of situations and problems that may be encountered first, and have their own plans to deal with emergencies, and successfully complete the task every time , deeply appreciated by him.The guard and the chief have forged a deep friendship, which may be regarded as a model among the leaders of the guard minority.

Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme is very concerned about the material and spiritual life of the comrades in the security squad.Every year during the Spring Festival, New Year's Day, National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival and other major festivals, he would spare time to hold family banquets to entertain comrades from the security squad.Every time, in a joyful and peaceful atmosphere, everyone felt the strong relationship between the chiefs and the Tibetan-Chinese love.Whenever relevant state departments invite Vice Chairman Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme to watch sports performances or cultural programs, he will ask the comrades in the security class to watch together in turn, so as to relieve the spirit of the soldiers who have been sticking to this small world all year round. The monotony of life.

Not only the chief cared for the comrades in the security squad, but even Ngapoi Caidan Zhuoge, the wife of Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, was also full of motherly love for these Han boys in the security squad.Whenever her hometown, Tibet, sent her family local specialties such as cantaloupe, she would send some of them to the comrades in the security squad for everyone to taste.She also personally made butter tea for the soldiers to drink.At first I was not used to drinking it, but after drinking a lot, I found it very fragrant, and I fell in love with this unique Tibetan food. Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme has a harmonious and happy family.He has 5 sons and 4 daughters, all of them respect and filial piety to their kind father who is tall, with a clear face, hale and hearty, and blessed ears.In terms of language, all members of his family communicate in Tibetan, and when communicating with comrades in the security squad, including Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, they all use fluent Chinese.The comrades in the security class have no language barriers with their families and are very harmonious in everything they do.

After the Tangshan Earthquake in 1976, the State Council Office Affairs Bureau wanted to repair the house of Vice Chairman Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, who was damaged by the earthquake.He moved to Dongze on the third floor of the National Cultural Palace to live temporarily.At the same time, Wu Lanfu, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, also moved in. He lived in Xize on the third floor.Because the two chiefs are both ethnic minorities, and both belong to the guards of our regiment, and the sentries are familiar with each other, the comrades in the two guard squads are very harmonious and cooperate with each other tacitly.They divided the labor to guard the two staircases.In the event of a situation, they supported each other and helped each other, so that everyone successfully completed the security task under the special circumstances of the chief's residence, and received unanimous praise from the superiors.

Time flies, time flies.During the years of Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, the vice-chairman of the guard, the soldiers changed one after another, but the Tibetan chief still had a deep affection for the demobilized soldiers. Whoever had difficulties would still reach out to the old Tibetan His warm giant hands help. In 1979, Zhao Zhanghe, a soldier from Wu'an, Hebei, who had been demobilized for more than a year, was worried because a patient with whom he had a close relationship was hospitalized.When he found the head of the guard for many years, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, the vice chairman, immediately instructed the secretary to arrange hospitalization in a large hospital in Beijing.The old man also accompanied Zhao Zhanghe to dinner at home, and gave him two Qianmen cigarettes, which moved Xiao Zhao very much. In 1982, Zhao Zhanghe came to Beijing again due to business, and found Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, the vice chairman of the committee. After the old chief instructed relevant personnel to help with the process, he invited Xiao Zhao to eat and drink at home.At that time, just after the meeting of the National People's Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme took the opportunity to ask Xiao Zhao how he reflected on the meeting, and Zhao Zhanghe answered truthfully.

During his nearly 60 years of revolutionary career, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme has always been concerned about the peace, stability and national unity of Tibet. With his special capacity, he has done a lot of fruitful work to maintain the unity and harmony between Tibetans and other fraternal nationalities. .Whenever the separatist forces try to separate Tibet from the big family of the motherland and create violent incidents, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme will use the witness of the century-old history of Tibet and the profound insights of witnesses who experienced the two different social systems in Tibet , explaining that Tibet's independence is a separatism that goes against the will of the Tibetan people and goes against the trend of history, and is unpopular. Only by respecting history, facing reality squarely, and following the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics under the leadership of the Communist Party can the Tibetan people truly be the masters of their own country.Only in the big family of the People's Republic of China can Tibet progress and develop.Even on March 23, 2008, Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, met with reporters regarding the serious violent incident of beating, smashing, looting and burning that occurred in Lhasa on March 14. He spoke out and condemned a small number of thugs for sabotaging the Beijing Olympics and splitting the motherland. barbaric acts.We call on the people of all ethnic groups and walks of life in Tibet, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, to make due contributions to safeguarding the unity of the motherland and ethnic groups, and building a well-off, safe, and harmonious Tibet.A year later, on March 24, 2009, the old man of the century also published an article "Recognize History, Grasp the Future" in "People's Daily", expounding the correct concept of building a civilized and harmonious new Tibet under the leadership of the Communist Party.It is truly worthy of being the founder and long-term defender of the unity of the Tibetan-Han nationalities in New China.

The past is like smoke, and more than thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye.May Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, a kind and amiable Tibetan old man, work smoothly and live a long and healthy life in the position of national leader.