Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 49: The excitement of watching the National Day ceremony

After this incident, Ma Qing did not feel that anyone's attitude towards him had changed. At least on the surface, it had no effect at all. As for what happened behind the scenes, Ma Qing cared even less and didn't care.

As Ma Qing was gradually getting familiar with his school life, a registered letter signed by the "Preparatory Committee for Celebrating the National Day of the People's Republic of China" disrupted Ma Qing's dull life.

"To celebrate the National Day of the People's Republic of China in 1959, a military parade and mass celebration parade will be held at Tiananmen Square at 10:00 a.m. on October 1. You are welcome to attend." Ma Qing was very honored to be a member of the National Day viewing delegation.

This must be because Ma Qing was invited as a literary and artistic worker after writing "My Motherland and I". Ma Qing was a little excited. He had traveled through time for so long, visited some cities in the north, and felt some of the customs and customs of this era. However, watching the National Day ceremony, he still had an inexplicable feeling for this future visitor.

Give a peach, get a plum in return. Ma Qing decided to give a little gift to the new China in this universe. Ma Qing searched for the metal material formulas of the previous world in Xiao Qi's database, and selected a dozen metal alloy material formulas and processes from the 1980s and before and printed them out (don't ask me how I printed them, can't the space handle such a small thing?)
Then he sent the letters to the State Council, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and China Daily respectively, and put forward a request to crack down on human trafficking. He found a mailbox far away from Nanluoguxiang and mailed them out. As for the results, Ma Qing didn't care. Anyway, the gifts he sent had already been sent and his intention had been shown.

After arriving at school the next day, Ma Qing found his class teacher and expressed his desire to no longer participate in the rehearsal for the National Day ceremony. That's right, perhaps because the school had just been established, Ma Qing's school was going to participate in the student parade in the National Day ceremony.

"What? You're not participating in the National Day parade?" Ma Qing's class teacher was surprised and quickly pulled Ma Qing aside and closed the door of his office. "Why don't you participate in the National Day parade? If you don't have a reasonable reason, don't make a fuss. This is a political task."

"Teacher, you misunderstood. I am not not participating in the National Day ceremony. I am not participating in our class's National Day ceremony parade." Ma Qing was moved by the teacher's behavior and hurriedly took out the National Day ceremony invitation he had received.

"Fuck, Ma Qing, who are you to be invited to attend the National Day ceremony?" The head teacher looked up and down, left and right at the invitation letter, and looked at Ma Qing from time to time.

Ma Qing was very surprised that the teacher didn't know that he was the author of "My Motherland and I". Ma Qing thought it was written in his file, "Teacher, I am the author of "My Motherland and I". This time I should be attending as a representative of literary and artistic workers."

The teacher seemed very surprised. He obviously didn't expect Ma Qing to have such artistic talent. However, he obviously didn't intend to let Ma Qing go. "This is good news. Let's go to the class and tell everyone. Let the classmates learn from you. This is a huge honor."

"No, no, no, teacher. I just wrote a song by chance. It's nothing special. I won't use this name. Please keep it a secret for me, teacher. Please."

"In that case, then okay, you just continue to participate in the class's National Day parade rehearsal. Since you don't want to be famous, I will pretend that nothing happened and the rehearsal will continue. You can just go to watch the ceremony on National Day. All of you classmates have just come to this school, so take advantage of this activity to live a collective life, get to know each other, and enhance your relationship." The head teacher smiled.

Ma Qing didn't know how he got back to the classroom. He seemed to have gone to look for his class teacher, but he also seemed not to have done so. It seemed as if nothing had happened. On the morning of October 10, the people of the capital happily flocked to Tiananmen Square. Ma Qing followed the flow of people and arrived at Tiananmen Square early. With the invitation in his hand, he successfully went to the viewing platform.

The appearance of Tiananmen Square has undergone tremendous changes. A majestic, magnificent and broad square is presented to the people with a brand new look.

The entire square has expanded two and a half times compared to the fifth anniversary of the National Day. It is 5 meters wide from east to west and 500 meters long from north to south, with a total area of ​​880 square meters, and can accommodate 44 million people for gatherings at a time. The central main road of the square is paved with a "human" shaped road made of orange and blue granite, which is 100 meters long and 390 meters wide, and can accommodate 80 columns of troops at the same time. On the north side of the square, four red permanent viewing platforms were built in front of the Tiananmen Tower, and the capacity has also increased from more than 120 people in the past to more than 4 people.

The number of people from all walks of life attending the ceremony was the largest among the previous 11 National Day parades, reaching 70. People held various flowers in their hands and formed a huge national emblem and the word "1949-1959" in the middle of the square. Around the square, colorful balloons with a diameter of 3 meters were hung with many eye-catching slogans, showing a festive atmosphere everywhere.

A portrait of Mao Zedong hangs on the Tiananmen Tower, with two slogans on the left and right: "Long Live the People's Republic of China" and "Long Live the Great Unity of the People of the World". In front of the Monument to the People's Heroes is a portrait of Sun Yat-sen, and on both sides facing Tiananmen are portraits of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin. On the slogan towers on both sides of Tiananmen are written: "Work hard, strive for the best, build socialism faster, better and more economically" and slogans with the characteristics of the times such as "Long Live the People's Commune" and "Long Live the Great Leap Forward".

At 10 o'clock, the National Day ceremony for the 400th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China began. In the majestic national anthem, the five-star red flag rose slowly, the salute sounded, and young pioneers presented flowers to the Monument to the People's Heroes. Hundreds of thousands of people stood in awe and listened carefully - "Get up! Get up! Get up! We are united as one, braving the enemy's artillery fire, forward, forward!" The Chinese nation, which has experienced hardships, has stood up, and China has entered a brand new era!

Then, the grand military parade began. Ma Qing sat on the viewing platform and felt for the first time that time travel was not a bad thing, watching the cadets' columns of the Infantry School, Artillery School, Engineering School, Railway School, Air Force School, and Naval School passing by right after the Military Academy column.

Then came the sailors' parade. They were dressed in white sailor uniforms, epaulettes, sailor caps with black ribbons, and holding domestically-made semi-automatic rifles with their bayonets shining. They walked across the reviewing stand in high spirits.

Following the sailors' column, there were six infantry columns, wearing helmets and holding semi-automatic rifles, marching in neat and powerful steps, looking majestic.

Soon afterwards, a roar of motors was heard from the square. It turned out to be a column composed of 72 Jiefang brand trucks. They were a column of motorized infantry holding submachine guns or semi-automatic rifles, and a column of airborne troops with submachine guns slung across their chests and parachute packs on their backs.

Accompanied by majestic military music, mechanized artillery and armored corps passed through Tiananmen Square in waves. The Type 59 tracked tractors towing cannons and ninety-nine giant tanks formed a huge steel stream, making a rumbling sound.

Ma Qing stood up and clapped his hands continuously, watching the columns in front of him, full of youthful vitality, with neat ranks and powerful steps, passing through Tiananmen Square vigorously, heralding the hope for the future of New China.

(End of this chapter)