Ode to the Long March | The Lamp Glows

长征颂 | 慈母吟

Source
China Military Online
Editor
Li Jiayao
Time
2026-10-14 09:50:12

This is a real story in the Long March.

In October 1934, a mother who had ten sons sent eight of her sons to join the Red Army on the Long March. From then on, the mother lit a kerosene lamp every night, waiting for her sons to return.

The camphor tree at the village entrance witnessed her 26 years of waiting until she passed away. She never saw her sons again, but she witnessed the founding of New China that her sons had fought for.

This year marks the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March. Let us go back to the side of that camphor tree and recall the legendary story.

1934年10月,一位生养了十个儿子的母亲,在于都河畔将其中八个儿子送上长征路。从那以后,她夜夜点亮马灯,期盼孩子归来。

村口的大樟树见证了这位母亲26年的等待。然而直到去世,她也没能等到儿子们的消息。

母亲点起马灯,希望照亮孩子归家的路;而无数像她儿子一样的红军战士,则用生命点亮了中国的未来。

Supervisors: Li Donghang, Dong Zhaohui

Coordinators: Li Wei, Wang Xinjuan

Producers: Li Jiayao, Cheng Sihao, Yang Xueqing

Proofreader: Sheng Yu

监制:李东航、董兆辉

制片:李玮、王昕娟

制作:李佳垚、程思浩、杨雪晴

校对:盛宇

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