Wen Jiabao, the Chinese People's Volunteers in Korea pay tribute martyrs

5, the morning is North Korea's official goodwill visit to the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau and Premier Wen Jiabao and his delegation were all members of the Chinese embassy staff, moving in the Chinese-funded institutions, overseas Chinese, students representatives and the Chinese Youth Delegation and the art troupe and members of more than 300 people, made a special trip hoechang martyrs cemetery visit and ponder the Chinese People's Volunteers.

Early in the morning, Premier Wen Jiabao and his entourage from hotel accommodation starting, in the winding mountain road winding bumpy 2 hours later, arrived at Pyongyang, about 100 kilometers east of the Ping South Road, hoechang County, where was the Chinese People's Volunteers Headquarters. In 1957, volunteers and local people jointly built a volunteer martyrs cemetery. Cemetery covers an area of about 9 million square meters, is North Korea's largest and best preserved of the volunteer martyrs cemetery, including 134 volunteers, including Anying martyrs buried here. Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai's visit to North Korea in 1958, when he come here.

Volunteers cemetery surrounded by mountains, green everywhere. Entrance, plain Shihmen on North Korea two kinds of words with the words "the Chinese People's Volunteers martyrs cemetery." Wen Jiabao, along the 240 stairs on the bluestone. This is 240 steps a symbol of 2.4 million volunteer soldiers fighting North Korea. A layer of hills the door lintels are engraved with the handwritten Kuo Mo-jo, "noble spirit forever," the four characters are four tablets pavilions Liang Fang Huang Jiguang, YANG Gen-thinking, Qiu Shaoyun, Luo Shengjiao and other volunteers like heroes. Wen Jiabao stopped staring, and looked solemn.

In the two-story platform, held a solemn ceremony pay tribute. Premier Wen Jiabao, the Chinese embassy in Korea, People's Liberation Army General Political Department, moving in the Chinese-funded institutions, overseas Chinese and students presented a wreath before the statue placed in the volunteer soldiers. Premier Wen Jiabao came up gently finishing ribbon wreaths. Ribbon inscribed with the words "Chinese People's Volunteer Soldiers immortal forever." All staff in silence.

Later, Wen went to a gift of flowers Anying front of the tomb. Front of a statue of Mao Anying, he said: "ying comrades, On behalf of the motherland and the people came to see you. Motherland grow stronger, and people's happiness. Do you rest in peace."

In front of the tomb one by one volunteer, Wen Jiabao and sometimes stop and ponder, and sometimes passionate, said: "Volunteers martyrs who half a century, and motherland and the people never forget you. Today, we come to your bones buried where loyalty, made a special trip to see you express your thoughts on people across the country. "" Your blood shed in a foreign country, you have a great and noble spirit of the left to the entire world. You will always live in our hearts, inspiring us to build the country well. Volunteers martyrs noble spirit forever, forever in the souls! "to leave the cemetery before, Wen reluctant to leave, stop and look back.

In hoechang, Wen and his entourage also visited the former headquarters of the Chinese People's Volunteers. Wen Jiabao's book inscription: "The Chinese People's Volunteers of the immortal feats and great spirit !"

North Korea, accompanied by senior government officials attended the above activities. (Xinhua Feng Jian Zhao Cheng)