Lei Feng

Lei Feng (Chinese雷锋/雷锋) ( born December 18, 1940 in Changsha, † August 15, 1962 ) was a soldier of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, declared for his selflessness and modesty in 1963 by Mao Zedong to the national model for the People's Republic of China.

Learn from Comrade Lei Feng

The socialist education campaign "From Comrade Lei Feng learn " (向 雷锋 同志 学习, Xiang Lei Feng Tongzhi xuexi ) launched nationwide in 1963, a year after his death. This means that the danger was over, that Lei Feng could still develop in an undesired direction. To Lei Feng became the most famous of these model characters.

Published in 1963 and the diary of Lei Feng and photos from his life. After the Cultural Revolution Lei Feng became more and more forgotten until 1996, a successful film was made about his life.

Lei Feng was 21 years old when he was killed in warding of a truck carrying it rammed a telephone pole, of this. He came to fame after his death, when his diaries were discovered. In them was, for example: "I 'll do anything, Chairman Mao commanded. My only wish is the party, socialism and communism to serve. " In his honor, there is the Lei Feng Day (March 5 ), to which everyone is called to do something useful.

Many photos of journalists show him how he works with farmers, his pay his garrison donates, playing with children and studying Mao's works. Unclear on the life story of Lei Feng is that you still knew in his lifetime not so much of his self-sacrifice and his party loyalty. This was revealed only after his death with the discovery of his diary.

In recent years, the "social harmony ", a moral appeal to compensate for the extreme income inequality in China, the myth of Lei Feng was again renewed by the CCP in the course.

Film

  • China Lei Feng fever. Reportage, France 2008, 22 min Written and Directed by: Alain Lewkowicz, Marc Sainsauve and Matthieu Lere, Production: arte, Ligne de Mire Productions, Episode Air Date: June 7, 2008, online video
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