28 pieces of jadeite carved out a modern history, touching~~

"The smoke of war is rolling and the heroes are singing. The green mountains on all sides are listening attentively. Thunder in the blue sky is beating golden drums and the sea is making harmony. The people's heroes are driving away tigers and leopards, sacrificing their lives to protect peace..."

——Theme song of the movie "Heroic Sons and Daughters"

A song praising heroic sons and daughters deeply moved jade carver Chen Junfeng, giving him the idea of ​​expressing heroic figures through jade carving. In the special year of 2019, this song became a reality and became another jade work presented by the jade carver to the country, "Heroic Sons and Daughters" made of 28 pieces of jade.

From left to right: Lin Zexu, Tan Sitong, Qiu Jin, the unknown soldier of the Wuchang Uprising, Cai E, the broadsword team, Zhao Yiman, Wang Mingzhang, Liu Hulan, Yang Jingyu, Wang Erxiao, Dai Anlan's expeditionary force, Li Xiangyang, Jiang Jie, the Monument to the People's Heroes, the Flying Tigers, Chen Jiageng, Dong Cunrui, Qiu Shaoyun, the Little Eighth Route Army, Ma Benzhai, Xu Yunfeng, Wang Cheng, Rong Desen, the peasants, the five heroes of Langya Mountain, the eight women who jumped into the river, the war horses

The number 28 also has a special meaning. It is not only a multiple of 7, but also represents the 28 years from the founding of the Communist Party of China in 1921 to the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The starting point for creating the character comes from the sentence in the inscription on the Monument to the People's Heroes, "From this point on, it can be traced back to the Opium War in 1840."

So among the 28 jade carvings of people's heroes, starting with Lin Zexu in the Opium War, there are well-known heroes such as Dong Cunrui, Qiu Shaoyun, Liu Hulan, Zhao Yiman, as well as the Kuomintang's anti-Japanese war heroes, and those unknown heroes. In addition, it also includes the American Flying Tigers heroes who came to China from afar to help in the war.

Yang Jingyu

The purpose is to understand and interpret these heroes from different perspectives. Some of them may not seem to be heroes, but they also made great contributions to the entire process of national liberation, such as the patriotic overseas Chinese Tan Kah Kee, the red national industrialist Rong Desen, and the farmers and Eighth Route Army soldiers who delivered rations, made military shoes, and sewed military uniforms to the soldiers in the War of Resistance.

Big Sword Team

Finally, the jade carver also made the image of a horse, which was also included in the ranks of heroic sons and daughters. In his opinion, the contribution of war horses is indelible, and it is also a commemoration of the cavalry soldiers who died in the war, so a tombstone of the cavalry soldier is carved in front of the war horse.

Chen Junfeng's "Heroic Sons and Daughters"

Initially, more than a dozen pieces in this set were polished, but the polishing effect lost their original roughness and could not express the heroic spirit of the heroes, as well as the solemnity and seriousness of the overall history. So in the end, the jade carver polished it again into its current shape.

The back of Chen Junfeng's "Heroic Sons and Daughters"

In addition, the shape of each piece is irregular and almost unrefined, retaining the shape of the material when it was sliced, like fragments, recording the scars and pain brought by the war, remembering history, and commemorating the martyrs.

Part of "Heroic Sons and Daughters"

Tan Sitong

Qiu Jin

Zhao Yiman

The people’s heroes will live forever!

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