Celebrations , China, Communism, Tian'anmen → P.R. China’s 60th Anniversary
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October 1st was party time in China! This year was the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China. An impressing parade took place on Tian’anmen Square. For those who miss the good old days when the Soviet military would parade on the Red Square in the USSR, October 1st was the time or never to witness such a display of military might, of soldiers marching in perfect unison, of communist rhetoric being displayed as art, a show that only communist nations know how to do, as one Chinese told me: ” Only the Soviets, the North Koreans and us can do that!”.
I could not go to Beijing for the celebrations, so I watched the parade on television. On the picture, you can see a huge portrait of former president Deng Xiaoping, probably moved by a car, and behind him there was his slogan: “Pushing reform and opening up”. Four of the presidents, from Mao to Hu Jintao had their portrait displayed on the square and “their” slogan was closely following behind. Mao’s slogan was “The Chinese people have stood up!”; Jiang Zemin’s was: “Adhering to the important thoughts of the three represents”; and finally that of the actual chairman, Hu Jintao: “Implementing scientific outlook on development”.
Hu Jintao’s portrait.
And Hu Jintao himself, in a Mao suit.
Thousands of children (30000 according to a professor) were holding big cards, some were red, some were yellow or other colors. By flipping the cards to the correct color, the children would form words and slogans. Here: 社会主义好 (Communism is good).
“富强民主文明和谐” Prosperous and Powerful Democracy, Civilized and Harmonious Society.
“时刻准备着” Semper Paratus (Always Prepared).
“明天更美好” Tomorrow will be even more beautiful.
At the end of the parade, about thirty floats passed by, each one representing one province. There was Shanxi, Sichuan, Guangdong… and the very last province that everyone thought had been forgotten…: on the picture you can see the characters “Tai” and “Wan”.
On Taiwan’s float, there was some symbols of the “Rebel Island”, one of them the Taipei 101 tower, that was once the highest standing building in the world.
October 18th, 2009 at 15:18
HI。我提个建议，您的博客RSS是否可以改成全文输出。
October 18th, 2009 at 17:57
你好，谢谢你的建议！但是我不太会用RSS。现在好不好？
October 19th, 2009 at 5:00
trabajo de chinos!
October 19th, 2009 at 13:58
lol je croit comprendre la langue de nicole !! XD
interessant qu’il aye mit taiwan en dernier !
c’était quoi le chariot de Xi’an ?
en passant dsl de ne pas t’avoir répondu avant, j’était pas mal oqp (47 film en 10 jour plus j’ai déménager !)
donc j’était déjà abonner a ton flux RSS, car par défault il est installé dans wordpress. Je ne sais pas avec quoi tu a jouer pour dire que tu a installé un rss mais moi ca a rien changer … je recoit toujorus tes rss comme avant ! (et parfois meme avant que tu les publie :P )
lol
a+
Jo
et les feuilles tombe pas mal de ce temps si et el froid recommence à s’installé !
October 19th, 2009 at 15:55
不错的照片！
October 20th, 2009 at 2:10
Dans le char allégorique de Xi’an (en fait de la province du Shaanxi), il y avait des statues de terre-cuite. C’est le symbole de la province.
Je crois que le flux RSS fonctionne maintenant, c’était simple à installer finalement!