One of its characteristics: from "loyalty to the monarch and patriotism" to the realization of people's interests and ideals in the war of resistance against Japan, "building our new Great Wall with flesh and blood" shows the great wisdom and courage of "doing my best until I die".
Although the Chinese nation has always had a fine tradition of patriotism, due to the influence of feudal ethics, traditional patriotism will inevitably lay the brand of "loyalty to the monarch and patriotism". Yue Fei, a national hero who "cleans up the old mountains and rivers from scratch", is a typical example of "serving the country faithfully". Practice has proved that the "loyalty to the monarch" of feudal scholar-officials can easily lead to "foolish loyalty". From Gong Zizhen, Wei Yuan, Lin Zexu to Sun Yat-sen, they all devoted themselves to exploring the true meaning of patriotism, but the transformation from traditional patriotism to proletarian patriotism began after the birth of the China * * * production party, to be exact, it was realized during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. Its fundamental symbol is that patriotism is based on the fundamental interests of the country and the people, and it is integrated with the ideals and beliefs of capitalism. On the one hand, the broad masses of soldiers and civilians are not fighting for the "monarch", nor for the self-interest of one party or faction, but for the improper self-interest of the "conquered" and for the sacred purpose of saving the nation. On the other hand, China's producers, who take the world as their responsibility, also linked the bloody war of resistance, patriotism and the realization of the lofty ideal of capitalism, fought for the truth, sacrificed for capitalism and shed blood for the Soviet Union. Fang Zhimin, the anti-Japanese advance team of the Red Army and the political commissar of the Red Army 10, is one of the outstanding representatives. He was betrayed by a traitor. Unfortunately, after he was captured, he never gave in under the torture of the enemy and never wavered under the persuasion of the enemy. Before he died, he wrote: "The enemy can only cut off our heads and never shake our faith! Because the doctrine we believe in is the truth of the universe! Sacrifice for * * * and bleed for the Soviet Union, which is what we are very willing to do! " In the first battle, Pingxingguan, Yangming Fort set fire to a hundred regiments that shocked the enemy, the five strong men of Langya Mountain jumped off the cliff and died for their country, all the officers and men of Majiacun died heroically, and all 82 members of Huaibei Company died for their country. All these were the highest manifestations of proletarian patriotism, revolutionary heroism and Japanese imperialism. In other words, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression realized the transformation from traditional patriotism to proletarian patriotism, and the formation and development of proletarian patriotism provided great spiritual strength for War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory. Practice shows that patriotism is a dynamic process with different contents in different historical periods, which promotes historical progress and develops itself at the same time. This tells us that in the new historical period, carrying forward the spirit of patriotism should be unified with adhering to socialism, so that patriotism can be built on the cornerstone of building Socialism with Chinese characteristics Theory. From striving for independence and national liberation of the motherland to building a socialist modern motherland, this is the development of China people's patriotism in line with historical laws. In this sense, socialism is the soul of patriotism. If we don't know what socialism is and how to build it, patriotism will be lost or even distorted. In other words, if you love your motherland, you should love socialism and the socialist motherland. This is the essential embodiment of the concept of patriotic development in the new period.
The second feature: the patriotic spirit of a few celebrities has developed into the patriotic enthusiasm of the whole people for the war of resistance against Japan, which has caused the sea in Wang Yang to be devastated.
In the historical corridor of the Chinese nation, the patriotic spirit as bright as the Milky Way is everywhere. However, traditional patriotism pays attention to the patriotic spirit of a few celebrities and ignores the patriotic feelings of praising and inspiring the people. In other words, saving the nation and saving the people from fire and water depends on the emergence of a few "leaders" and "saviors", which is the reflection of historical idealism on patriotism and the sorrow of the nation. This is probably one of the important reasons why some national heroes and patriots "can't work hard", "would rather die than surrender" or even fail. War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's patriotism abandoned the historical idealism of "heroes make history", didn't believe in "saviors", didn't rely on "immortals" and "emperors", and regarded the people as the main body of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the military and civilians as the foundation of victory, which made the military and civilians know themselves for the first time and sang the strongest voice of the times that "we are the masters of the world" from the heart for the first time. It is precisely because of the popularity and consciousness of patriotism that the military and civilians were not intimidated by the Panjiayu Massacre, the Nanjing Massacre and the "three-light" policy of the Japanese invaders, and there were heroic scenes of "mother sending her son, wife sending her husband", "father dying and son succeeding, husband dying and wife acting on her behalf", and "fighting the East" with one heart and one trillion trillion trillion, which condensed into a common enemy. One of the important reasons why War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression was trapped by the enemy was to arouse the patriotic enthusiasm of the whole people for the war of resistance. However, this patriotism with the broad masses is not spontaneous, but the result of our party's guidance, encouragement and cultivation. On the one hand, improve the national self-esteem and self-confidence of the military and civilians through various forms, so that they can link their own interests with national interests. On the other hand, our party has extensively carried out activities of supporting the government and loving the people in the army, and made them realize that our party and army fundamentally represent the interests of the people through a large number of facts. Facts show that War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression provided an opportunity for the development of patriotism from a few celebrities to the national war of resistance, and the patriotic enthusiasm of the national war of resistance created an invincible trend. This has at least a little enlightenment for us to carry forward the spirit of patriotism in the new historical period: that is, to unify patriotism and love for the people. Proletarian patriotism has always been the unity of patriotism and love for the people. When national interests and sovereignty are threatened, patriotism is embodied in defending the country; When there is no such threat, patriotism is mainly reflected in loving the people. The so-called love for the people, fundamentally speaking, is to uphold the people's interests above all else, and regard respecting, serving and benefiting the people as the starting point and destination of thinking, doing things and making decisions. "My official Zhai is lying listening to the rustling bamboo, which is suspected to be the voice of the people's sufferings. Some small officials in Caozhou County always care about their feelings. " In the feudal era, "some small officials in Caozhou County" were still so concerned about people's sufferings. How can we * * producers who take the world as their responsibility and the people as their father "hide in small buildings for fun and hate the sufferings of the masses"?
The third feature: from narrow and closed patriotism to open patriotism, it unites countries and people with different social systems and ideologies and forms a broad anti-fascist United front.
The long-term isolation of the Chinese nation has also made traditional patriotism narrow and closed, and regarded the patriotic thought of "learning from foreigners to control foreigners" as "obsessed with foreigners and forgetting their ancestors and ancestors" and even labeled it "traitorous". It is this "patriotic thought" that makes many people stubborn and arrogant, thus making mistakes in the country and the people. In fact, blind xenophobia and worship of foreign things are all caused by ignorance, paranoia and narrow vision. As the main battlefield in the East, China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression have been closely linked with the world anti-fascist war, forcing people to think about the strategic issues of China and War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression from the pattern and trend of the world anti-fascist war, thus breaking the narrow vision and unifying patriotism and internationalism. That is, starting from the common interests of our people and the people of the world, we should not only oppose the oppression and slavery of the Japanese aggressors against the people of China, but also actively support the anti-fascist war of the brotherly countries, and form a broad international anti-fascist United front regardless of nationality, belief and social system. We are not only linked with more than 50 countries, such as the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain and France, but also launched a political offensive against the Japanese army, and implemented the policy of combining leniency with severity and punishing prisoners, which awakened their conscience, so that Japanese soldiers in China and Japanese soldiers successively established Japanese soldiers awakening alliance and Japanese anti-war alliance in China. 1In August, 942, a congress of anti-war groups in North China was held in Yan 'an, and the organization law and struggle program of the anti-war alliance in North China and Japan were formulated. This not only promoted the development of the anti-war movement within the Japanese army, but also many comrades of the anti-war alliance went to the front to fight side by side with our army, even sacrificed heroically, and some even left no names. As for Bethune, Ke Dihua, Si Nuo, Smedley and other international friends, their contributions to the liberation of the Chinese nation are well known. Facts show that China War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory is a victory of patriotism and internationalism. If we are confined to the narrow patriotic consciousness of blind xenophobia and do not seek the support and help of international public opinion, I am afraid that War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression will go through more than eight years and pay a greater price than more than 35 million casualties.