What are the characteristics of the National Day activities of the people of Shanghai, including the first anniversary of the founding of the country, the fifth anniversary celebration, the tenth anniversary celebration, and the annual celebration

National Day commemoration is an important time node to express patriotism, carrying the collective memory of the country and the nation. Since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, various forms of celebration activities have been organized throughout the country on National Day, and "every five and every ten" is a grand celebration. As an important central city in the country, Shanghai's celebration activities are not only grand in scale, but also unique and leave a deep impression on people.

"First anniversary of the founding of the country"

The founding ceremony on October 1, 1949 declared the birth of the people's government. The people of Shanghai, who have suffered greatly, celebrate together with the people of the whole country to stand up from now on.

Early in the morning, landmark buildings such as the International Hotel, Grand World, and Zhonghui Building located in the city center had their five-star red flag hung high. Many families on both sides of Nanjing Road, Huaihai Road, Yan'an Road, and Suzhou River also spontaneously raised their flags, making the entire city a "new place" in terms of weather.

Workers and peasants work hard to produce, providing guarantees for the celebration——

The national flag is essential in celebration activities. As the celebration unfolds, news of the national flag being sold out occasionally comes from various stores. On the evening of September 30th, China Textile First Knitting Factory received the task of rushing to produce 5000 national flags, mobilizing more than 60 employees to launch a surprise production. Everyone worked together with sincerity and competition, working for 13 hours in a row to produce over 6200 national flags, exceeding the task.

In order to enrich the celebration venue, workers from China Textile 19th Factory rushed to set up various lanterns; Workers from Shenxin No. 9 Factory produce various distinctive tool lights, such as shuttles, wire hammers, cloth locomotives, lathes, hammers, and other lights; Farmers in Xinjing also set up many papaya and pumpkin lanterns, preparing to bring rural characteristics to the city center.

Young students strengthen their physical and intellectual abilities, and aspire to defend the people's political power——

At Gezhi Middle School, a basketball celebration match was held in the morning between teachers and students, and Professor Sheng Xugong was invited to talk about the issue of defending world peace; In the afternoon, a recreational event was held, where students and teachers jointly performed a single act creative drama. They wrote, directed, and performed it themselves, fully immersing themselves. Even an elderly worker in his 60s excitedly stepped onto the stage to sing Pingju.

At Wuben Girls' High School, teachers, students, and colleagues happily made torches, made wall posters, and held a celebration in the afternoon. Teachers performed "fire sticks" and colleagues performed "Meng Jiangnu", which was lively and lively.

The most distinctive way to celebrate in Shanghai is to cross the Huangpu River. At 3:00 p.m. on October 1, 12 elite swimmers went into the water from Lujiazui to prepare to cross the river to the Waibaidu Bridge. Although the difficulty of crossing the river far exceeded expectations, and the formation was washed away by the river as soon as they entered the water, everyone braved the wind and rain, chopping through the waves, and successively landed near the Yan'an East Road dock, completing a celebratory feat and pioneering the collective swimming of Shanghai citizens across the river.

Literary and artistic workers are passionate about creating and praising the new era——

Painters in Shanghai enthusiastically painted huge portraits, and by October 1st, they had painted four three zhang high and two zhang wide portraits of Lenin, Stalin, Sun Yat sen, and Mao Zedong, as well as 20 one zhang high and seven foot wide portraits of Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Stalin, and Sun Yat sen, for use in celebrations and regional celebrations. Musicians and literary elites are busy teaching singing, yangko, and waist drums to various groups.

On October 1st and 2nd, the radio station broadcasted two special programs, taught by the Shanghai Broadcasting Orchestra in radio waves, including "March of the Volunteers", "Internationale", and "Defending Peace". The Great China Record Factory completed the production of the "March of the Volunteers" in a surprise attack and quickly put the records on the shelves of major record stores, attracting enthusiastic buyers.

On October 1, 1952, a woman in Shanghai held flowers and cheered and paid tribute to the comrades in the military who participated in the National Day parade.

"Five Year Celebration"

On October 1, 1954, the first large-scale National Day event was held after the founding of New China. With the orderly progress of the Korean War, land revolution, democratic reform, restoration of the national economy, and various construction work, the internal and external environment of New China has been fundamentally reversed, the economic situation has basically improved, and the social atmosphere has undergone profound changes.

A fiery celebration ceremony——

In Shanghai, the National Day celebration ceremony began at 10am on the same day. On both sides of the review platform, there are sixteen more spacious observation stands than in previous years, filled with over 4000 spectators.

When the magnificent national anthem was played, 28 salutes were fired, and an honor guard composed of 1400 workers acted as the leader, carrying the national emblem, raising the national flag, and holding a huge portrait of the leader, passing through the podium with full emotions. Subsequently, about 5000 people from the land, sea, air force, and public security forces, shouting slogans, passed through the podium first.

As the Young Pioneers and sports teams passed through the podium, over 3000 balloons rose one after another. Behind them are representative teams from all walks of life participating in the National Day celebration, forming 32 columns and 62 square formations. They were dressed neatly and energetic, holding machine models and achievement display boards for review.

A cheerful parade——

After the celebration ceremony and review, the mass parade began. Each team is full of spirit, with warm and happy emotions, merging into a 60 route column and gradually entering the People's Square. As they marched, everyone waved flowers and handkerchiefs, accompanied by various movements such as waving, applauding, singing, and calling signs, expressing the joyful mood of celebrating National Day. Afterwards, the parade team divided into six routes and marched in the city according to the prescribed route.

In addition to the four districts of Huangpu, Laozha, Xincheng, and Jing'an, which directly participated in the People's Square parade, there were also 360000 people in the city holding parades on the streets and squares of 17 districts. The entire parade lasted until 3 pm in the afternoon.

On the afternoon of October 1st, water residents and sailors boarded dozens of dragon and phoenix boats and motor boats, illuminating the Huangpu River and celebrating the birthday of their motherland in a unique way unique to the water towns of Jiangnan.

"Ten Year Daqing"

The 10th anniversary celebration of National Day on October 1, 1959 was even more grand than before. As the largest industrial and commercial city in the country, Shanghai is preparing to pay tribute to the 10th anniversary of the National Day with its brilliant achievements in economic construction. Some important venues and buildings have been completed as key projects before the National Day holiday.

The State owned Shanghai 100th Department Store is one of the earliest and largest department stores established in New China. It is known as the "Number One Store in China" due to its unique products and complete range. By 1959, it had more than 1000 employees.

On the National Day of that year, the store experienced an unprecedented shopping frenzy. At that time, the lives of Shanghai citizens were not yet wealthy, but people were happy to go into stores and choose their favorite products during the National Day holiday. Many parents also bring their children to buy new clothes or toys. Young men and women walking on the streets and alleys, keeping up with fashion trends, wearing trendy clothing, showcasing the prosperity of socialist industry and commerce.

Mass marches are still an indispensable celebration activity. During the National Day holiday, compatriots of all ethnic groups in Shanghai dressed in festive attire, singing and dancing, expressing their deep feelings for their motherland to the fullest. The colorful balloons flying into the sky also send people's blessings to various parts of the country. In the parade, there were also scenes of housewives driving "Shanghai made" micro cars.

During the National Day holiday, Shanghai Conservatory of Music held the "Shanghai Music and Dance Exhibition Month" event. At this performance month, 18-year-old Yu Lina performed the violin concerto "Butterfly Lovers" and achieved great success.

In the 1953 National Day parade, Shanghai medical staff displayed the slogan "We have basically controlled the spread of typhoid and paratyphoid fever".

"Celebrating every year"

On October 1, 1950, many Shanghai citizens were awakened by the sound of gongs and drums, firecrackers, and singing. 20 minutes later, everyone took to the streets and joined the parade crowd from all walks of life in East China and Shanghai to celebrate the National Day.

For the purpose of this day's activities, the trams and non trams on the core section of Shanghai urban area will be suspended from 5am to 8pm; In terms of buses, except for the No. 23 Xieqiao to Xujiahui line, all other routes are closed all day. When the dawn falls on the city, every street enters a moment of celebration.

On October 1, 1952, the People's Park was completed and opened to the public for free. According to reports, the number of visitors to the park on that day reached 407000. On that year's National Day, the sky in Shanghai was particularly clear, and millions of citizens dressed up and marched to celebrate the National Day. There are also technology enthusiasts performing airplane models at places such as Hongkou Sports Stadium.

At the 1956 National Day commemoration event, 3000 Shanghai businessmen participated in the National Day parade as employees of public-private partnership enterprises. Multiple parade teams held up production performance statistics charts and various industrial product models, "demonstrating the people's efforts to exceed the completion of the first five-year plan" and "actively preparing to implement the second five-year plan".

During this National Day period, more than 3000 young men and women in Shanghai formed happy families. In order to save costs, alley weddings have become popular. National Day, as a day of added joy, has become a favored auspicious day for many newlyweds. In this way, Shanghai citizens have more closely integrated family celebrations with national celebrations.