Island is the country, the wisdom of China on the land of China | Wang Jicai: Home is the island guardian | Wang Shihua | Wang Jicai
To achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the Chinese Dream, it is necessary to gather strong spiritual strength and strong moral support.
Traditional Chinese culture has always emphasized individual cultivation, and "carrying virtue with material possessions" is the spiritual coordinate of Chinese people's hard work and struggle.
The spiritual coordinates need to be represented by role models. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party and the state have highly praised a group of heroic models who have made outstanding contributions, and launched a large number of moral models, era models, the most beautiful figures, and good people around them, setting an example for the whole society.
Their noble character, ultimately rooted in the profound moral accumulation of the Chinese nation, is a vivid interpretation of the socialist core values and also represents the mainstream of ideological and moral values in today's Chinese society. These are in line with the spiritual connotation of "carrying things with virtue".
Wang Jicai is one of the heroic models. He wrote an extraordinary chapter of life in his ordinary position with unwavering perseverance and dedication. This spirit of patriotism and dedication is a microcosm of the value pursuit of the new era's fighters.
In Guanyun County, Jiangsu Province, there is a stone island with an area of only 0.013 square kilometers, equivalent to the size of two football fields, called Kaishan Island. It is an important strategic border defense island in China.
In 1986, 26 year old Wang Jicai first arrived at Kaishan Island. When he learned that he was going to the newly established militia outpost to guard the "military pass," he was already prepared to endure hardship. In the moment when seeing is believing, Wang Jicai was still dumbfounded: the island was covered in lush weeds but not a single tree; There is no fresh water on the island, it relies entirely on receiving rainwater from the sky; What we eat and use relies on the supply of fishing boats that come and go; A rooster brought to the island couldn't crow here... On the day of landing, Wang Jicai regretted it. On the 40th day on the island, loneliness and solitude made him burst into tears.
On the 47th day on the island, his wife Wang Shihua came to see him. When Wang Shihua saw her husband in front of her, she was stunned. She couldn't recognize the person she had been longing for so long! Wang Jicai's hair was very long, messy and stuck on his head; With a scruffy beard and a dark chin, he looked like a wild man.
Wang Shihua felt very bitter in her heart, but Wang Jicai told her, "Home is the island, and the island is the country. If you don't guard it, I won't guard it. So who will guard it? Since we're here, we'll guard it steadfastly here."
For 32 years, every day on the island began with a flag raising ceremony for two people. Wang Jicai was responsible for unfolding the national flag, using his hoarse throat to shout a loud "salute". Wang Shihua responded with a salute, although her movements were not standardized. This is what Wang Jicai loves to do the most, because he feels that only when the national flag is raised can the island have color.
Over the course of 32 years, over 200 torn national flags, over 40 coastal defense logs, 20 broken radios, over 10 worn-out kerosene lamps, and a life-saving backpack rope recorded the traces of Wang Jicai's protection.
Over the past 32 years, over 100 trees were planted in the crevices of the stones, and countless houses and roads on the island were repaired and repaired. Wang Jicai wants to build a green island, "This is our home.".
Year after year, guarding the island has changed from a "limited mission" to a "lifelong mission.". Wang Jicai once wrote in his last coastal defense log before his death: On July 27, 2018, the weather was sunny. This morning, Shihua and I raised flags on the back mountain playground, patrolled and checked instruments. The sea was calm and everything was normal. We have prepared a new national flag and want to replace it on August 1st... So far, Wang Jicai's name no longer appears in the coastal defense log.
Wife Wang Shihua said, "Perhaps he may not be a good husband or father in the traditional sense in the eyes of others, but he is a good warrior willing to dedicate himself to the motherland."
Nowadays, the deeds of Wang Jicai and Wang Shihua have moved many people, with one island guard after another taking over their flags and continuing to defend the motherland's borders.
