Lu Xun died of illness in Shanghai on October 19, 1936

October 19, 1936

Lu Xun died of illness in Shanghai

Lu Xun’s response to The influence of the Chinese is far-reaching and immeasurable

On October 19, 1936, at 5:25 in the morning, Lu Xun, the writer who always spoke fiercely and was the most militant, died of lung disease due to ineffective treatment. Apartment No. 9, Dalu Xincun, Shanghai.

At 10 o'clock, the body was sent to Wanguo Funeral Home. The condolence hall and corridors of the funeral home were all hung with elegiac couplets, and the open space outside the hall was hung with ropes and covered with snow-white funeral curtains. Workers, students, vendors, newsboys, rickshaw pullers, and scholars came to express their condolences. During the three days of public condolences, an endless stream of nearly 10,000 people came to pay their respects.

At 3:00 pm on the 21st, the funeral was held at Wanguo Funeral Home. The funeral began on the afternoon of the 22nd. Before the funeral, a long line of people had already stood in front of the Wanguo Funeral Home on Jiaozhou Road, Jisi Feier Road, and Zhaofeng Road. During the funeral, several writers including Song Qingling, Cai Yuanpei, Shen Junru and Ba Jin and Xiao Jun of the funeral committee helped the coffin into the hearse. Young artists carried a huge portrait of Mr. Lu Xun painted by Situ Qiao as the leader of the funeral procession. The procession moved forward with heavy steps, and many people joined the procession along the way. The funeral procession became longer and longer.

Cai Yuanpei presided over the funeral held at the Cemetery of All Nations. Soong Ching Ling, Zou Taofen, Zhang Naiqi, Tian Jun, Uchiyama Wanzao and others spoke, and Hu Yuzhi delivered the eulogy. Amid the sounds of mourning music, Song Qingling and Shen Junru covered the coffin with a white silk flag embroidered with "National Soul". The crowd mourned in silence in the dusk and bid farewell to this stubborn rider and warrior. The coffin slowly descended and was placed in the tomb. The crowd sang "Rest in Peace" improvised by Lu Ji and Xian Xinghai: May you rest in peace, rest in peace! May you rest in peace, rest in peace, rest in peace in the land...

my country's first hot-air airship made its first flight successfully

On October 19, the hot-air airship manufactured by a private company-" China-1 successfully took to the skies on its first flight in Beijing.

This company, Beijing Keyuan Light Aircraft Co., Ltd., is my country’s first private jet manufacturing company. A year ago, the AD200 aircraft produced by the company had just obtained the production license issued by the state and reached an annual production capacity of 100 aircraft. Now, with the help of nearly ten aviation experts from two aeronautical and astronautic universities in Beijing and Nanjing, they produced my country's first hot air airship in just over two months. Hot air airship is a new type of aircraft developed in the world recently. It has the comprehensive characteristics of hot air balloon and inflatable airship.

In addition, the "Zhonghua No. 1" hot-air airship is the first hot-air airship in the world to use the streamlined, comfortable, beautiful and novel AD200 aircraft fuselage shape as the pod; the first to use a fiberglass honeycomb sandwich structure pod ; Adopt unique blowing system and inflation system. The airship has undergone comprehensive design research and sufficient testing to achieve excellent flight performance, safety and reliability.

The "Zhonghua No. 1" airship is 33.8 meters long, 14.8 meters high, has an airbag diameter of 12.6 meters, a volume of 2,600 cubic meters, a maximum weight of 650 kilograms, and a maximum level flight speed of more than 25 kilometers/ hours, the ascending speed is greater than 3 meters/second, the minimum turning radius is less than 50 meters, and the effective load is 220 kilograms. According to Yuan Yongmin, manager of Keyuan Company, although the "Zhonghua No. 1" airship had just passed its test flight, it had already been bought by a company in Zhuhai. Because this kind of hot air airship has significant advantages in aviation sports, competitions, travel, advertising and performances, etc. Yuan Yongmin, who pioneered the private manufacturing of aircraft in our country, had no deep connection with the aviation industry at first. He went to Shanghai to contract a small restaurant more than ten years ago and later opened Keyuan Restaurant. Due to his pioneering spirit of "never satisfied and eager for adventure", he used his hotel as a mortgage loan to invest in the civil aviation industry two years ago. Unexpectedly, he filled a gap in Beijing's high-tech field and was well received by Beijing City and Haidian District. strong support.

Nowadays, Yuan Yongmin himself has registered an aviation club to engage in the promotion and popularization of aviation sports. Although the club currently has two types of aircraft, Yuan Yongmin still said that he will be proactive in the future and hopes to try to manufacture newer aircraft. aircraft.

Liu Liancheng, director of the Aviation Department of the National Sports Commission’s Air Traffic Management Center and chairman of the National Balloon Flight Committee, said: “Our country is relatively backward in the development of aviation sports, and it is very difficult to rely on state investment; aviation sports should go towards the society and science and technology The source company has opened a path in this regard, which may have broad prospects in the future

The first time humans have hiked through the world's largest canyon

A U-shaped mountain canyon that resembles a horseshoe, with two The straight-line distance between the two ends is less than 40 kilometers, but the river bed drop suddenly drops from an altitude of about 2,800 meters to 600 meters. The fact is clear that the Brahmaputra Grand Canyon is the deepest grand canyon in the world. In order to enter the Grand Canyon for scientific research, Chinese scientists. We had planned to set off twice in the past few years, but they were stranded because there was no money.

On October 19, 1998, the scientific expedition finally took place. The scientists walked through this historical place. No one has fully traveled through the Grand Canyon, because it is impossible to truly understand it without visiting it in person. There is a place called Motuo in the Grand Canyon. In Tibetan Buddhism, it means paradise. In the hearts of Tibetans, it is an inaccessible place. After 42 days of trekking, the scientific expedition team arrived at this mysterious paradise. With a large amount of precious first-hand information, they met in Zhaqu and engraved "The first time humans have walked through the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon." 15 commemorative plaques with large golden characters stand tall on the slopes of Zaqu Village at the top of the Grand Canyon, marking the milestone in the history of human exploration.

October 1950. 19th

The Chinese People’s Volunteers went to North Korea to participate in the war

On the evening of October 19, 1950, four corps and three artillery divisions of the Chinese People’s Volunteers went to North Korea to participate in the war and began to secretly cross the Yalu River. , fighting side by side with the Korean People's Army to fight against the "United Nations Army" led by the United States.