Who is the civilian marshal?

Xu Xiangqian.

In life, Xu Xiangqian was ingenious and had a wide range of hobbies, including photography, opera, musical instruments, sewing, handicrafts, reading, and good calligraphy. He didn't talk much, lived a simple life, and didn't pay much attention to food and clothing. He spoke Shanxi dialect all his life and loved to eat Shanxi rice. Everyone affectionately called him "Common Marshal".

During the war years, he mended his own clothes and knitted sweaters. He knitted a woolen vest by himself and wore it for 30 years. In the end, it became a treasure at the bottom of the Xu family's trunk. After his death, the vest was donated to the museum.

Xu Xiangqian often educates army cadres that all work in the army must start from and be based on soldiers. At the mobilization meeting for the Linfen Battle, he said: "As a cadre, you must love soldiers. Every cadre must understand that you need cadres only when you have soldiers, not only when you have cadres. Soldiers are needed to truly charge on the battlefield. Soldiers. Therefore, military cadres must clearly establish the idea of ??serving soldiers."

Xu Xiangqian

Xu Xiangqian (November 8, 1901 - September 21, 1990), courtesy name Jing was born in Yongan Village, Wutai County, Shanxi Province. In March 1927, he joined the Communist Party of China.

Comrade Xu Xiangqian is a loyal communist fighter, a staunch Marxist, a proven proletarian revolutionist and strategist, and one of the founders of the Communist Party of China. Outstanding leaders who hold important leadership positions in the party, state and military.