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Excuse me: When and where was this photo taken? Who are the characters?

Photo information: Chairman Mao had a cordial conversation with poor peasant members in Shaoshan, his hometown. ( 1959)

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Mao Zeyou said that his father Mao Yisheng was in this precious photo. (photo by Ouyang Tian)

This photo was taken by a foreign journalist abroad and sent back to Shaoshan decades later.

Xiangtan Online February 20th (Xiangtan Evening News reporter Ma) "This photo on the wall of the hall was taken by Chairman Mao while chatting with relatives and neighbors. My father is standing in the second position from the left in the back row. " /kloc-One morning in February, 2009, we arrived at Mao Zeyou's home in Shaoshan Village, Shaoshan City, and Mao Zeyou happily introduced us to the characters in the photo.

The photo with Chairman Mao once spread abroad.

1June, 959, Chairman Mao returned to Shaoshan, his hometown after 32 years' absence. On the morning of June 26th, while chatting with the Tang family, Mao Zeyou's father Mao Yisheng also arrived, and a photographer took photos for them.

Mao Zeyou was only 12 and a half years old at that time. He went to Shaoshan Primary School early that morning and missed the opportunity to take a photo with Chairman Mao. Every time I listen to my father talking about taking pictures and look at the smile on his face, he always wants to see that picture with his own eyes one day. Although his father is gone and he is getting old, he always takes it to heart.

20 12 65438+ 10 16, and the Chinese new year will be celebrated in six or seven days. Mao Zeyou and his eldest son are still busy building a house. Don came to his house with a big photo frame. The photo in the photo frame is a photo of his father and Chairman Mao. "Fifty-three years later, I can still see it with my own eyes. I was particularly excited at the time. " Mao Zeyou said that although he didn't see the original photo, it was a blessing for his family to get this reproduced and enlarged photo in his later years.

Mao Zeyou asked Tang why it took so many years for the photo of his father and Chairman Mao to appear now. Tang said that there is still an episode about this photo. "Tang told me that this photo was taken by a foreign journalist abroad, and it was sent to Shaoshan decades later." After listening to Tang's explanation, Mao Zeyou decided to cherish this hard-won photo.

Chairman Mao called Mao Zeyou's father "uncle"

19 At about 9: 30 in the morning of February, Mao Zeyou and I sat around the charcoal basin, and he began to tell in detail the story that happened in the photo at that time, which was told to him by his father.

Mao Zeyou said,1June 26th, 959 was a sunny day. At 8 o'clock in the morning, my father Mao Yisheng cut cattle and grass at the foot of Chairman Mao's parents' cemetery. A staff member dressed as a cadre asked his father if he had seen Chairman Mao. His father replied that he hadn't seen him for decades. Then the staff told his father that Chairman Mao would come soon.

"My father is a bit dubious. When he was still chatting with the staff member, Chairman Mao had already gone down the mountain after giving his parents a grave. " Mao Zeyou said that before his father could react, Chairman Mao greeted him, took the initiative to hold his father's hand and had a cordial conversation.

Mao Zeyou said that his father, Mao Yisheng, once recalled that Chairman Mao asked about his seniority and learned that he was a descendant. After a generation older than Chairman Mao, he called his father and uncle very kindly, and then walked back together.

The photo with Chairman Mao is full of rural life.

"When Chairman Mao went to Tangjia, Xiejiawutang, he said that he must go in and have a chat." Mao Zeyou said that after Chairman Mao entered the hall, he sat on a small square stool. Mao Xiasheng, the brother of Tang's husband, stopped stepping on the field and ran into the hall to sit beside Chairman Mao. Tang and her eldest son and sister-in-law are standing on Chairman Mao's right. His father, Mao Yisheng, and a female worker are standing next to Tang.

"After hearing that Chairman Mao was going to take a photo with my father and the Tang family, my father waved to Guo Dingshan, the neighbor who came over, and told him to come and take a photo together." Mao Zeyou pointed to the right trouser leg of Guo Dingshan in the photo and the expression of his father's brief conversation with Guo Dingshan. He thought this photo was the most lively, and it happened to be captured by the photographer.