Jiyatai’s life experience

As a child, Ji Yatai was stocky, sensible and intelligent. After studying in a private school for several years, due to the decline of his family, his father sent him to Qiaerqizhao Temple in Guisui (now Hohhot). Jiyatai's uncle, who was a lama in the temple, took him in. In 1915, his uncle sent the 14-year-old Ji Yatai to Tumote Higher Primary School. It was here that Ji Yatai met Li Yuzhi, Ulan Fu and others, and they became close friends of the revolution who trusted and respected each other.

Tumut Higher Primary School has a history of more than 200 years. It is a school specially designed to cultivate talents for the Mongolian people in Tumut Banner. Jiyatai cherishes this hard-won opportunity and studies very hard. serious. In 1919, after the May 4th Movement broke out, Tumut Banner students such as Guangrong Xian and Ba Wenjun who participated in the movement in Peiping (today's Beijing) returned to their hometown from time to time to publicize the current situation of the movement. Progressive young people such as Ulanfu, Li Yuzhi, and Ji Yatai Infected by the passion of students in Peiping, he also actively contacted and organized students from local schools to take to the streets to publicize and demonstrate.

In the summer of 1923, Glory was first entrusted by the Peking Mongolian and Tibetan School to return to his hometown to recruit students. Jiyatai and more than 30 classmates, including Ulanfu, Li Yuzhi, and Duo Songnian, traveled all the way to Beijing to study. However, after the "May 4th Movement" in Peiping, the revolutionary situation was not as lively as they imagined. The Mongolian and Tibetan schools under the control of feudal princes were even more lifeless, which was incompatible with the ideals of this group of progressive young people who longed for liberation. Just when they were anxious about the suffering of their nation, Li Dazhao, the head of the Northern Bureau of the Communist Party of China, Deng Zhongxia, and Zhao Shiyan sent them Marxism, pointing out the way forward for these depressed and hesitant young people. Under the leadership of the Northern Bureau of the Communist Party of China, Ulanhu, Jiyatai and others actively participated in various student movements and revolutionary activities and grew up quickly. At that time, Ji Yatai was mainly responsible for publicity and liaison work, and sometimes even traveled all day long between major universities in Peiping. Li Dazhao liked this increasingly mature Mongolian youth very much. He once patted his shoulder and encouraged him: "Work hard and train your talents in the furnace of revolutionary struggle. The important task of liberating Inner Mongolia will fall on you in the future!" In 1924! By 1925, Ulanfu, Kuibi, Duosongnian, Li Yuzhi and Jiyatai had joined the Communist Party of China and became the first batch of Mongolian members of the Communist Party of China. In the Inner Mongolia Museum, there is an opera script called "The New Mulan Joins the Army". The paper of the script has turned yellow, but the strong and neat handwriting on it is still clearly legible. This script silently records a period of turbulent years. That was between 1938 and 1946. Jiyatai worked in Mongolia for nearly 8 years. During this period, he created more than a dozen scripts, and "The New Mulan Joins the Army" is one of them. one.

In 1938, the party organization instructed Jiyatai to leave for Mongolia and report to the representatives of the Communist International. After that, he was left in Mongolia to do the political leadership of overseas Chinese. The Communist International arranged for him to serve as the director of the theater troupe at the China Workers Club, under the pseudonym "Wang Xi". During this period, Jiyatai did a lot of effective work to unite overseas Chinese, promote national culture, promote Marxism-Leninism, and inspire the anti-Japanese enthusiasm of the overseas Chinese. He wrote and directed the four-act opera "The New Mulan Joins the Army", using the image of Mulan to call on the patriotic overseas Chinese to pay attention to and support the motherland's war of resistance. After the opera was staged, it was warmly welcomed by local overseas Chinese and Mongolian people. Since then, he has written and directed more than a dozen scripts such as "Marco Bridge".

In addition to being a director, Ji Yatai also serves as the editor-in-chief of the "Worker's Road" newspaper. The reporter saw a photocopy of the December 1941 issue of "The Workers' Road" from Jiyatai's eldest daughter Jiyuan. In this issue of the newspaper, there is a song called "Sowing", and the lyricist is Ji Yatai, who is signed "Wang Xi".

Yang Zhicheng, a Dong general who pioneered the logistics work of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, also recalled his experience as an editor at the "Workers' Road" newspaper. In Yang Zhicheng's memory, newspaper editor-in-chief Wang Xi treated people warmly and without any airs. Because he had no previous experience as an editor or reporter, Yang Zhicheng learned a lot of editing and interviewing knowledge and experience from Wang Xi. Yang Zhicheng was very grateful to Wang Xi, the editor-in-chief, and always wanted to know about Wang Xi's life experience, but every time he asked Wang Xi, Wang Xi always smiled and refused to answer. It was not until after the founding of New China that Jiyatai was appointed as China's ambassador to the Mongolian People's Republic of China that Yang Zhicheng realized that Jiyatai was Wang Xi who was working in Mongolia as a secret party member. In 1949, with the liberation of Northeast China and North China, the military and civilians in the Xica area also ushered in the dawn of victory. On September 27, 1949, on the eve of the founding of New China, Chairman Mao Zedong presided over the first plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The conference passed resolutions on the capital, era, national anthem, and national flag of the People's Republic of China. Xinhua News Agency transmitted this major news to various places through radio waves. Ji Yatai, who was then Secretary of the Working Committee of the Xicha League of the Communist Party of China, and other leading comrades, sat excitedly in front of the only radio in the Working Committee at that time, listening to the news from Beijing.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the flag of the People's Republic of China is red and rectangular, with five yellow five-pointed stars on the upper left side of the flag. One star is larger, located on the left; 4 small stars are smaller, surrounding the big star on the right. Ji Yatai led everyone to carefully draw the pattern of the five-star red flag.

In the process of designing the five-star red flag, there was a very interesting detail: At first, everyone thought that the four small stars were arranged in a row to the right of the big star. Later, after careful discussion and research, it was determined that the four small stars were arranged around the big star. To the right of the big star.

After the pattern was drawn, Ji Yatai called He Xingge, deputy director of the Financial Department of the Xicha Office of Beizimiao (today's Xilinhot City), to the office and assigned him to be responsible for preparing the production of the national flag. He Xingge first contacted the trading company to find red and yellow fabrics, and then invited Tang Luqing, the most famous tailor in Beizi Temple. Master Tang carefully cut the fabrics and sewed the first national flag of the Xilingol League stitch by stitch.

On October 1, Chairman Mao Zedong solemnly declared on the Tiananmen Gate Tower: The People's Republic of China was founded! At the same time, more than 700 party and government officials, PLA commanders, school teachers and students, herdsmen and lama representatives from Beizi Temple also held a grand gathering in front of the working committee compound. Under the watchful eyes of all participants, the first five-star red flag of the Xilingol League rose slowly and fluttered in the wind over the grassland.

Today, this five-star red flag is treasured in the cultural relics exhibition hall of Beizi Temple in Xilinhot City and has become a precious cultural relic of patriotic education.

At the beginning of the founding of New China, the central government dispatched more than 10 leading cadres of the party, government and military as the first batch of ambassadors sent abroad by New China. Among the first batch of 11 ambassadors, Jiyatai is the only one from an ethnic minority.

On October 6, 1949, Choibashan, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Mongolian People’s Republic of China, sent a note to Premier Zhou Enlai and congratulated the founding of the People’s Republic of China and decided to establish diplomatic relations with our country. , send diplomatic representatives to each other. On October 16, Premier Zhou Enlai returned to China and expressed his warm welcome, and the two countries officially established diplomatic relations.

In June 1950, Jiyatai was appointed as the first ambassador to Mongolia. Before leaving, Ji Yatai received a notice that Premier Zhou Enlai would meet with the first generation diplomats of New China. Accompanied by comrades from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ji Yatai, Counselor Fu Hao and others came to the Xihua Hall of Zhongnanhai, where Premier Zhou Enlai lived and worked. Premier Zhou Enlai had already been sitting on a small sofa waiting for everyone.

“Comrade Jiyatai,” Premier Zhou Enlai looked at Jiyatai and said cordially, “You came back from the Soviet Union and you know Russian; you are Mongolian and you know Mongolian; and you were in Ulanba. I have been with you for many years and I am familiar with the situation. It is very good and it is convenient to work!" With that said, Premier Zhou Enlai carefully reviewed the credentials to be submitted to the President of the Mongolian People's Republic and made some modifications in them. Later, Premier Zhou Enlai warned: "The Mongolian People's Republic of China is our close neighbor and a brotherly country. You must be modest and prudent, be friendly with others, respect other people's customs and habits, and abide by foreign affairs disciplines..."

At that time, the railway from Beijing to Ulaanbaatar had not yet been repaired, and Jiyatai suffered from high blood pressure and could not fly. In order to arrive before Mongolia's National Day, Jiyatai, his family and entourage traveled day and night to Ulaanbaatar in a jeep, sometimes sleeping in the car at night. Jiyatai had walked this road many times during the Anti-Japanese War, but at that time he had to disguise himself in order not to reveal his identity. This time it was different. He was going to Mongolia with Chairman Mao Zedong's letter of appointment. His heart was filled with a supreme sense of glory!

On the night of arriving in Ulaanbaatar, Jiyatai attended the Mongolian National Day celebration. During the following three days of the "Nadam" celebration meeting, Jiyatai and other diplomats had extensive contact with the Mongolian party and government. leaders and people from all walks of life. At that time, not only the Mongolian people, but also the Soviets and overseas Chinese in Ulaanbaatar approached the Chinese diplomatic envoys with novel eyes and a cordial attitude. Jiyatai also proactively promoted New China's achievements in various aspects and the basic principles of New China's foreign policy, winning the goodwill and trust of Mongolia's party and government leaders and people from all walks of life in New China, and expanding the influence of New China. .

According to Jiyatai’s wife Ren Xiuzhen’s recollection, in the autumn of 1951, Jiyatai and his wife received an invitation from Marshal Qiubashan to hold a family dinner. When the banquet started and Qiao Bashan and his wife wished Ji Yatai a happy birthday, Ji Yatai suddenly realized that this family dinner was specially arranged by Mongolia to celebrate Ji Yatai's birthday. This family dinner left unforgettable memories for the Jiyatai couple. It reflected the Mongolian people's deep friendship and good wishes for the Chinese people.

In 1953, Ji Yatai was transferred back to China due to health reasons. During Jiyatai’s tenure, China and Mongolia had several major political and diplomatic activities and economic and cultural exchange activities: in July 1951, during the 30th anniversary celebration of the victory of the Mongolian People’s Revolution, China sent a government delegation to participate in the celebration; in 1952, the People’s Republic of China On National Day, China held its first large-scale industrial exhibition in Ulaanbaatar and sent cultural and artistic groups to perform in Mongolia; in 1952, when Marshal Choibashan, the leader of the Mongolian people, passed away, China sent a high-level delegation to attend Choibashan’s funeral... In these activities During the visit, Ji Yatai led the entire embassy staff to go all out to cooperate with domestic comrades to successfully complete the task, which enhanced the friendly cooperation and mutual trust between China and Mongolia.