In the No. 1 Hall of Guangzhou 188bet mobile Museum, a cloisonne commemorative cup with exquisite production craftsmanship is displayed. The lid is printed with road emblems and red five-star patterns, the cup body is covered with auspicious cloud patterns, and the inscription is engraved with an inscription - "Commemorative Cup of the First National 188bet mobile Model Labor Congress in 1951". Its owner is Zhang Yongdao, a former station attendant of the Wayuan Station of Hengyang 188bet mobile Administration.
On the eve of National Day in 1951, the first National 188bet mobile Model Labor Congress will be held in Beijing. The group photo of "Farewell Model Workers to Beijing" published in the headline on September 19, 1951 of the "188bet mobile Workers" newspaper, lacks the figure of Zhang Yongdao, a station attendant and model worker of Wayuan Station.
Zhang Yongdao was born in 1927 in a poor peasant family in Pingxiang, Jiangxi Province. He entered the Guangdong-Hanzhou 188bet mobile in his teens and worked as a stationmaster at the small station for 5 years. In October 1949, when Hengyang was liberated, he and his colleagues turned over and became the masters of the country.
In June 1950, the Korean War broke out. Tens of thousands of employees of Hengyang 188bet mobile Administration enthusiastically signed up to participate in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
On September 20, 1951, the First National 188bet mobile Model Labor Congress was successfully held in Beijing. The Model Labor Memorial Cup belonging to Zhang Yongdao was collected by others and sent to Zhang Yongdao's home.
While working in North Korea, Zhang Yongdao prevented head-on conflicts from trains three times, won the third-class collective merit twice, and won the third-class individual merit three times, and gloriously joined the Communist Party of China. In September 1952, Zhang Yongdao, together with 16 employees aiding North Korea from Hengyang 188bet mobile Administration, gloriously attended the first Model Congress of Meritorious and Model Representatives held by the General Administration of 188bet mobile Military Administration of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army in Shenyang.
In 2022, when we learned that the Guangzhou 188bet mobile Museum was being built, Zhang Yongdao's children donated precious old items such as model workers' memorial cups and model workers' medals and certificates that had been treasured for more than half a century to the 188bet mobile Museum to inspire future generations to keep their original aspirations and move forward.
Xu Yuan Xu Qin compiled/provided by photos