About Old Age
Old age refers to ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings, and is thus the end of the human life cycle. Terms and euphemisms include old people, the elderly, seniors, senior citizens, older adults, and the elders.
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Liang, Jun: China's first woman tractor driver and national icon, dies
She was immortal in China yuan banknotes
A woman who was China's first female tractor driver, and died finally of a national Symbol, at the age of 90.
In 1948, Liang Jun was the only woman in China to take The Job , if You are enrolled in a training class for the tractor driver.
More Than a decade later, a picture of her, full of pride, was driving a tractor to be featured at China-yuan banknote.
"no one could drive as well as I do," You said in a previous interview. "I have No Regrets in This Life . "
Liang Jun was Born in 1930 to a poor family in China in the remote province of Heilongjiang.
she spent most of her early years helping out on a farm and studying in a rural school.
In 1948, when a local school was opened to train a course, the tractor driver, they seized their Chance .
Liang Jun took your Chance , become a tractor driver, was 18According to local media, there were 70 students in The Class with Liang Jun were as the only woman. She has finally finished her training and the country's first woman tractor driver.
A year later, Communist leader Mao Zedong , The Creation of the "People's Republic of China announced.
Long journey from a poor childhoodBy Michael Bristow, BBC World Service Asia-Pacific editor
In earlier times in China, nobles, poets, and military leaders were The Ones to admire. But, when the Communists took power in 1949, a new type of hero was Born - the model workers, a concept already in the Soviet Union .
The Chinese government encouraged poor, hard-working individuals, whose commitment to the building of a socialist country was held high for others to follow.
Liang Jun was one of The First , And One of the most well-known model workers. Her smiling face as she drives her tractor to the-yuan-banknote was to inspire others to have similar heights reached.
It was not only The Class barriers You broke down either. Liang Jun was a symbol for all Chinese Women , and the opportunities which have opened up for You . You made full use of these opportunities. She was an engineer and a politician; a long journey from an impoverished childhood.
Liang Jun, The Communist party of China (CPC) resigned as member and was later sent to a school to learn in Beijing, more about agricultural machinery.
she returned to Heilongjiang after the completion of the studies and the work in the Agricultural machinery Research Institute was published.
In 1962, China began the printing of banknotes presented to a picture of her, a tractor.
Liang Jun to drive a tractor in the ageThe Communist party had a priority population, the mobilization of Women , especially those in the country - in the Land of the growing acquisition.
With Women in the various professions was a way to promote this, with "no occupation is more promoted than that of The Female tractor driver", in the Oxford Handbook of the history of communism.
As China Liang Jun pushed into the spotlight, Her Story was also printed inspired in textbooks and is said to dozens of other Women tractor drivers.
In the year 1990, she retired from her position as chief engineer of the Harbin municipal bureau of agricultural machines, marking the end of several decades in the industry.
You may also like:In recent years, however, Liang Jun fought against various diseases.
they moved often, in and out of consciousness, and was finally tied to the bed, said media reports.
her son, Wang Yanbing, said she died "peacefully" on Monday.
"had You a good fight," he said a Harbin news outlet. "She was always most happy when people speak of her as a China's first female tractor driver. "
On Social Media site Weibo, tributes flowed in for Liang Jun, after her death, became The Top trend.
"You showed that anything a man can do, Women could be not that good," said a commentator.
"good-bye to this woman who held up half the sky," said another comment on a famous phrase of Mao Zedong .
"You 've worked hard, and became the heroine of her generation," said the other. "Good-Bye, Liang Jun. We salute You . "
communist party of china, china, agriculture
Source of news: bbc.com