The spirit of Nanniwan farming for self-reliance

In the spring of 1941, a troop of the Eighth Route Army marched into Nanniwan in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia revolutionary area in northwest China. In the face of enemy blockade and extremely arduous living conditions, the reclamation troop opened up a large area of wasteland in the wild mountains and cultivated it to supply their own needs. The once barren Nanniwan in northern Shaanxi was transformed into a fertile place with thriving rice paddies more typical of south than north China.

Under the CPC leadership, the people's army fostered a powerful spirit of self-reliance in the face of difficulty and hardship. The image of the Nanniwan soldiers, with rifle in one hand and pickaxe in the other, is a lasting memory among the Chinese people.

南泥灣精神

1941年春,八路軍的一支部隊(duì)進(jìn)駐了作為陜甘寧邊區(qū)南大門的南泥灣。面對敵人殘酷的掃蕩封鎖和艱苦的生存環(huán)境,戰(zhàn)士們一邊練兵備戰(zhàn),一邊手握镢頭,在荒山野嶺中開辟出萬頃良田,使昔日的“爛泥灣”變成了稻田翻綠浪、窯洞滿山腰的“陜北好江南”。在開荒屯田、發(fā)展生產(chǎn)的過程中,八路軍培育和形成了以“艱苦奮斗、自力更生”為核心的南泥灣精神。南泥灣精神是中國共產(chǎn)黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人民軍隊(duì)在困境中奮起、在艱苦中發(fā)展的強(qiáng)大精神力量。“一手拿槍、一手拿鎬”的南泥灣精神是中國人民永遠(yuǎn)的傳家寶。