In the middle of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, the Monument to the People's Heroes stands tall. It always reminds people that countless people with lofty ideals have struggled their whole lives for the happiness of the people and the prosperity of the motherland.
Our great motherland is one of the birthplaces of world civilization, with a history of more than 5,000 years of civilization. In this long historical process, she has experienced glory and suffered humiliation. When history entered the nineteenth century, our motherland fell into many crises. She has been invaded and humiliated by various imperialist countries on the outside, squeezed and betrayed by feudal and decadent forces on the inside. Large areas of territory have been ceded, huge wealth has been plundered, and countless people have been massacred. National subjugation and genocide are no longer a fairy tale to scare children, but a real threat faced by every Chinese.
Faced with the danger of the motherland, the good sons and daughters of China rose up. They went on to launch hundreds of anti-imperialist and anti-feudal riots and uprisings. However, all these efforts have failed under the joint stranglehold of Chinese and foreign reactionary forces, and the "three big mountains" are still pressing on the heads of the Chinese people.
The victory of the Russian October Revolution enabled the Chinese people to see the dawn of freedom and liberation; the earth-shaking feats of the Soviet workers and peasants provided a reference for Chinese revolutionaries. As a result, Marxism spread rapidly in China and combined with the revolutionary movement, giving birth to the Communist Party of China. The ancient Eastern civilization has finally embarked on the road to revival.
Although the direction has been clear and the road has been gradually found, every revolutionary knows that the road to this sacred goal is not an easy one. The Chinese sons and daughters gathered under the banner of Sickle and Ax despised all difficulties and put their personal safety aside. They joined hands and resolutely embarked on an arduous journey. In order to save the motherland from the sea of suffering, they paid a huge price, and many people gave their precious lives. The series of books "Stories of the Leaders and Founding Fathers of the Communist Party of China" presented in front of readers are the stories of these outstanding sons and daughters of China.
