Meng Xiangbin's soul returns to Qihe River.

At 0: 30 pm on February 5, 2007, with the deep concern of the army chief, leaders of Jinhua City, officers and soldiers of the army and citizens, with the slow start of the train from Jinhua to Shenyang North, Meng Xiangbin's relatives embarked on the journey back to Shandong with the ashes of the hero.

Major General Deng Tiansheng, Senior Colonel Bi Yongjun, Senior Colonel Zhao Shufeng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, and Sun Huajun, political commissar of Jinhua Military Division, saw him off at the station.

After Meng Xiangbin's body was cremated in Jinhua the day before yesterday, many citizens either called or posted on the forum to ask when the hero's ashes left Jinhua. They finally want to give the hero a ride.

Yesterday at noon, my brother Meng and my sister said that they had made a decision to take all their ashes back. Because Shandong is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, it is deeply influenced by Confucian cultural traditions. Old people hope that the fallen leaves will return to their roots, and even if they die in a foreign country, they will take their ashes back.

Last night, it was reported that Meng Xiangbin's relatives would return to their hometown in Shandong by train that evening. Before they leave, they will take Meng Xiangbin's ashes and take another look at the city. Although the news was kept strictly confidential, many people learned about it through various channels.

From 8 o'clock last night, hundreds of citizens gathered on the South Bridge where Meng Xiangbin was killed and on the banks of Wujiang River. They all came to say goodbye to the hero. In the waiting crowd, Chen Bin from New Century Property Management Company is touching. He will go to Shandong with the love of Jinhua people and the spirit of Meng Xiangbin. Before leaving, he packed a handful of soil from the heroic army, a bottle of water from the Wujiang River sacrificed by the hero, and a paper crane specially made by Jinhua bergamot and folded by Jinhua students overnight.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Meng Xiangbin's wife Ye Qinghua set out from her residence and went to the city funeral home to take out her husband's urn. Holding the urn, Ye Qinghua said softly, "We will go back to Meng Xiangbin's home, and I will take you back to Meng Xiangbin ... I will take good care of the children in Meng Xiangbin and the elderly at home ..."

Then, the motorcade set off from the funeral home, went to the army station where Meng Xiangbin lived, and finally took a look at his troops. The officers and men of the army lined up to welcome Meng Xiangbin and bid him farewell with the highest courtesy.

In the afternoon 10, 13, the motorcade came to the south bridge. Two soldiers got off the hearse with a huge portrait of Meng Xiangbin, and Meng Xiangbin's wife walked slowly towards the South Bridge where her husband died, holding a bone helmet box wrapped in party flag. The soldiers wore military uniforms and paid high tribute to their comrades.

After leaving the Chengnan Bridge, the motorcade carrying the hero's ashes slowly drove around Jinhua City at a speed of 5 kilometers per hour, as if the hero was reluctant to leave the city that trained him and millions of people who loved him deeply.

In the afternoon 1 1, the motorcade arrived at the west station. People who know the news are also waiting here early. Although speechless, people watched the hero's departure with affectionate eyes.

The train slowly left the platform, and the station still echoed with songs written by Jinhua people for heroism. The people who saw him off said in their hearts: Have a nice trip, Xiang Bin!

During the ten-hour drive, passengers came here from other carriages to visit the heroic widow. They came from all corners of the country, silently mourning in front of the carriage, and many people left with red eyes.

At 5pm on February 6th, 2007, with the wailing of the 1034 train, Meng Xiangbin's ashes returned to Qihe, Meng Xiangbin's hometown, under the escort of his wife Ye Qinghua, his sister Xia Meng and the officers and men of the army. In the cold wind, tens of thousands of residents of Qihe County spontaneously came to the station square and counties along the way to welcome the heroes home in a cry.

Shi Haoquan, member of the Standing Committee of Dezhou Municipal Committee and executive deputy mayor; Li Yanhua, member of the Standing Committee of Dezhou Municipal Committee and Minister of Propaganda; Zou Dejia, member of the Standing Committee of Dezhou Municipal Committee and political commissar of Dezhou Military Division; Wei Hongxiang, deputy secretary of Qihe County Party Committee and county magistrate, and other local leaders went to the platform to pay tribute to the heroes and the undead.

At the railway station, Meng Xiangbin's hometown held a grand welcoming ceremony for him. Subsequently, Meng Xiangbin's ashes were loaded into a hearse under the escort of armed police officers and soldiers, and slowly drove to the mourning hall in Qiao Liu Village, Qiao Liu Township, his hometown. Maybe the train can't bear to disturb the resting soul of the hero. 1034 train was supposed to arrive at Yancheng Railway Station in Qihe County at 4: 50 pm, and did not enter the platform until 5 pm. After the train door was opened, Li, the former army lieutenant's staff officer, slowly stepped off the train with a dignified expression, holding an urn covered with party flag in his hand. Later, Meng Xiangbin's wife Ye Qinghua hugged her husband's portrait and was very sad. With the help of relatives, she staggered onto the platform.

On the platform, the officers and men of the armed police who had been waiting for a long time took the urn from the staff officer Li and slowly put it into the wooden coffin. Then, under the escort of two armed police officers and soldiers, four armed police officers and soldiers carried Meng Xiangbin's coffin and marched out of the station.

On the railway station square, the hearse that had already stopped there was filled with wreaths. Armed police officers and soldiers put the hero's coffin on the hearse, which was cleaned by six police motorcycles and 1 police car. Amid the shouts of people along the way, they slowly sailed to Qiao Liu Village, Qiao Liu Township, Meng Xiangbin's hometown.

At 6 o'clock in the evening, the hearse drove into Qiao Liu Village, and Meng Xiangbin's soul returned to his native land where he was born and raised. Four officers and men of the Armed Police put Meng Xiangbin's coffin into the mourning hall filled with wreaths amid heavy sadness and music.

On the 6th, Meng Xiangbin will spend the last night in his hometown. On the afternoon of the 7th, his heroic spirit will be buried in the Martyrs Cemetery in Qihe County. The ashes of the hero Meng Xiangbin will be officially buried in Qihe County Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery.