Rome 06/03/2007 - On March 5, represents the date set by the Chinese Grande Timoniere Mao Zedong per ricordare ed imitare le gesta di Lei Feng.
Lei Feng era un giovane orfano originario della regione dello Hunan che si arruolò nell'Esercito di Liberazione molto presto e divenne famoso in tutta la Cina come esempio di lealtà al Partito ma soprattutto di magnanimità e senso civico. Morì in seguito ad un incidente a 22 anni. In "Cigni selvatici" di Jung Chang, ad esempio, si dice che il giovane abbia "donato i suoi risparmi alle opere di assistenza per le persone colpite da calamità naturali e in ospedale aveva ceduto le sue razioni di cibo ai compagni". La propaganda ha utilizzato la figura di Lei Feng per spingere i giovani ad emularne lo spirito racchiuso nell'emblema del "Servire il popolo" e a corrispondere the same loyalty to the party that he placed the military. The Chinese youth of the early '60s was conditioned by the hero, to the point that, as Jung Chang writes, was organized to perform "good deeds such as Lei Feng", she stumbles, at times, comical and unfortunate events, such as that in "Wild Swans": "We used to go to the station to help old ladies to carry their luggage and sometimes [...] had snatched strongly because some, especially those in the countryside, we took for thieves."
According to figures from a survey reported by Xinhua, more than 40 percent of respondents consider, even after 44 years since the launch of the campaign "Learning from Lei Feng" Mao, the young hero, a spiritual model even if the Chinese of the old guard, as the septuagenarian professor interviewed in Beijing, consider how to implement the spirit of today March 5 nearly useless. The Prof.Che says that "In the '60s, students were able to serve the people by repairing bicycles, radios and other equipment, but in the '80s and '90s, even the high school volunteers were able to help others only by something anyone could do, like cleaning the house. "
What is more, since the second half of the '90s, the usual acts of voluntary related to the March 5, such as cutting hair or repairing footwear free of charge, they found some opposition from merchants and which were spread unconfirmed stories about the private life of Lei Feng, describing him as a young man who liked the leather jackets, watches and expensive motorcycles.
Nevertheless, more than half of respondents in opinion polls to remember and follow the example of Lei Feng.
The article was published on the website of the cultural Versoriente at: http://www.versoriente.net/default.asp?riferimento=dettaglioNews&id=24
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