63 years ago today, on August 15, 1962 (July 16, 1962 in the lunar calendar), Lei Feng died. Lei Feng, born in 1940. A native of Changsha, Hunan. Born into a poor peasant family, he became an orphan at the age of seven. On August 15, 1962, Lei Feng, a soldier of the People's Liberation Army, died in the line of duty at the age of 22 (born in 1940). Lei Feng became an orphan at the age of 7. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he was sent to school by the party and the people. After graduating from high school, he participated in land reform and the work of building the country. In 1960, he joined the People's Liberation Army and was integrated into the fourth class of a transportation company of a certain engineering army. He made several meritorious contributions and was rated as a cost-saving pacesetter and a model member of the Communist Youth League. Joined the party in November. After he died in the line of duty, on January 7, 1963, the Ministry of National Defense named his class as "Lei Feng Class". On March 5, Mao Zedong wrote an inscription: "Learn from Comrade Lei Feng." Zhou Enlai wrote an inscription: "Learn from Comrade Lei Feng: hate the clear class position of love, the revolutionary spirit of consistent words and deeds, the communist style of public selflessness, and the fighting spirit of the proletariat who is reckless." Since then, there has been a wave of people across the country, especially young people, learning from Lei Feng.?