On this day 73 years ago, October 1, 1952 (August 13, 1952 lunar calendar), the 4th military parade of the Republic. On October 1, 1952, Chairperson Mao Zedong of the Central People's Government was on the Tiananmen Gate. On October 1, 1952, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De took a car to review the honor guard of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Army, Navy and Air Force. On October 1, 1952, the ceremony to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. This year, the Chinese People's Volunteers were engaged in arduous battles against the United Nations Army led by the US Army on the Korean battlefield. The growing strength of the Republic's national defense provides a more solid guarantee for safeguarding the peace of the motherland and resisting foreign aggression. This year's military parade was characterized by the first participation of the public security forces and ethnic minority militia brigades in the parade and the series. The National Day celebration of the third anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was held in Tiananmen Square, the capital, yesterday. During the ceremony, a grand military parade of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and a large parade of people from all walks of life were held, which fully demonstrated the great victories of the Chinese people in all aspects over the past three years and showed the great strength of the Chinese people in defending the motherland and safeguarding world peace. Half a million people from all walks of life attended the ceremony yesterday. Chairperson Mao Zedong of the Central People's Government personally reviewed it. Also present at the review were Zhu De, Song Qingling, Li Jishen and Zhang Lan, Vice-Chairpeople of the Central People's Government; Lin Boqu, Secretary-General; Premier Zhou Enlai of the State Council; Vice-Premier Dong Biwu, Chen Yun, Guo Moruo, Huang Yanpei and Deng Xiaoping; Nie Rongzhen, Acting Chief of General Staff of the People's Revolutionary Military Commission; Shen Junru, President of the Supreme People's Court; Chen Shutong, Vice-Chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; and Peng Zhen, Mayor of the Beijing Municipal People's Government. VIPs who recently visited our country, Prime Minister of the Mongolian People's Republic Zedenbar, were invited to observe the ceremony on the review platform. Also on the review platform were members of the Central People's Government, political commissars, heads of committees, ministries, committees, institutes, departments and banks, chiefs of the Chinese People's Liberation Army land, air and naval forces, standing members of the National Committee of More than 10,000 people attended the ceremony yesterday. On the viewing platform were all the members of the National Day viewing delegation of the Chinese People's Volunteers and the combat heroes of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. There were also model laborers, outstanding engineering and technical personnel and model workers from all over the country in industry, agriculture, water conservancy projects and railway projects, as well as leading cadres, university presidents, professors and outstanding literary and artistic workers from various organs and organizations of the central government and Beijing Municipality. On the viewing platform were also the Xizang tribute group and all the members of the National Day viewing delegations of Changdu, Inner Mongolia, Southwest, Northwest, Central South, Northeast, East China and North China. Also on the viewing platform were all the members of the Korean Overseas Chinese Repatriation Tour, the Indian Overseas Chinese Repatriation Tour, the Indonesian Overseas Chinese Repatriation Tour and the Myanmar Overseas Chinese Repatriation Tour, as well as representatives of Malayan refugees who had been persecuted by imperialism. Foreign guests attending the ceremony included foreign envoys from various countries in China, diplomatic personnel of various embassies, and negotiators. Foreign guests also attended the ceremony. All the staff of the Mongolian People's Republic government delegation, the Czechoslovak "Vitor Niedli Army Art and Art Work Group", the Romanian People's Republic Army Song and Dance Troupe, the Myanmar Land Reform Visiting Group, and the Ceylon Trade Mission. Foreign guests also attended the ceremony. Representatives of delegations from various countries attending the Asia and Pacific Regional Peace Conference. Among the guests were the special invitees of the Asia-Pacific Regional Peace Conference and representatives of international organizations. Also in attendance were the delegations of people from various countries visiting China in Beijing: the British-Chinese Friendship Association delegation, the Icelandic delegation to China, and the entire French youth delegation. Also in attendance were Soviet experts who had been invited to help us with our construction, the director of the Soviet Red Cross Hospital in Beijing, and physicians. Chairperson Mao Zedong came to the viewing platform to thunderous applause. The cheers of "Long Live Chairperson Mao" lasted for a long time. At ten o'clock, Lin Boqu, Secretary-General of the Central People's Government, announced the start of the celebration. The audience stood in silence, the military orchestra played the national anthem, and a hundred gun salutes blared twenty-eight. The parade began. The commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Zhu De, rode on the parade. After the parade, the commander-in-chief of Zhu De came to the reviewing stand to read the order from the headquarters of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to the armed forces of the whole country, and then proceeded to carry out the division of the armed forces. Nie Rongzhen, the acting chief of the general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, led the armed forces into the square, marched west through the reviewing stand, and the audience applauded warmly to welcome them. The troops to be reviewed were led by the ranks of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Military Academy. Then came the general senior infantry school, the senior infantry school, the infantry school, the fighting vehicle school, the artillery school, the senior engineering school, the naval school, the aviation school, the parachute unit, and the public security force. The infantry troops entered the square. They were followed by the militia brigade. The militia were dressed in rural civilian clothes They came from all the provinces of the country, belonging to the Han, Mongol, Hui, Tibetan, Miao, Yi, Manchu, Korean, Li, Min, Tu Lao, Salar, Tu, Li, Lu and other ethnic groups. At this time, the military music changed the melody, and the iron cavalry moved forward briskly. Behind the towing artillery is a phalanx of various artillery squads. Motorized infantry came. One hundred and sixty motorcycles passed slowly. Various armored units continued to follow, forming a powerful steel current. The roar of the air roared from far to near, and the powerful air force fleet passed in batches. The military orchestra finally passed the review stand. The series lasted for one hour and five minutes. The growing and powerful national defense strength of the motherland has repeatedly aroused the cheers and applause of the whole audience. A grand parade of celebrations then began. The people of the capital excitedly brought various charts, models and wordmarks to report to the motherland and the great leader Chairperson Mao the results of the work in the past three years, expressing their will to continue to strive in the future. They walked to the reviewing stand, were reviewed by Chairperson Mao, and cheered for a long time. The demonstrators carried huge portraits of Chairperson Mao and Sun Yat-sen, as well as portraits of Chairperson Mao's close comrades-in-arms Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, portraits of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin, and portraits of Kim Il-sung, Ho Chi Minh, Beirut, Gottwald, Pique, Georgiou Dezhi, Lakosi, Cherwenkov, Hoxha, Zedenbar, Joichi Detian, Dorez, Toriarty, Foster, Politte, and Ibaluli. The demonstrators firmly and enthusiastically expressed their will to defend peace. They put groups of peace doves in front of the reviewing platform. The marchers also held up various wordmarks to oppose the aggression crimes of US imperialism and the bacterial warfare carried out by US imperialism. The marchers cheered the motherland, Chairperson Mao, and the victory of resisting US aggression and assisting Korea. The marchers paid tribute to the People's Liberation Army and the Volunteer Army, and to the model workers. The marchers paid tribute to the great mentor of the people of the world, Grand Marshal Stalin, to the Soviet people, to the Mongolian people, to the heroic people of Korea and Vietnam, to the people of the people's democratic countries, to the Japanese people who opposed US aggression, and to the people of all countries who defended peace and democracy. The marchers paid tribute to Prime Minister Zedenbar on the review platform, and to the representatives and attendees of the Asia and Pacific Regional Peace Conference on the observation platform. At the front of the parade was a huge honor guard made up of 1,000 railway workers, preceded by a large national flag, a giant national emblem, wordmarks celebrating National Day and the flag of the Communist Party of China. Behind the honor guard was a waist drum team, with 1,500 workers and students beating drums and marching forward. The procession of 15,000 young children filled the square with the joy of youth. They cheered "Long live Chairperson Mao". Two small members ran to the reviewing stand and presented flowers to Chairperson Mao. Then, representatives of various democratic parties in China presented pennants to Chairperson Mao. Then, a procession of 90,000 industrial workers, 20,000 farmers in the suburbs, government officials, university and high school students, people from various districts of the capital, and business leaders passed through Tiananmen Square. Then, a procession of fit athletes entered the square. The 3,500 young men and women carried a large placard with the call of Chairman Mao: "Develop sports and enhance people's physique." Finally, the literature and art brigade entered the square. The 5,000-person brigade was led by twelve famous artists, including Lao She, Tian Han, and Cao Yu. The celebration parade ended at 1:50 PM. At this time, the children's team members and government workers lined up in the south of the square advanced to the review stage. The cheers and applause continued for a long time. Chairperson Mao raised his hands again and again to greet the crowd in the square. Chairperson Mao walked to the east and west ends of the front of the viewing platform and waved his hat to the guests on the viewing platform. The celebration ended with cheers and applause. On October 1, 1952, the motorized troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army passed through Tiananmen Square. On October 1, 1952, the artillery of the Chinese People's Liberation Army passed through Tiananmen Square. On October 1, 1952, the rocket artillery of the Chinese People's Liberation Army passed through Tiananmen Square. On October 1, 1952, the cavalry of the Chinese People's Liberation Army passed through Xinhua Gate. On October 1, 1952, the tank troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army marched on Chang'an Avenue. On October 1, 1952, the mechanized troops of the Chinese People's Liberation Army passed through Tiananmen Square. 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