13-year-olds with XI unveiled for Memorial Ding | Sun XI Jinping | |, five of the victims in Nanjing massacre Memorial Ding _ news

Beijing News newsletter (reporter Li Dandan) this morning, on the first National Memorial Day, President XI and Xia Shuqin Nanjing massacre survivor representatives and 13 year old Ruan Zeyu as "National Memorial Ding" campaign.

After the ceremony, who wear red scarves, bibs, junior high school students for the experience seem very quiet. In a Beijing News reporter's interview, the students seem bashful and shy.

Ruan Zeyu, now 13, was 13th in Nanjing Hongshan junior student in middle school, and fifth-generation grandson of Ruan Jia Tian of the victims of the Nanjing massacre.

Ruan Zeyu relative to reporters, according to his understanding, unveiled for Memorial Ding person is first and foremost a survivor's choice among the descendants of some of the older children, began to 8 candidates. She introduced and subsequently selected only 2 candidates left. "At the end of the examination, also heard that they want to examine walking posture. ”

Ruan Zeyu told the Beijing News, around the beginning of December when knew he would come unveiled for Memorial Ding. However, the news did not make him very nervous, in a ceremony the night before, he still "sleep well".

Recalled at the ceremony today, said Ruan Zeyu, actually in the stage to unveil the Memorial Ding is not nervous, nervous in the acquisition did not come. "I said to Mr XI took a good Grandpa, the President also shook hands with me. ”

In order to ensure the smooth holding of the ceremony and Memorial Hall to attend Ruan Zeyu recently had 6, 7 walkthrough, and took leave of the school.

(Original title: the reality: together with XI Jinping unveiled for Memorial Ding who is the child? )

The Beijing News