University Organized Qingming Memorial Visit to Honor Founder Mr. Wu Qingxing

On April 5, the annual Qingming Festival, the founder’s family, Wu Lingfeng (a director of Yang’en University), representatives of the founder’s former close friends, all school leaders, heads of all colleges and departments, teacher-student representatives, and alumni representatives visited Yang’en Cemetery to conduct the Qingming memorial. The memorial ceremony was presided over by Cheng Ruping, the university’s deputy party secretary.

Around 10:00 a.m., the memorial activities began. Members of the “Young Eagles” emergency response squad stood solemnly on both sides of the cemetery steps, with the flag bearer holding flower baskets aloft, guiding the faculty and students in a steady procession through the stone arch, up the steps, and to the founder’s tomb.

On behalf of the founder’s family and the Yang’en University Board of Directors, Wu Lingfeng expressed gratitude to the faculty and students for joining the memorial. He urged everyone to inherit and carry forward Mr. Wu Qingxing’s spirit of patriotism and devotion to the homeland, and to transform their commemorations into strong motivation for work and enterprise. He called on all to unite and strive to build the university into a distinctive, high-level, applied private university.

The scene was quiet and still, save for the school band’s rendition of the school song, which lingered in the air with a melodious rhythm. All participants stood with bowed heads, paying deep respect in silence; the student representative, Ma Ronghao, read the memorial tribute with heartfelt sincerity.

Leadership, teachers, and student representatives then approached in turn, bowed deeply at the founder’s tomb, presented flowers, and slowly circled it.

Visiting the founder Mr. Wu Qingxing’s tomb at the Qingming Festival has been Yang’en University’s tradition for many years. It aims to deeply remember the founder, to inherit and exalt his noble character of caring for the homeland, dedication to education, willingness to sacrifice, and readiness to undertake missions. It is meant to inspire all faculty and students to remember the founder’s instructions, carry forward the founder’s spirit, and, with a higher fighting spirit and a more pragmatic style, to jointly compose a magnificent chapter of high-quality development for Yang’en University in the new era. (Lai Yanling/writing, Lai Yanling and Huang Wei-hua/photography)