Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-06-12

Poplar Trees Take Root in the Gobi, Generation after Generation of Heroes Dedicate Their Lives to the Nation

一株株白杨扎根戈壁，一代代英雄以身许国

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Source-stated publication date	2026-06-12
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航天城里的白杨 ■院浩在河西走廊的尽头，深入戈壁的腹地，有一座城。城不大，名字却响彻云霄——东风航天城。初到此处，最令我讶异的，并非是那些高耸入云的发射塔架，而是城中四处都有的挺拔白杨。它们成排成行，树干笔直地刺向苍穹。远远望去，那风姿气度，像极了一枚枚蓄势待发的长征火箭，沉默中涌动着向上的力量。戍边的人，似乎都对白杨有种特殊情结。那首曾经风靡全国的《小白杨》，唱的就是边防哨所旁的一棵白杨树。而在这座航天城，这份情感似乎来得更为深沉、更为炽烈。你看城里的那些树，年轮里都藏着故事。粗的，怕是见证了第一代奠基者的风霜；细的，则是后来者续写的新篇。它们无一例外地站得整齐。这断然不是随意撒种便能长成的，而是一代代建设者经年呵护的结果。可以想见，60多年前，当第一支队伍踏进这片千里戈壁、万里黄沙时，天地间是没有这般生机的。那是1958年，帝国主义的核威胁如黑云压城。党中央下了决心，要在这片不毛之地，开创新中国自己的导弹事业。于是，一支曾在朝鲜战场上令敌人闻风丧胆的队伍，奉命秘密归国，出现在了这片茫茫戈壁滩。带领他们的，是从长征路上走过来的战将孙继先。在戈壁滩扎下根来，何尝不苦？没有房子，没有水，大家挤在地窝子里，连洗漱都成了奢侈，那是真正意义上的一穷二白。我好像明白他们为何会爱上白杨：这树，不矫情，不娇气，不怕风，也不怕沙，给一点水就能活，落一片土就能生根。这不就是当年官兵自己的写照吗？在那座不大的史馆里，我见到了老照片上的他们：脸庞干瘦，嘴唇干裂，唯有那一双双眼睛，亮得惊人。老照片里记录着那个年代的标语：“中国人民有志气，有能力，一定要在不远的将来，赶上和超过世界先进水平。”我凝视着那些照片，那些干瘦的身躯，那些倔强的字迹，分明就是一株株刚栽下的杨树苗——只要根还扎在土里，就坚信自己终能刺破云天。他们是这么想的，也是这么做的。1960年，第一枚“东风”地对地近程导弹在这里升空；1970年，第一枚“长征”火箭也从这里启程。而进入21世纪，“神舟”飞船一次次从这里腾飞，载着中国的航天员去叩问苍穹。在这一次次震惊世界的巨响与光芒中，航天城里的白杨也慢慢蔚然成林。正因为有了这些白杨遮蔽风沙、改良土壤，其他一些从未在戈壁中生长的树种，也终于陆续在这里安了家。白杨林间，各类草木次第扎根生长，昔日黄沙遍野的戈壁，如今满目苍翠，生机盎然。沿着白杨掩映的公路缓步前行，阳光穿过层层枝叶，在路面投下斑驳光影。清风拂过，树叶沙沙作响，像是岁月低声的絮语。行至深处，东风革命烈士陵园庄严肃穆。700多位英雄先辈长眠于此，墓碑如列队的士兵，与身旁连绵的白杨两两相依，宛如一支肃然挺立的军阵。这里还立着一面长达180米的“英名墙”，墙面微微向上倾斜，意在让先辈们看到火箭腾飞的景象。陵园南侧数公里之外，便是酒泉卫星发射中心载人航天发射场。这里一次又一次喷薄而出的熊熊尾焰，映照着先辈们的英名。我伫立纪念碑前，抬眼望去，白杨的枝丫奋力伸向蓝天。那一刻，阳光正好，树影温柔。一株株白杨扎根戈壁，一代代英雄以身许国，坚韧不息、薪火相传。远处，又一棵新栽的白杨迎风挺立。它的年轮里，将刻下新的传奇。这是一片被英雄鲜血浇灌的土地。梦想与信仰的种子，正伴着火箭的尾焰，向着更深邃的星河进发。

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A PLA literary piece published under a named author (Yuan Hao) commemorates the founding generation at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (Dongfeng Space City), tracing the base's history from its 1958 establishment under Long March veteran Sun Jixian through the first Dongfeng ballistic missile launch in 1960, the first Long March rocket in 1970, and successive Shenzhou crewed missions, and references the Dongfeng Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery's 700-plus interred personnel and its 180-meter Wall of Heroes' Names. This is institutional heritage content of the type the PLA publishes to reinforce sacrifice-and-continuity narratives at strategic facilities; its value is as a record of how Jiuquan frames its founding mythology to current personnel, not as evidence of changed posture or new capability. The explicit linkage of the base's ballistic missile origins to its current crewed spaceflight mission documents the persistent dual-use framing the PLA applies to Jiuquan in its own internal legitimation literature.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "一株株白杨扎根戈壁，一代代英雄以身许国." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-06-12. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16466933.html.

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