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China's Borderlands | The Most Beautiful 'Ink-Wash Painting' on a Sea Island

中国边关丨海岛上最美的“水墨画”

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Publishing institutionCMC Political Work Department
Source outletPLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
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Source-stated publication date2026-05-30
Original URLhttp://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16464440.html
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画中海岛被晨雾笼罩,浪花轻拍礁石,身着迷彩的水兵迎着朝阳,仰望飘扬的五星红旗。 这幅画,是岛上渔民林阿公送给南部战区海军航空兵某台站的礼物。画中的两名守岛兵,是一级上士付丙健和二级上士徐佑雄。 聊起这幅画,付丙健的思绪回到那年的台风天。深夜,巨浪封锁了海域,台站门外响起急促的敲门声。他赶忙披衣开门,浑身湿透的林阿公冲进来焦急地说:“家里出事了,怀孕的儿媳出现早产迹象,这种天气渔船根本无法出海……” 事不宜迟!两人立即上报,申请航空救援。挂断电话,他们冲进雨里,清理停机坪上的断枝碎石;又马不停蹄调试导航设备、对接机组,站在风雨中一遍遍与上级确认航线。 风雨渐小,救援直升机冲破云层降落。他们和渔民们一起将孕妇送上直升机,目送它起飞。不久,好消息传来:母子平安。半个月后海岛恢复通航,林阿公带着儿子儿媳和襁褓中的小孙子,还没进家门就先到台站道谢。 一个风和日丽的周末,林阿公捧着自己绘制的水墨画,再次敲开台站大门。他激动地说:“我画了几十年海岛水墨画,今天才明白,这岛上最美的颜色,是这面红旗红,是这身浪花白。” 画里是情谊满满的故事,画外的守岛青春却要面对艰苦与孤寂——补给船每半个月才来一次,遇上台风或寒潮,常常数月无法通航;岛上没有淡水,饮用水靠补给,生活用水靠雨水收集。 随着林阿公送画上门,付丙健找到了一件对抗孤寂的“武器”。林阿公是渔民口中的“水墨画高手”,尤其擅长画大海,付丙健入伍前也学过一段时间国画。看到林阿公精美的画作,付丙健决定向他拜师学画,还让妻子从网上买来笔、纸和临摹绘本,利用休息时间加紧自学。 林阿公的鼓励让付丙健把画画坚持成了习惯,他用手中的笔描摹着心中的水墨画:朝霞与白帆描摹着诗意,防风棚里刚露头的菜苗生长着希望,战士们伫立战位、眺望晚霞的剪影诉说着坚强…… 画着画着,付丙健也有了属于自己的思考:“这海,这山,这国旗,还有守岛兵,不就是海岛上天然的水墨画吗?我们守望海岛的每一天,就是用日复一日的坚守,给这幅画涂抹最美的色彩!” 台站的另一面墙上,挂着一幅“海岛团圆图”——那年盛夏,付丙健的妻子陈秀第一次上岛。她发现这里的艰苦远超想象:海岛未通国家电网,供电优先保障导航任务,为此,夫妻俩在家属房里再热,也舍不得开空调。 探亲的那个月,陈秀跟着丈夫升国旗、巡岛,帮忙打理菜园,一起坐在礁石上等待日落。探亲结束,下岛前,她在付丙健的指导下描绘一家人海岛团圆的时刻。 画中,一家人面朝大海手牵着手,前方是绚烂晚霞,右下角写着一行小字:“你守岛,我守你。”付丙健把画挂在林阿公的水墨画旁边,一边是家国大义,一边是小家温情。墙上的两幅画,成了守岛兵最柔软的铠甲,也是坚守海岛的底气。 又是一个清晨,朝阳跃出海面,付丙健和徐佑雄身穿笔挺常服,站在旗杆下。沐浴着阳光,五星红旗迎风升起,两人向国旗敬礼,目光坚定。海风轻轻拂过,墙上的水墨画轻轻晃动,画里画外的身影融在一起,融进了山海与晨光。

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A Southern Theater Command Naval Aviation Force station on an unnamed South China Sea island—garrisoned by First-Class Staff Sergeant Fu Bingjian and Second-Class Staff Sergeant Xu Youxiong—is the subject of a human-interest feature documenting the material conditions and psychological management of small, isolated island posts: resupply only every two weeks, months-long route closures during typhoons, no fresh water, and off-grid electricity rationed for navigation use. The article documents the PLA's standard approach to sustaining morale at hardship postings through civilian-military relationship narratives and family visit programs, and provides a baseline record of how political work content frames solitude and sacrifice for junior enlisted personnel at the lowest echelon of island garrison duty. Its operational value is narrow—it confirms that two-man stations of this type exist within Southern Theater Command naval aviation's island network—but it does not indicate changed posture or unit activity beyond routine garrison.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "中国边关丨海岛上最美的“水墨画”." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-05-30. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16464440.html.

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