Patriotism Education for College Students： Rooting the Red Gene of Patriotism in the Deep Soul

　　On the morning of September 30th, there was a solemn and festive scene in the flag square of Cangwu Campus of Jiangsu Ocean University. Thousands of teachers and students wore "Hai Da Lan" T-shirts, waved the national flag, sang the national anthem in unison, and paid tribute to the rising five-star red flag, and deeply remembered the revolutionary martyrs who died heroically for the liberation of the Chinese nation and their predecessors who made outstanding contributions to the construction of new China. Wang Zili, secretary of the Party Committee of our school, said that holding a solemn flag-raising ceremony on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China is the best patriotic education for college students.

　　In recent years, the Party Committee of Jiangsu Ocean University has taken the opportunity of major holiday anniversaries, combined with Party building, social practice, public service and other work, carried out various forms of patriotic education activities for college students, and deeply implanted the red patriotic gene into the hearts of every student.

　　Party secretary gives patriotic party lessons for students.

　　"Without a country, how can there be a home?"

　　"Rational patriotism should construct the value standard of independent analysis and judgment!"

　　"The foundation of patriotism is history, and the source of patriotism is history. If you don’t know history, you can’t be patriotic!"

　　On the evening of September 29th, Wang Zili, Party Secretary of Jiangsu Ocean University, gave a passionate party class to student party member and activists who joined the Party. Wang Zili answered "Three Questions of Patriotism" from three questions: what is patriotism, why is patriotism and how should college students be patriotic. From the touching story of mother-in-law tattooing "faithfully serving the country" to "model of the times" Wang Jicai "the island is the country, and the island is the home", from Zhou Enlai’s "studying for the rise of China" to Peng Hengwu’s "returning to China without a reason, but not returning to China without a reason", Wang Zili quoted the classics and comprehensively analyzed the multi-level and multi-dimensional patriotism. He told the majority of students party member that "the purpose of patriotism is personal development and country. Patriotism is abstract and concrete. Doing what you should do well is patriotism. We have raised patriotism to the purpose and origin of education, making patriotism a gene and a cultural consciousness. "

　　Each college holds a theme flag-raising ceremony once a week.

　　Each college holds a theme flag-raising ceremony once a week, which has been adhered to in Jiangsu Ocean University for more than 10 years. In the past 10 years, the school has carried out nearly 400 theme flag-raising activities. "The theme flag-raising activity not only enriches the campus cultural life, but also is an important way to educate students in patriotism." Principal Ning Xiaoming said.

　　This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The secondary colleges have held flag-raising ceremonies with the themes of "guarding the national flag to welcome the National Day, keeping the mission in mind", "Youth dedicating gifts to the motherland, striving to build the Chinese dream together" and "patriotism, virtue and respect for teachers", encouraging young students to have patriotic feelings, respect knowledge, be brave in taking responsibility, consciously safeguard national dignity and study hard to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　Charles Kao, a graduate student of the School of Science, said that raising the national flag is a spiritual motivation. Whenever the national flag is raised, it is the national spirit in our hearts. The national flag, like a "lighthouse", guides us all the way forward and strives to build the Chinese dream together!

　　Practice patriotic feelings in practicing public welfare activities

　　The ultimate goal of cultivating patriotism is to practice the trip to serve the country. In recent years, in combination with social practice, public service and other activities, the school has organized students to enter the patriotic education base, the community and the countryside, cultivate patriotic feelings in practice, and practice the ambition of serving the country with practical actions.

　　On September 23rd, the honor guard of the school flag came to Dongxin Central Primary School in the east of Haizhou District, Lianyungang City to carry out the flag-raising ceremony with the theme of "It coincides with the youth’s self-improvement, and I grow up with the motherland". The team members preached the knowledge of the national anthem and emblem, and explained and demonstrated the action norms and standard postures of the flag-raising ceremony. "I feel that big brothers and sisters are so cool! I want to be like them when I grow up! " A primary school student said enviously. Zhao Mingkang, the current captain of the national flag team, said that the national flag team has long insisted on going out of the school gate, and has carried out more than 200 practical activities such as "raising a flag with a big hand and a small hand" with neighboring primary and secondary schools, and tried our best to convey positive energy in a wider range, carry forward the spirit of patriotism and promote social civilization.

　　(Chen Xiaoyan Hu Yaohua)