数万民众纪念毛泽东逝世40周年 Thousands fete the 40th anniversary of the death of Mao Zedong

---->source:http://www.anseryan.com/news/1129.html------   Thousands of people across China gathered at Shaoshan in Central China’s Hunan Province to commemorate the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong on September 9, the 40th anniversary of his death.9月9日，来自全国各地的数万民众聚集在中国湖南省韶山，纪念已故中国领导人毛泽东逝世40周年。Mao, one of the most influential figures in China’s modern history, was born in Shaoshan, Hunan on December 26, 1893.毛泽东，中国现代历史上最具影响力的人物之一 ，于1893年12月26日出生于湖南韶山。Hundreds of thousands of local residents convened at the square in Shaoshan on Friday and presented bouquets before Mao’s statue while singing the song The East Is Red. Large numbers of visitors also came to Shaoshan early on Friday morning to pay their respects to Mao.星期五，数十万当地居民聚集在韶山毛泽东广场，向毛主席铜像敬献花篮，并合唱 “东方红”。大量的游客也在星期五一早陆续赶往赴韶山向毛主席铜像致敬。Thousands of people came to the square where Mao’s statue stands… they burned joss sticks and paper offerings to worship Mao… people kept setting off firecrackers in designated areas, read an article on a visitor’s WeChat account on Thursday.周四，一名游客在微信上的一篇文章中读道：“上万人来到毛泽东雕像前，点燃香烛，摆放祭品，以吊念毛主席。人们一直在指定地点燃放烟花爆竹。”Liu Guihong, an 88-year-old resident from Xiangtan in Hunan Province who knelt in the square for half an hour, was quoted by the article as saying that Mao was his personal benefactor, offering him a new life after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.湖南湘潭88岁的居民刘桂红在广场上长跪半个小时，微信文章中称，毛泽东是他的恩人，1949年新中国成立，他从此过上了新生活。