A Study On The Commemoration Of The May Day Of The Communist Party Of China In The Early Days Of The People’s Republic Of China(1949-1956)

Carrying out commemorative activities is one of the ways of mass mobilization of the Communist Party of China.As a festival for proletarians and workers all over the world,may day has carried political emotions and value symbols such as class struggle and labor liberation since its birth.Therefore,after it was introduced into China,it has become an opportunity for the Communist Party of China to spread Marxism Leninism,promote proletarian political ideas and mobilize workers to join the revolution.After repeated drills in the revolutionary era,the Communist Party of China has gradually formed a fine tradition of commemorating the May Day.After the founding of new China,the working people became the masters of the new society.With the protection of the Communist Party of China and the people’s government,the majority of workers were free to celebrate this festival of their own.However,the construction of the new regime is an arduous undertaking,and the Communist Party of China and the Chinese people are facing severe tests from home and abroad.At home,after a long war,the domestic people’s livelihood withered,and a large number of urban workers lost their jobs.In addition,although the Kuomintang has retreated from Taiwan,many bandits and residual forces remain in the mainland.They wait for the opportunity to destroy and pose a serious threat to the consolidation of the new regime.From abroad,the imperialist forces led by the United States are trying to strangle the new people’s regime.Facing the test of practical difficulties,the Communist Party of China took advantage of the opportunity of carrying out Festival commemoration activities to unite and lead the people of the whole country to devote themselves to the struggle to defend and consolidate the new political power.Under this background,"May Day" Labor Day has been endowed with New Era Connotation and political mission,and has achieved good commemorative effect.At the beginning of the founding of new China,the Communist Party of China made clear provisions on the theme of the "May Day" Commemoration activities according to the needs of the construction of the new political power.The theme focuses on improving the dominant position of workers in society,mobilizing the people to participate in national economic construction and calling on the people to oppose imperialism,reflecting the implicit expression and flexible operation of the political concept of the Communist Party of China in the May Day commemoration.During this period,the CPC’s "May Day" Commemoration activities showed special characteristics of the times.In the multi-functional application of commemorative forms,the Communist Party of China cross uses four commemorative forms: text commemoration,meeting commemoration,behavior commemoration and symbol commemoration,in order to give full play to the functional role of the "May Day" commemorative activities in reconstructing historical memory,releasing collective emotion and expressing political meaning.In terms of the standardization of commemorative procedures,the Communist Party of China has made careful arrangements for the "May Day" commemorative activities,mainly as follows: the commemorative activities are uniformly deployed by the Communist Party of China,the commemorative theme is closely related to current events,the extensive participation of commemorative groups,and the commemorative ceremony is seriously standardized.In the early days of the founding of new China,the "May Day" commemorative activities achieved good commemorative effects.First,they created a good image of the political party and the country;Second,it has cultivated the patriotic feelings of the people;Third,it mobilized the people to devote themselves to national economic construction;Fourth,it has enhanced the class consciousness and class consciousness of the people;Fifth,it has coordinated the relations between new China and the international community.Summing up the successful experience of the Communist Party of China in carrying out the "May Day" commemorative activities in the early days of the founding of new China is of great significance to building the national collective memory,condensing social consensus and strength,and mobilizing all the people to build the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and taking advantage of the opportunity of celebrating political commemorative activities in the new era.