Martyrs' Day ceremony of presenting flower baskets to fallen national heroes held in Beijing

They paid a tribute of silence to the martyrs who devoted themselves to the liberation of the Chinese people and the development of the People's Republic of China.

After that, a group of children holding flowers in their hands and facing the monument sang the song We Are Communist Successors, and saluted to the monument as Young Pioneers.

In front of the formations, nine large flower baskets were placed in a line in the name of the CPC Central Committee, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the State Council, the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Central Military Commission, the non-CPC parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, patriotic personages without party affiliation, people's organizations, and the people from all walks of life, as well as veterans, retired senior officials, relatives of the martyrs, and the Chinese Young Pioneers. "Eternal Glory to the People's Heroes," read the eye-catching characters in the red ribbons hung on the flower baskets.

As the military band played the soulful Flower Presenting Melody, 18 guards of honor steadily lifted the flower baskets and walked slowly to the monument and laid them on the pedestal.

Xi and other leaders of the Party and the state walked up to the pedestal and stopped in front of the flower baskets. Blossoming lilies, bright-colored anthuriums, and fragrant oncidiums ... all were telling people's cherished memory of and sincere respect for the deceased heroes.