Zeng Liansong. Zeng Liansong (1917-1999), male, from Ruian, Zhejiang, was the designer of the flag of the People's Republic of China. The designer of the first draft of the Five-Star Red Flag was not a great designer, but an ordinary worker who had been engaged in financial work for a long time. His name was Zeng Liansong.
Zeng Liansong loved calligraphy. He was fascinated by Yu Youren's calligraphy as early as high school and bought copybooks to practice with. He often used a brush when correcting manuscripts. The various brushes hanging from the pen holder and the inkstone are standard features on his desk.
78-year-old neighbor Mr. Shen said that Mr. Zeng lived a very simple and low-key life. Neighbor Cai Youjun said that Zeng Liansong had no airs at all and always greeted people politely. During holidays, adults and children asked him to write Spring Festival couplets, and he wrote them with a wave of his brush and a smile. The five-star red flag is indispensable in Zeng Liansong's life:
The national flag is placed beside his bed, in front of his desk, and in his office, and he is always accompanied by the national flag. He loves poetry creation, and after designing the national flag, he created many poems related to the national flag. "As soon as I get it, I will give it to my motherland, and the five-star flag will make the mountains and rivers strong." "The jade is still in its raw form, but fortunately a jade artist has the talent to cut it and carefully consider 3,000 patterns, and the five-star red flag is selected." He wrote an impromptu poem and wrote it in cursive script. Splashing ink, in his later years Zeng Liansong often hung his favorite works on the wall in turn to appreciate alone.
More than 10 days after the 50th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Zeng Liansong completed his legendary life. Even on his deathbed, a miniature automatic flag raising and lowering device was still placed in front of his hospital bed. Pressing the button and watching the flag slowly rise became his spiritual sustenance in his last moments.