On May 22nd, after the death of Academician Yuan Longping, Academician Zhong Nanshan sent the following words of remembrance: Brother Longping, my best friend! Have a good rest in heaven. Your thesis was written on the land of the motherland. Please guide students to continue the "three series" research when you are free. You are a truly admirable scholar!
Changsha citizens bid farewell to Yuan Longping in the rain.
On May 22nd, Changsha, Hunan, at 4: 20 pm, outside Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, the motorcade slowly drove out of the hospital. After the news of the death of Academician Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, came out on the afternoon of May 22nd, a large number of people spontaneously came to Xiangya Hospital of Central South University in Changsha, Hunan Province to bid farewell to Yuan Longping, and the farewell procession stretched for several kilometers.
At the moment, it is raining lightly in Changsha, and countless citizens gather on both sides of the road to bid farewell to Grandpa Yuan with the motorcade. The motorcade carrying Yuan Longping's body left Xiangya Hospital for the funeral home. Hundreds of citizens stood on both sides of the road, shouting "Grandpa Yuan, bon voyage!" Watch the hearse leave. Where the hearse passed, all the vehicles honked their horns to bid farewell.
It is understood that at the request of family members, the car carrying Yuan Lao's body also sailed to Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center. Let Yuan Lao take a last look at his lifelong favorite "hybrid rice" and then go back to the breeding laboratory to have a look. At 5: 28 pm on May 22nd, Yuan Longping's hearse arrived at Mingyangshan Funeral Home in Changsha.
Refer to the above? Light. Com- Zhong Nanshan sent a message in memory of Yuan Longping: You are the most admirable scholar.