Rose on the cliff, plum in the snow.

"If I were a stream, I would flow to the desert to moisten an oasis." This sentence comes from Zhang Guimei, the headmaster of Huaping Girls' Middle School in Lijiang, Yunnan, a rural teacher who has stuck to poverty-stricken areas in western Yunnan for more than 40 years. Judging from the photos, she is thin and has a vicissitudes of life, but her eyes are firm and persistent. For more than 40 years, she gave up superior working conditions and resolutely joined the main battlefield of education and poverty alleviation in deep poverty-stricken mountainous areas, helping rural girls out of the mountains and chasing their dreams with persistent selfless dedication.

The crane sends silver silk to reflect the sun and the moon, and its efforts are full of new flowers. As a "burning lamp man" of an era, Zhang Guimei's story made many netizens cry. For more than 40 years, Zhang Guimei laughed at the ups and downs of life, and always stuck to his post as a teacher in the southwest border of the motherland. What remains unchanged is the love for students in mountainous areas and the belief in education. She helps children to change the trajectory of their lives, and then helps families to change their plight. What a noble cause!

Zhang Guimei brought tears to people's eyes, but also because she inspired people's feelings for teachers, especially rural teachers. We believe that there are countless teachers like Zhang Guimei in the vast land of China. They may be unknown all their lives, practice their mission with their lives and express their responsibilities with their feelings. It seems ordinary, but it is extremely noble. Their persistent persistence and dedication have warmed the hearts of every student. Society should not and will not forget their contributions. It goes without saying that every reader who knows words and sentences has an unforgettable feeling of being a teacher.

Silkworms in spring will weave until they die, and candles will drain the wick every night. Zhang Guimei is like a candle. Although thin, it is hot and scattered, illuminating others and exhausting yourself. Isn't this a portrayal of the teacher group? To pay tribute to Zhang Guimei is to pay tribute to every teacher who nurtures peaches and plums. Thank you for inheriting knowledge, continuing civilization, stirring youth, growing students and flying dreams!

Paying tribute to Zhang Guimei also expresses the consistent position of the Party and the state in respecting teachers and attaching importance to education. Career development, talent first. We expect more and more outstanding talents to devote themselves to education, take root at the grassroots level, in the west, where the motherland needs them most, and cultivate talents and accumulate strength for national development and national rejuvenation.

-People's Daily Review

Zhang Guimei, the public welfare principal who changed the fate of girls in mountainous areas, gave the following awards:

We found you among the blooming flowers.

Nature hits you with snow, and you return it with songs.

Fate puts you on a dangerous cliff, and you give fragrance to the world.

I am not afraid of being crushed to dust, and I have no intention of fighting for spring. I use my blooming life to express my stubbornness to the world.

You are the laurel tree on the cliff and the plum blossom in the snow.