Lei Feng was born in a poor peasant family. According to his description, his grandparents were persecuted to death by the big landlords, and his father was abused to death by Japanese soldiers during his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and he became an orphan at the age of 7. But according to Lei Feng's folks, he was not left unattended when he was a child, but was raised by his sixth uncle and sixth grandmother. 1949 joined the children's league and served as the head of the children's league. 1954 Join the Chinese Young Pioneers. At the beginning of 1956, Lei Feng worked as a correspondent in the township government, and later transferred to Wangcheng County Committee as a civil servant. This is the first time that Lei Feng has been rated as a model worker.
1February 8, 957, Lei Feng joined the China Youth League. Later, he participated in the construction of Weishui Project, Tuanshanhu Farm and Angang, and was repeatedly rated as a model worker and advanced producer.
Lei Feng 1960 joined the army and the China * * * Production Party. He was assigned to Class 4 of a transportation company of an engineering corps as an autobot.
1On August 5, 962, Lei Feng was hit on the head by a square pole hanging clothes and quilts in Fushun, Liaoning Province, causing skull damage and brain dysfunction. He died at the age of 22. During his two years and eight months in the army, he won the second class merit once and the third class merit twice, and was commended by the army many times. It is reported that Lei Feng's death was caused by his own improper operation and was a liability accident.
According to the official description, after Lei Feng died, his diary was discovered. But there are more signs that Lei Feng's diary has long been known by his superiors. To some extent, Lei Feng is regarded as a model of advanced thought in the People's Liberation Army because he mentioned many times in his diary that he should be loyal to Chairman Mao and so on. After Lei Feng died unexpectedly in 1962 [source request], his image of loyalty to the * * * production party and Mao Zedong stood out. Subsequently, the Ministry of National Defense of People's Republic of China (PRC) led by Lin Biao named Lei Feng Class on June 7, 1963/KLOC-0. On March 2nd, 1963, China Youth magazine published the inscription "Learn from Comrade Lei Feng" by President Mao Zedong for the first time. On March 5th, People's Daily, People's Liberation Army Daily, Guangming Daily and China Youth Daily all published Chairman Mao's inscription. A large number of leaders also wrote inscriptions for Lei Feng 3. From then on, people of all ethnic groups and non-party people in China began to learn from Lei Feng. Lei feng memorial was built in Changsha, Hunan Province, the hometown of Lei Feng, and Fushun, the sacrifice place of Lei Feng, in the middle and late 1960s to commemorate Lei Feng.