In the early morning of September 20, the students departed from Chang’an Campus for Xi’an Railway Station to board the red special train, officially kicking off the red educational tour. Along the way, the carriage was filled with a warm atmosphere. The students sang China in the Lights in unison to express their deep blessings to the motherland. Bao Yuxin and Zhou Qi, undergraduates from the Class of 2025, vividly recounted the historical story of the Great Production Campaign in Nanniwan, revisiting the extraordinary years of "self-reliance and ample food and clothing". Amid passionate singing and touching stories, the train arrived at Yan’an, the sacred revolutionary site.

Upon arriving in Yan’an in the afternoon, the students first visited the Yan’an Revolutionary Memorial Hall. Precious historical photos, documents and revolutionary relics in the hall vividly demonstrated the extraordinary years when the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries led the Chinese people in heroic struggles in Yan’an and the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. The students stopped in front of pictures to listen to explanations, gazed at cultural relics and read annotations, and earnestly comprehended the historical journey of the Communist Party of China leading the Chinese people to final victory in the revolution under extremely difficult conditions.

In the evening, all teachers and students watched the red song and dance historical drama Yan’an Nursery. Based on the real history of Yan’an Nursery during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the drama depicted the touching story of nursery workers protecting revolutionary descendants amid the flames of war.

On September 21, the students visited the Former Site of Lu Xun Literature and Art University, Zaoyuan and the Yan’an Literature and Art Memorial Hall. At the Former Site of Lu Xun Literature and Art University, they toured the auditorium, the venue of the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee, and the cave dwellings where Xian Xinghai, Hua Junwu and other older generation artists once lived, gaining a deeper understanding of red literature and art culture.

Although the trip to Yan’an has ended, the journey of inheriting and practicing the Yan’an Spirit has just begun. Students of the School of Management will surely turn the gains of this tour into driving force, consciously carry forward the Yan’an Spirit, temper their professional capabilities, strive to grow into chief engineer-oriented talents worthy of the important task of national rejuvenation, and contribute youthful strength to the construction of a strong country.

(Written by Guan Linfei, etc. Reviewed by Wang Haixiao)

Hu Xie, Undergraduate from the Class of 2024: The two-day trip to Yan’an was a spiritual baptism and ideological sublimation. When I headed back and looked back at this yellow land, what I had was not only photos and memories, but also inner strength and faith. The Yan’an Spirit will guide us forward like a beacon, reminding young people not to forget their original aspiration in any era. As a student of Northwestern Polytechnical University in the new era, nurtured by the "chief engineer-oriented talent cultivation culture", we will surely turn the spiritual strength drawn from the Yan’an trip into down-to-earth motivation, strive to grow into leading talents with professional expertise, systematic thinking, practical focus and responsibility, and contribute youthful strength to the realization of national rejuvenation.

Ye Zhiyang, Undergraduate from the Class of 2024: My soul longs for the red land of Yan’an. Stepping on this yellow land, every scene seems to echo the voice of history. The two-day tour was not only a meeting of time and space, but also a spiritual baptism. As a student of Northwestern Polytechnical University in the new era, we will surely integrate the great spiritual strength drawn from this trip into future study and life, integrate personal ideals into national needs, reach for the sky and live up to our youth!

Li Chaofan, Undergraduate from the Class of 2025: In Yan’an, my spirit "returned home". This land allowed me to find the source of strength, clarify the direction forward and continue the red bloodline. From now on, the Yan’an Spirit will always inspire me and guide me to forge ahead on the journey of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Yan’an — this red land soaked with the blood and unyielding will of our predecessors — carries a spiritual torch that will shine brightly and forever through generations.

Huang Yantao, Undergraduate from the Class of 2025: Today, the Yanhe River still flows gently. At the foot of Pagoda Hill, children run and play, and the elderly sit and chat. Those stories deeply rooted in years have grown into towering pine and cypress trees, echoing endlessly in the wind. The modern city of Yan’an and revolutionary sites complement each other, showing a profound dialogue between history and reality and a harmonious resonance between inheritance and development. This trip allowed me to find an everlasting beacon in the long river of history, reminding us young people not to forget where we came from and where we are going — to integrate personal ideals into the mountains, rivers and seas of the motherland, never slackening despite distance and never fearing despite hardships!