Look back and Move forward铭记历史,开拓未来.doc

Looking Back And Moving Forward Did you still remember the first time when the red scarf was tied up around your neck? Years passed, I have never forgotten the excitement and delight at that moment when the seniors came over to me and tied up the red scarf on my neck. However, at that time, we were all innocent about what the red scarf meant to us, simply conceiving of wearing the red scarf as a terrific thing. Upon years of learning and thinking, I began to realize what the red scarf symbolizes. Why is the scarf designed red instead of other colors? Thats because our predecessors intended to remind these successors to remember the bloody history which many great Chinese sacrifice their lives to reunify our motherland. Nowadays, we are not living in an age of war and revolution, but a peaceful and prosperous century. Does it mean that we could neglect the history? Not at all. We cant do it. History is an alarm telling us not to go on the wrong way repeatedly. As a matter of fact, history is quite ubiquitous in our daily lives. For example, if an ordinary student takes an exam without any preparation, we could predict that the result may not be so unexpected. And then the teacher corrected all the mistakes he made in the paper and explained them to him. After a long time, the student was arranged to have the same exam again, but he made a good performance in this exam. Looking into his paper, you would find that the mistakes he had made in the past have been replaced by a big tick. That’s what the history does work. In the same way, the history is also essential to a country. Once a country develops without the guidance of the history, I am sure that this country is doomed to face failure. That is to say, not only should we focus on how to move forward, but also need to attach importance to looking back. Since 1840, China had been invaded by many countries, and the Chinese civilians became the victims of each war. Confronted with such a huge mortification,