Another Chinese New Year is approaching. In the increasingly strong New Year's atmosphere, there are concerns from family and hopes for reunion. At such moments, people have not forgotten that there is a group of the cutest people standing guard and guarding the peace of our country on high mountains, islands, and distant seas. On the eve of the Spring Festival, the National Double Support Office organized a special Spring Festival condolence activity called "Affection for Border and Coastal Defense Officers and Soldiers". Dozens of national double support model cities (counties) from 21 provinces (cities, autonomous regions) actively participated, prepared condolence items and letters, and the objects of condolence included frontline border and coastal defense task force officers and soldiers, overseas escort and peacekeeping task force officers and soldiers, and overseas base (center) officers and soldiers. The dual support departments in various regions rely on grassroots organizations to carry out the "Six Escorts" activity to support military families, and provide warm care to the families of border and coastal defense officers and soldiers, as well as officers and soldiers carrying out escort and peacekeeping missions. Recently, condolence items have been shipped from various places and delivered to the front lines of border and coastal defense. Parcels full of true feelings cross thousands of mountains and rivers, letters filled with worries are sent to the ten thousand mile border, sending warmth to the border and coastal defense officers and soldiers who are guarding their posts. Love Pack Tiannianwei has served in the frontier defense for 8 years. Duan Guomei, a second class sergeant of a frontier defense company of the Xizang Military Region, has been used to the snow and cold wind on the plateau. But when I tasted the comforting flower cakes from my hometown Yunnan, it was like returning to my hometown in that moment. Opening the special gift package with the words "New Year's greetings to the people's soldiers guarding the border", there are not only flower cakes, but also various Yunnan specialties such as macadamia nuts, rice noodles, and tea, each carrying the warmth of their hometown. The staff of Yunnan Province's Double Support Office introduced that in order to allow border officers and soldiers to taste the authentic Yunnan flower cakes, they have cooperated with airlines and adopted "point-to-point" air transportation to ensure that the flower cakes with a shelf life of only 7 days are delivered fresh to the hands of the officers and soldiers. During the Spring Festival, the taste from hometown is a comfort to homesickness. Among the condolence items purchased in various places, local specialty foods have become the "protagonists" in gift packages. Jiangxi Province selects more than 10 characteristic products such as Jiujiang tea cakes and Suichuan duck, packaging the rural flavor of Ganpo; Hainan Province uniformly purchases coconut candy, coconut flakes, and coconut cake, and puts island flavors into gift boxes; Shanxi Province selects local specialties such as Pingyao beef, stone cakes, and walnut cakes to deliver the rich and sweet aroma of Shanxi to the border. In addition to specialty foods, people from all over the country have also sent blessings hidden in every stitch and thread to border and coastal defense officers and soldiers. This is a scarf woven by the 'soldier mother' herself. Wearing it not only warms the body, but also warms the heart. ”Recently, the Zhanniangshe outpost of a border defense regiment of the Xizang Military Region received 20 scarves woven by volunteers from Xuchang City, Henan Province. Touching the small red flag embroidered on the military green scarf, soldier Yang Xiao was deeply moved. We sent out two batches of scarves before the New Year and are still rushing to make them. ”Zhang Yonghong, a military sister-in-law from Xuchang, Henan, told reporters that she learned about the 2026 Spring Festival special condolence activity for border and coastal defense officers and soldiers, which collected condolence items. She led volunteers to weave dozens of scarves. Anqing 116 Hospital in Anhui Province has prepared a set of Chinese herbal sachets and tea drinks to calm the nerves and aid sleep for officers and soldiers serving at high altitudes. "During my service in Xizang, I learned that many officers and soldiers suffer from insomnia all the year round due to lack of oxygen in the plateau and large temperature difference between day and night." Li Fuying, the deputy secretary of the hospital's Party Committee, is a retired soldier. Combining his understanding of life in the plateau, he organized a team of hospital TCM experts to produce these heartwarming products. The New Year's flavor in the package includes the taste of hometown, the care of the people, and the festive color. Bao Qingrong, the new era "Yimeng Hongsao" from Linyi City, Shandong Province, packages handmade shoe insoles with the big red character "Fu", conveying emotions through ink and thread; Ding Guanghua, inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Liuhe peasant paintings in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, spontaneously created military themed peasant paintings, depicting the heroic figures of border guards with simple techniques; Feng Qiuxia, the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage sculptures in Baoshan District, Shanghai, has created a century old Wusongkou Lighthouse sculpture to express her patriotism. From the coast of the East China Sea to the snowy plateau, from the islands and reefs of the South China Sea to the northern border, mail trucks, airplanes, and dedicated lines carrying condolence packages weave a "heart to heart network" that spans mountains and seas, bringing last year's flavor and warmth to border and coastal defense officers and soldiers. Paper is short, love is long, warm the hearts of soldiers. 'Even when you ride the south wind, winter is warm. When I am in the East China Sea, my feelings are deep.'. It's rare to hold a city celebration, love our people, love our army. ”In early January, in the classroom of the Second Affiliated Primary School of Fuzhou Education College in Fujian Province, children's recitation was full of deep affection. This year marks the 35th anniversary of General Secretary Xi Jinping's publication of the "Seven Laws of Military Civilian Relations" in Fuzhou. We organized a poetry recitation activity for 100 children in four schools, which was made into electronic greeting cards and sent to border troops. ”The person in charge of the Fuzhou Double Support Office introduced that the students also jointly drew a themed long scroll New Year painting, in which the Fuzhou style of "Fujian Mountains, Fujian Waters, and Things are New" and the border defense scene of the snow covered outpost complement each other, expressing the students' respect. The most common letters of condolence sent from various places are those written by students with immature strokes, filled with their blessings and respect for the border and coastal defense officers and soldiers. Haimen Primary School in Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province organized students to visit the National Defense Education Exhibition Hall and guided them to "dialogue with border guards with childlike innocence"; At Zhongshan Experimental Primary School in Hezhou City, Guangxi Province, students wrote a letter detailing the changes in their hometown and shared with border and coastal defense officers and soldiers the new prospects of rural revitalization under the assistance of the military; Liao Zhengquan, a student at Tielinba Primary School in Xiling District, Yichang City, Hubei Province, pasted a fallen ginkgo leaf on a greeting card and presented a touching golden color to the soldiers stationed on the snowy plateau. Outside of campus, officials, civilians, and retired soldiers also express their condolences and blessings in writing. Baoding City, Hebei Province invites calligraphers and painters to brush their heads and ink with retired military cadres, sending the written "Fu" character to a border outpost thousands of miles away; Retired soldiers from Changsha City, Hunan Province actively participate in writing greeting cards for border officers and soldiers; Zhang Jun, a retired soldier from Yuzhong District, Chongqing, once served in the border defense. In his greeting card, he wrote: "Steel guns in your hands, mountains and rivers in your heart. The moon at the border, the snow on the boundary markers, remember every moment you held on. Although I have retired, my heart is with you. Comrades, you have worked hard!" Entering homes and sending warmth. If border and coastal defense officers and soldiers are the "Great Wall of Steel" guarding the motherland's territory, then peacekeeping officers and soldiers are the "peace ambassadors" demonstrating the responsibility of a great country. They have crossed the ocean and fulfilled their duties for the country, which cannot be separated from the silent support of their families and the solid guarantee of local governments. In the cold winter of Xianyang, Shaanxi, a heartwarming visit was particularly touching. On January 19th, the condolence group knocked on the home of Yang Hairui, a peacekeeping soldier from Qian County. On the display rack in the living room, the "Four Haves" Outstanding Soldier Medal, the Major Mission Commemorative Medal, and the Peace Mission Commemorative Medal are arranged one after another, shining brightly. The child is participating in peacekeeping missions outside, and his achievements are bringing glory to the country and our pride! ”Yang Hairui's father tightly held the hands of the members of the condolence group, his eyes filled with pride. The members of the condolence group inquired in detail about the physical condition and living needs of the military dependents, repeatedly reminding them that "any difficulties can be raised, and we will do our best to coordinate". The child is on peacekeeping missions abroad, and the government is taking care of them at home. Our whole family can rest assured! "The old man's simple words were full of peace of mind. This winter, the warm hearts of various condolence groups rushed to deliver care from the people to military families: the condolence group from Jiulong County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, crossed mountains and valleys to visit the parents and family of peacekeeping soldier Baqing Bujia at his home; Leaders from the Veterans Affairs Bureau of Chaoyang District, Beijing, led a team to visit two households of border and coastal defense officers and soldiers in their jurisdiction, inquired about their living conditions in detail, and listened carefully to their voices and expectations; The retired military affairs departments at the city and county levels in Jieyang, Guangdong Province, together with the city's Patriotic Support for the Army Promotion Association and relevant county (city, district) people's armed forces departments, formed a condolence team to visit and comfort 6 families of Jieyang border and coastal defense officers and soldiers, sending New Year's greetings and sincerely thanking them for nurturing outstanding children for national defense and military construction, and encouraging them to be strong supporters of officers and soldiers. On January 28th, Tianjin held a themed event called "Affection for Border and Coastal Defense Officers and Soldiers". Family members of border and coastal defense officers and soldiers, retired soldiers, and model soldiers gathered together to watch cultural programs, share experiences and feelings, and connect with a border defense company of the Xinjiang Military Region on site to express the sincere greetings of the Tianjin people to the border defense officers and soldiers. Rolling wheels, long-lasting friendship; Mountains and seas connect hearts, and emotions stretch across thousands of miles. This cross mountain and sea condolence is full of the people's deep affection for their soldiers, and is a great encouragement and motivation for border and coastal defense officers and soldiers. As Instructor Li of the Sanjiaoshan Border Defense Company said, "The care and love of the people is a powerful driving force for us to defend our country. In the new year, we will continue to use loyalty and responsibility to safeguard the great rivers and mountains of our motherland