One, two, three, smile! "With the crisp sound of the shutter, the parents of active duty soldier Li Zhao sitting side by side, smiling, were captured in the camera. This photo will be combined into a family portrait - for 10 years, Li Zhao has been guarding the border on the Karakoram Plateau and only spent two Spring Festivals at home. Mother Feng Jinghong whispered, "This year, we will have a special 'reunion photo' for the Chinese New Year." On the eve of the Spring Festival, the Retired Soldiers Affairs Bureau of Luohe City, Henan Province, formed a filming team to visit and comfort the families of border defense soldiers who held their positions during the holiday, and filmed and produced family portraits. The staff first took a group photo of the relatives of the officers and soldiers, then combined the images of the officers and soldiers wearing military uniforms into the photo, and then put it in a frame and sent it to the border checkpoint in the snowy area. The composite photos to some extent make up for the regret of the border soldiers who are defending their positions and their families not being able to reunite, and also carry the heartfelt promise of "you are guarding the New Year for the country, and your hometown is guarding your home". Soldiers protect their families and defend their country, often sacrificing their small homes for everyone. We want to use 'reunion photos' that cross mountains and seas to express the longing of our loved ones and the respect of the people in our hometown, "said Peng Xiaojun, a staff member of the Retired Soldiers Service Center in Luohe City. Concerns from all sides flew towards the border outpost in different ways. Zhang Juanjuan, the "soldier mother" of Xianyang, Shaanxi, sent mugwort and brick tea to warm up the soldiers returning from patrol; More than 2000 teachers and students from Nie'er Primary School in Yuxi, Yunnan participated in the "Letter to Border Troops and Soldiers" activity, using colored pens to depict the scenery of the border and expressing their admiration through words... From the city to the countryside, from the north to the south, carefully prepared gifts converged into a warm stream in the hearts of the soldiers and soldiers. Military and civilian unity, love transcends mountains and seas. The reporter visited a border defense company in Hotan Military Sub district, Xinjiang and saw that the company's library had a rich collection of books. This library is our 'knowledge supply station'. ”Company instructor Li Guangcan introduced that in recent years, local units have continued to help build company libraries. In addition to paper books and magazines, there are also a wide variety of electronic books, making it more convenient for officers and soldiers to access information and update knowledge. In northern Xinjiang, there was a sudden snowstorm at the headquarters of a certain brigade's infantry battalion of the Northern Theater Command Army. However, the new insulated vegetable cellars in the camp have a constant temperature and a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Since the introduction of this new insulated vegetable cellar, everyone can enjoy fresh vegetables anytime. ”Kitchen team leader and second level sergeant Wang Bo happily introduced to reporters that in the past, it was difficult to store vegetables in old vegetable cellars, with poor preservation and high energy consumption. Thanks to the promotion of the "Border Warmth Project" by relevant departments, a new type of insulated vegetable cellars that integrates moisture resistance, frost resistance, constant temperature, and preservation were recently put into use. Nowadays, the new vegetable cellar not only retains the "old three types" of winter storage, but also adds more than 10 types of fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers, oranges, and apples, making the holiday dining tables of border troops more diverse and abundant. From the snowy plateau to the vast sea, I deeply felt during the journey that the military and the civilian have built a series of "heart to heart bridges" together, conveying warmth and consolidating strength. (New Society)