China J089, 60th Anniv. of Feb.7 Strike by Beiping-Hankou Railway Workers《京汉铁路工人“二七”大罢工六十周年》
J89 京汉铁路工人“二七”大罢工六十周年
（2-1）江岸纪念碑，8 分
（2-2）郑州纪念塔，8 分
发行日期：1983.2.7
设计：李印清
印刷：北京邮票厂
江岸纪念碑建在武汉江岸火车站附近，高20多米，碑身镶有描绘罢工场面的浮雕，碑上是毛泽东的题词：“二七烈士纪念碑”，碑基上摆满了花圈，周围是瞻仰的人群。
郑州纪念塔矗立于郑州市的中心广场，高70米。它巍然屹立，象征着“二七”精神与天地共存，与日月同辉。画面单一沉闷的色彩表现人们的哀思和怀念。
1923年2月1日，京汉铁路工人在中国共产党的领导下，在郑州举行京汉铁路工人总工会成立大会。北洋军阀吴佩孚派军警封锁了大会会场。为了抗议吴佩孚的武力阻挠，总工会决定举行总罢工。2月4日，总罢工开始，全线各站工人一致行动，不到三小时，客车、货车、军车一律停驶，长达一千余公里的铁路顿陷瘫痪。武汉各工团代表和工人一万余人走上街头，高唱“军阀手中铁，工人肢上血。颈可折，肢可裂，奋斗的精神不消灭；劳苦的群众们，快团结起来”；高呼“打倒军阀”等口号，举行了声势浩大的示威游行。2月7日，吴佩孚在外国势力支持下，在江岸、郑州、长辛店等地对工人进行血腥镇压，工人被杀四十人，伤数百人，造成“二七惨案”。罢工坚持到2月9日结束。这次罢工是中国工人阶级在中国共产党领导下，为了反对帝国主义和军阀的压迫，争取人权、自由等权利而进行的一次震惊中外的政治大罢工。
Stamp Title: 60th Anniv. of Feb.7 Strike by Beiping-Hankou Railway Workers
Serial number: J89
(2-1), Feb. 7 monument in Hankou, 8 fen
(2-2), Feb. 7 cenotaph in Zhengzhou, 8 fen
Date of issue: February 7, 1983
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works
On February 7, 1923, workers of the Beijing-Hankou Railway started the sensational “February 7 Strike” after military police sabotaged a workers’ union ceremony.
The “Jinghan Railway”, starts at Beijing on the north and extends to Hankou in Hubei Province on the south and stretches 1,200 kilometres. By the end of 1922, 16 individual workers’ union had been established along the railway and the workers felt it was necessary to have a federation of unions. Therefore, the preparation commission of the Federation of Workers’ Union of Beijing-Hankou Railway decided to hold the establishment ceremony on February 1, 1923.
The workers’ intentions were interfered with by warlord Wu Peifu, who sent his military police to sabotage the hall where the ceremony was scheduled to take place. To protest against Wu’s actions, the Federation decided on a major strike on February 4, 1923 and relocated its office to Jiang’an, in the city of Hankou. On February 7, Wu Peifu sent his troops to besiege the Worker’s Union of Jiang’an and slaughter the unarmed workers and the pickets. Wu Peifu also had chief of Jiang’an Worker’s Union Lin Xiangqian arrested, and later on executed. Workers’ movements in Changxindian, Zhengzhou, Baoding and Gaobeidian were also quelled.
The February 7 Strike is another example of a major worker’s movement, following Hong Kong Sailors' Strike and Anyuan Railway Workers’ and Coal Miners’ Strike, under the leadership of Communist Party of China (CPC). It spread the CPC’s political influence in China and made the preparation for CPC’s coalition with other progressive forces in launching a nationwide revolution.
——China.org.cn
