1962年8月15日，沈阳部队某部22岁的军人雷锋因公殉职。1963年3月5日，毛泽东主席为雷锋的题词“向雷锋同志学习”在《人民日报》上发表，此后，全国广泛开展了学习雷锋的活动。（张竣摄）

    File photo shows Lei Feng, late soldier of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, who is well known to the Chinese people for his doing good deeds for people without seeking any advantages, who died on August 15, 1962.（Photo by Zhang Jun）