Abstract:

The Long March is a great epic event during the process of strategic shift after the Central Red Army suffered a serious setback in the fifth counter-campaign against“encirclement and suppression”. The long march spirit formed in that process is the spirit of revolutionary heroism. The connotation of the long march spirit is exceedingly rich，including the correct leadership of the communist party of China，inheriting and carrying forward the patriotic tradition，the insistence of seeking truth from facts and solving problems independently，the spirit of striving constantly to become stronger，the principle of doing all for people’s benefit and so on. The long march spirit is the valuable spiritual wealth of the Chinese communist party and the Chinese nation，and it is the best embodiment of the soul of the Party，the army and the nation. The long march spirit essentially expresses the Chinese spirit，and it inherits and carries forward the traditional Chinese national spirit with patriotism as the core，but it is also the spirit of extremely distinct characteristic of the contemporary time. On the journey of realizing the Chinese dream，there is still needs to inherit and carry forward the spirit of the long march，and to develop new understanding of it in the new era.

Key words: the Long March, the Long March spirit, Chinese spirit, national spirit, patriotism