在中国纪念红军长征胜利90周年之际，一些年轻中国人正以这段历史旅程为指引，以应对他们在生活和未来中面临的不确定性。
As China marks the 90th anniversary of the Red Army’s victory in the Long March, some young Chinese are looking to the historic journey for guidance as they face uncertainty in their lives and future.
对于中国传媒大学22岁的学生吕雷一一，长征精神在她身边的人和环境变化极快的时代提供了一种稳定感。
For Lyu Leiyiyi, a 22-year-old student at the Communication University of China, the spirit of the Long March offers a sense of stability at a time when people and the environment around her are changing at a dizzying pace.
“20多岁的人正经历一段不确定的时期，”吕说。“长征精神可以帮助我们建立更稳固的内在核心。”这种扩展的视角最终与中国让年轻公民扎根于国家革命历史的努力相交汇，例如长征。
“People in their 20s are going through a period of uncertainty,” Lyu said. “The spirit of the Long March can help us build a more stable inner core.”This expanded perspective eventually intersected with China’s efforts to anchor young citizens in the country’s revolutionary history, such as the Long March.
长征是中国共产党领导的红军在1934年至1936年间进行的战略性撤退，旨在躲避当时执政的国民党或国民政府军队，在此期间中国正处于内战之中。
The Long March was a strategic retreat by the Communist Party’s Red Army between 1934 and 1936 as they sought to evade the ruling Kuomintang or Nationalist forces during China’s civil war.
红军行进了约1万公里（6200英里），翻越雪山、穿越险恶的沼泽地，同时忍受饥饿、疲惫以及国民党的追击。
The Red Army covered about 10,000km (6,200 miles), crossing snow-covered mountains and treacherous marshlands while enduring hunger, exhaustion and pursuit by the KMT.
从这段经历中汲取的精神、毅力和希望，此后一直被党和政府作为中国革命遗产的一部分持续宣传。
The spirit, perseverance and hopefulness taken from the experience have since been consistently promoted by the party and the government as part of China’s revolutionary legacy.
吕曾参观多个长征遗址，包括贵州省西南部的赤水，那里纪念着红军1935年为躲避国民党围剿而开展的行动，被党的革命历史誉为军事战略的典范。
Lyu has visited several Long March sites, including Chishui in southwestern Guizhou province, where the Red Army’s 1935 campaign to evade Nationalist encirclement is commemorated as a model of military strategy in the party’s revolutionary history.
吕说，红军将领的雕像以及展出的红军简陋武器，让她深刻感受到长征的艰辛以及士兵们取得胜利的决心。
Lyu said the soldiers’ statues and displays of the Red Army’s crude weapons brought home the hardships of the Long March and the soldiers’ determination to prevail.
“它也让我更加关注长征纪念活动，”吕说，并指出她的学校为此次纪念制作了AI生成的歌曲。
“It also makes me pay more attention to Long March commemorations,” Lyu said, noting her university had produced AI-generated songs for this year’s anniversary.
10月22日是长征胜利90周年的纪念日，这一天标志着1936年红军三大主力部队胜利会师。
October 22 marks the 90th anniversary of the Long March’s victory, when the Red Army’s three main forces completed their convergence in 1936.
2016年，国家新闻机构新华社将这一天描述为标志着国民党围剿红军行动的“彻底失败”。撤退数十年后，该党仍在为后代弘扬长征的遗产。
State news agency Xinhua in 2016 described the day as marking the “complete failure” of the KMT’s efforts to encircle and intercept the Red Army. Decades after the retreat, the party continues to promote the Long March’s legacy for future generations.
“每一代人都有自己的长征，每一代人都应以自己的方式前行，”中国国家主席习近平在2016年纪念长征胜利80周年时如此表示。
“Each generation has its own long march, and every generation should proceed in its own way,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said while marking the journey’s 80th anniversary in 2016.
北京23岁的研究生石雅兰表示，长征对她这一代人而言具有更深层的心理意义。
Ella Shi, a 23-year-old postgraduate student in Beijing, said the Long March held a more psychological significance for her generation.
“虽然如今我们的物质需求基本得到满足，但我们正面临日益增长的心理压力，”石雅兰说。
“Although our material needs are largely met today, we face growing psychological pressure,” Shi said.
根据2025年发表在医学期刊《BMC公共卫生》上的一项研究，中国大学生中的心理困扰问题备受关注，2023年对超过41000名此类学生的调查显示，有15.5%的人报告出现焦虑症状。
Psychological distress is a concern among Chinese university students, with 15.5 per cent of more than 41,000 such students surveyed in 2023 reporting symptoms of anxiety, according to a 2025 study published in BMC Public Health, a medical journal.
据教育部所属报刊《中国教育日报》2025年6月的一篇文章称，就业不确定性已成为大学生焦虑的常见来源。
Employment uncertainty has become a common source of anxiety for university students, according to a June 2025 article in China Education Daily, a newspaper affiliated with the Ministry of Education.
正值今年毕业生招聘季的石雅兰将求职过程描述为她自己的“长征”，并表示：“若没有内在力量和勇气，要克服一次又一次的挫折将极其困难。”
Shi, who is navigating this year’s graduate recruitment season, described the job hunt as her own “long march”, saying that “without inner strength and courage, it would be difficult to overcome one setback after another”.
自八月下旬以来，她已递交超过70份求职申请。只有两家公司邀请她参加人工智能（AI）初筛面试，但她至今尚未收到任何回复。
Since late August, she has submitted more than 70 job applications. Only two companies invited her to artificial intelligence (AI) pre-screening interviews, but she has yet to hear back from either.
石雅兰最初聚焦于工程安全岗位，但最近将求职范围扩大至包括销售岗位。“我真的找不到本专业的工作，”她说。
Shi initially targeted engineering safety positions but recently expanded her search to include sales roles. “I really can’t find a job in my field,” she said.
中国城市青年失业率在8月份为18.9%，较7月份的17.9%上升，为该指数一年来的最高点。“但我们必须相信，我们最终会到达目的地，”石说，并补充道，坚持是长征精神的重要组成部分。
China’s urban youth unemployment rate stood at 18.9 per cent in August – up from 17.9 per cent in July and a one-year high for the index. “But we must believe that we will eventually reach our destination,” Shi said, adding that perseverance was an important part of the Long March’s spirit.
北京一所大学的研究生苗安迪也表示，这种精神帮助他应对了与“学习、就业、创新和人生选择”相关的压力。
Andy Miao, a postgraduate student at a university in Beijing, also said that spirit helped him cope with pressures related to “studies, employment, innovation and life choices”.
“长征精神在今天仍然具有现实意义，因为它赋予人们面对长期挑战和不确定性的信念、韧性和团结力，”他补充道。
“The spirit of the Long March remains relevant today as it gives people the conviction, resilience and solidarity to face long-term challenges and uncertainty,” he added.
根据中国国防工业转化杂志7月刊的一篇文章，中国年轻人“对祖国有着真挚的认同感和自豪感”，但“他们表达这些感受的方式更加个性化，并以自己的社交圈为中心”。
Young Chinese people have “a heartfelt sense of identification with and pride in their country”, but their “expressions of these feelings are more individualised and centred on their own social circles”, according to a July article in state-affiliated magazine Defence Industry Conversion in China.
北京一所中学的实习教师爱丽丝（仅透露名字）表示，她的学校组织了主题作业、运动会和其他活动，以帮助学生了解长征。
Alice, a trainee teacher at a Beijing secondary school who gave only her first name, said her school had organised themed assignments, sports meets and other activities to help students learn about the Long March.
“通过这个过程，学生被鼓励反思长征，”她说。“对于大学，他们组织与长征精神相关的活动，学生社团也如此。”她提到她所认识的一个大学徒步俱乐部曾组织一次徒步活动，以重走长征路线来庆祝其成立90周年。
“Through this process, students are encouraged to reflect on the Long March,” she said. “For universities, they organise activities related to the Long March spirit, and student societies do too.”She said a university hiking club she knew of had organised a trek to retrace the Long March route to celebrate its 90th anniversary.
教育部在6月发布的一则通知中呼吁高校组织活动纪念长征90周年，包括重走部分路线、参观革命遗址和纪念馆。
The Ministry of Education has called on universities to organise activities marking the 90th anniversary, including retracing sections of the route and visiting revolutionary sites and memorials, according to a notice issued in June.
爱丽丝表示，长征精神仍然具有现实意义，因为它所代表的斗争并未消失，尽管其形式已经改变。
Alice said the spirit of the Long March remained relevant because the struggles it represented had not disappeared, even though their form had changed.
“例如，中美之间的竞争仍在继续，无论是在科技还是贸易领域，”她说。
“For example, competition between China and the United States continues, whether in technology or trade,” she said.
竞争在贸易和先进技术等领域日益激烈，北京强调中国需要克服外部挑战，实现更大程度的技术自立。
The competition has intensified in areas including trade and advanced technology, as Beijing stresses the need for China to overcome external challenges and achieve greater technological self-reliance.
爱丽丝表示，即使学生没有明显表达出他们的影响，教育活动仍可能产生影响。
Alice said educational activities could have an impact even if students did not visibly express their influence.
“[这些活动]是有效的，但精神可能已经被内化，而不是外在表达，”她说。然而，中国并非所有年轻人都了解这一纪念日。“我完全不知道，”25岁的卢西亚·东说。
“[The activities] are effective, but the spirit may have been internalised rather than outwardly expressed,” she said. However, not all young people in China were aware of the anniversary. “I had no idea,” said Lucia Dong, 25.
她补充说，理解长征精神并不一定意味着记住具体日期或纪念场合。
Understanding the spirit of the Long March did not necessarily mean remembering specific dates or commemorative occasions, she added.
东表示，她尽最大努力并在力所能及的地方帮助他人，这是她表达对党和国家热爱的最好方式。就她而言，她一直“践行”着长征遗产中艰苦奋斗和互助的精神。
Dong said doing her best and helping others where she could were the best ways to convey her love of the party and country. As she saw it, she had been “living by” the Long March legacy of hard work and mutual help “all along”.