1966年7月16日,武汉市举办第11届横渡长江游泳比赛。久未在公开场合露面的毛泽东主席不但检阅了参加渡江比赛的游泳大军,更是以73岁的高龄畅游长江。尽管这并不是毛泽东第一次畅游长江,但是,7月25日的《人民日报》却及时地在头版头条上以《毛主席畅游长江》为题进行了整版的图文报道。“毛主席畅游长江”这一颇具象征意义的事件不仅引发人们争相模仿,形成一项广泛的群众运动,更是带动了“大 July 16, 1966, Wuhan held the 11th across the Yangtze River Swimming Competition. Chairman Mao Zedong, who has not appeared in public for a long time, not only reviewed the swimmers participating in the cross-river race, but also swims at the Yangtze River at the age of 73. Although this is not Mao’s first visit to the Yangtze River, the People’s Daily on July 25 promptly published a full-page graphic report on the front page with the theme of ”Chairman Mao Cheong You Changjiang.“ ”The symbolic event of Chairman Mao swimming in the Yangtze River has not only caused people to emulate and form a broad mass movement, but has also led to a large