“一个人活在世上的时光极其短暂,要多对党和人民作贡献,这样才有价值,才有意义。”50年来,杨元臣用他的实际行动诠释着这样一则人生信条。一个退休10余年的教师,在距县城60余公里的偏僻山村生活,足迹已很少踏出村子,却在全县道德模范评选中高居榜首。他虽然退休多年,但为什么还有这么多的人知道他、记着他?无怨无悔的选择如今近70岁的杨元臣出生在苍山下、洱海畔,这里风光秀丽,土地肥沃,但在解放初期那个特定的年代背景下,物质极为匮乏,杨元臣记忆中的童年生活较为艰 “It is only a short time for a person to live in the world. To make contributions to the party and the people is valuable and makes sense.” For 50 years, Yang Yuanchen explained his life creed with his practical actions. A teacher who has retired for more than 10 years lives in a remote mountain village 60 kilometers away from the county. His footsteps have rarely taken the village. However, he has topped the list of moral models in the county. Although he retired for many years, why so many people know him and remember him? No regrets choice Now nearly 70-year-old Yang Yuanchen was born in Cangshan, Erhai Lake, where beautiful scenery and fertile land, but in the liberation The initial era of that particular era, the material is extremely scarce, Yang Yuanchen memories of childhood life more difficult