李建新年幼时由外婆抚育,外婆曾是解放前从安徽怀远逃难到湖南祁阳的乞讨者,对毛主席、共产党有着深厚的感情。在外婆教育下,李建新把毛主席当作最亲的人。1997年,李建新到大庆,老工人师傅握着他的手说他像毛主席。次年,他在总行开会,与会者都说他应该去演毛主席。从2008年起,李建新开始在韶山、长沙、北京等地饰演毛主席。当年4 When Li was young, she was educated by her grandmother, a former beggar who escaped from Huaiyuan in Anhui Province before liberation to Qiyang in Hunan Province, and had deep feelings for Chairman Mao and the Communist Party. Under the education of grandmother, Li Jianxin regarded Chairman Mao as the most pro-person. In 1997, when Li Jianxin arrived in Daqing, the old worker’s master said in his hand that he was Chairman Mao. The following year, he met at the head office, and participants said he should play Chairman Mao. Since 2008, Li Jianxin has started to play Chairman Mao in Shaoshan, Changsha and Beijing. Year 4