Pyongyang, December 23 (KCNA) -- The bier of leader Kim Jong Il is draped in the red flag.

The red flag is a brilliant symbol of his revolutionary faith and will to accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche.

The red color denotes the precious blood of the revolutionary forerunners who brought a happy life today at the cost of their lives in bloody battles in the forest of Mt. Paektu and in the hard-fought war.

Kim Jong Il said it is none other than the red flag that we should hoist on the peak on the day of the victory of our revolutionary cause. When publishing his famous work "Socialism Is a Science," he said this was a proclamation that his idea was red.

When the song "Let Us Hold High the Red Flag" was completed, he noted the song fully reflects the red flag philosophy of our party and our faith, will and ideal.

He made sure that a red flag was depicted with granite at the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery and glow was portrayed as red glow. His spiritual world represented the sacred one of the red flag.

He always led all the servicepersons and people along the road of creation and innovation and victory and glory at the helm of the revolution holding aloft the red flag.

"We are under respected Comrade Kim Jong Un."

"Let's accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche under the leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Un."

This is the conviction of future and oath the servicepersons and people manifested before the bier of Kim Jong Il, inspired by his red flag philosophy.