The historical background story of Linjiang Tower

In October 1929, Mao Zedong, who was suffering from falciparum malaria, was carried on a stretcher by several Red Guards from Hexi in Yongding to Shanghangchengguan via Shanghangxikou and Lufeng. Linjiang Building, I lived here for nearly 20 days.

Local party history experts told us that at this time, Mao Zedong was suffering from falciparum malaria and was very weak. At the same time, due to the serious proliferation of various erroneous ideas in the party, he had been forced to resign as secretary of the Red Army Front Committee, and had to leave the Fourth Red Army he had founded, using the pseudonym "Director Yang" to work in the local area. In the name of recuperating in the countryside of western Fujian.

Go up to the second floor of Linjiang Building, open the window and look out, seeing the smoke waves of the Tingjiang River rippling in front of you. "On the eve of the Double Ninth Festival in October 1929, Mao Zedong came to Shanghang for the fourth time and stayed in the east wing on the second floor of Linjiang Building." Lei Xiaohua, director of the Shanghang County Museum, told us that Mao Zedong and Chi The guards shook hands one by one, thanked them for their careful care along the way, and enthusiastically invited everyone to stay overnight in the city. But the fellow villagers politely declined, and after asking, they found out that the next day was the Double Ninth Festival, and they had to rush home overnight to celebrate the festival.

In the early morning of the next day, Mao Zedong stood in front of the main hall on the second floor of Linjiang Building, facing the strong late autumn wind, looking at the golden chrysanthemums blooming all over the mountains and plains on the other side. This situation made Mao Zedong, who was in adversity, very excited. He wrote: "Life is easy, but it is hard to grow old. Every year there is a Double Ninth Festival, and now it is a Double Ninth Festival. The yellow flowers on the battlefield are particularly fragrant. The autumn wind is strong once a year, and it is not like the spring scenery. , better than spring.

Linjiang Building is a small Western-style building with white walls, flat roof and arched eaves. "A few decades ago, this building was the only building in Shanghang County. One of the best small buildings. This building was originally the former site of Guangfulong Warehouse, a famous warehouse in the city, and it was also the villa of the owner of the warehouse industry. Hotels have been set up here successively, and oil, salt, rice and bean businesses have been run. "At that time, the owner of Linjiang Building gave up this building because he wanted Chairman Mao to recuperate here." An old man said. The building covers an area of ??about 300m2 and has three floors (three outside and two inside). During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries such as Mao Zedong and Zhu De came to Shanghang many times to carry out revolutionary practice activities. Mao Zedong visited Shanghang nine times. .

Mao Zedong stayed in Linjiang Tower for about 20 days. In late October, he left Shanghang via Shuixidu and Jiangjun Bridge. Baisha went to Sujiapo, where the Central Fujian Special Committee is located, to guide work.

Linjiang Tower was announced as the second batch of provincial cultural relics protection units by the Fujian Provincial People's Government in October 1985 because of its mythical acceptance of a great man.