The main attractions of Jiangshuai Forest of Steles

The Memorial Garden for the Main Generals of the Fourth Red Army

The Forest of Steles for Generals of the Sichuan-Shaanxi and Soviet Areas is built on the top of Nankang Mountain. On the way up the mountain, you can see many stone carvings of the Red Army on the mountain wall. Promotional slogan.

The Memorial Statue Garden for the Main Generals of the Fourth Red Front Army is located at the west end of the Forest of Steles Corridor. The busts of ten main generals of the Fourth Red Front Army are carved in red granite. They are: Zhang Guotao, Xu Xiangqian, Chen Changhao, and Wang Shusheng. , Li Xiannian, Ni Zhiliang, Zhang Qinqiu, Zhou Chunquan, Fu Zhong, Zeng Chuanliu.

The statue base is inlaid with black granite. The design concept is simple and lively, with profound meaning. The length-to-width ratio is designed according to the "golden section" method with an aesthetic point of view in plastic arts. The three-level U-shaped staircase under the memorial seat represents the first, second, third and fourth front armies. The back part merges into a line, indicating that the three armies will merge into one. The statue is 1.5 meters high and the overall height is 4 meters. The front of the statue is engraved with personal resume, donation unit and inscription.

In the front and center of the memorial platform are Xu Xiangqian (then commander-in-chief of the Fourth Red Army, 1901-1990, marshal) and Chen Changhao (then political commissar of the Fourth Red Army, 1906-1967) , Wang Shusheng (then deputy commander-in-chief of the Fourth Red Front Army, 1905-1974, general), Li Xiannian (then political commissar of the 30th Army of the Fourth Red Front Army, 1909-1992).

On the right side of these four people is Ni Zhiliang, then the chief of staff of the Fourth Red Army. Ni Zhiliang, 1900-1965, was awarded the rank of lieutenant general in 1955.

On the left is a female Red Army soldier. This is Zhang Qinqiu, director of the Political Department of the Fourth Red Army and the only female general in the history of the Red Army. Zhang Qinqiu, 1904-1968, was a prominent representative of the first generation of new revolutionary women in our party and the first generation female member of the Communist Party of China. She studied in Moscow for five years and returned to China, becoming the only female political officer of the front army in the Red Army. Director, the only female teacher, and the first female minister of the Republic of China after liberation. Zhang Qinqiu’s original husband was Shen Zemin, the younger brother of Shen Yanbing (the famous writer Mao Dun) in 1932. After the Fourth Front Army left the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area, Shen Zemin stayed and persisted in the guerrilla struggle. Unfortunately, he died in the second year. In July 1936, before the Fourth Red Front Army crossed the grassland for the third time, Zhang Qinqiu married Chen Changhao, the general political commissar of the Fourth Red Front Army. Later, because Chen Changhao's first wife Liu Xiuzhen found Yan'an, her marriage to Chen Changhao existed in name only. Later, she married Su Jingguan, an old comrade in the Red Fourth Front Army. After the founding of New China, she served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Textile Industry for a long time.

Facing the right side of these six people is Zhou Chunquan (1905-1985). After the Fourth Front Army arrived in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Border Region, Zhang Qinqiu first served as the director of the General Political Department of the Front Army. Later, he suffered retaliation for opposing Zhang Guotao's mistakes and was transferred to the director of the Political Department of the General Hospital. In February 1936, Zhou Chunquan served as director of the General Political Department of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army. In March, he was transferred to the political commissar of the 31st Red Army. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of general.

On the left are Fu Zhong and Zeng Chuanliu, both deputy directors of the Political Department of the Fourth Red Army. Fu Zhong (1900-1989), senior general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of general and won the first-class August 1st Medal, the first-class Medal of Independence and Freedom, and the first-class Liberation Medal. Zeng Chuanliu (1904-1983), a native of Huang'an (now Hong'an County), Hubei Province, China, was a general of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. He later served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China.

The statue of Zhang Guotao is placed more than 1 meter lower than the platform on which the nine statues are placed, which indicates his later ending. Moreover, his statue faces the other statues, indicating that they have different opinions. However, Zhang Guotao's position is at the beginning of the Forest of Steles Corridor, which also symbolizes that he was the main leader of the Fourth Red Army. He is engraved on the front under the statue: General Political Commissar of the Red Army, a representative of the Communist Party of China; a brief biography is engraved on the back.

The Corridor of the Forest of Steles

Next to the memorial garden for the main generals of the Red Fourth Front Army is the Corridor of the Forest of Steles. The Corridor of the Forest of Steles is the main project of the Forest of Steles, with three sections. Mainly erected as personal memorial monuments for the officers and men of the Fourth Red Army.

The corridor takes the memorial statue garden as the center, winds up and down to the left and right, and is built according to the mountain situation. It is nearly 800 meters long and 6 meters wide. There is a golden glazed tiled corridor on the top and an octagonal pavilion at the corner. The monument is engraved with the resumes and portraits of the Red Army soldiers, as well as the names of their spouses and descendants or the names of the donors. The entire corridor is very spectacular. So far, more than 3,280 personal commemorative monuments have been embedded in the corridor.

Outside the Corridor of the Forest of Steles, there are also a "J-6" fighter jet and two "Sanqi" anti-aircraft guns.

Signature Monument

In the twists and turns of the forest of steles corridor, there is a landmark monument. The monument is 10 meters high. The top is a blazing revolutionary torch, and the lower end is shaped like a triangular and six-sided shuttle head. The first and second sides are composed of the title "Forest of Steles for Generals of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area" inscribed by General Zhang Aiping and the military flag of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army; the third and fourth sides are composed of General Secretary Jiang Zemin's inscription: "Long March, the monument will last forever" and Mao Zedong's evaluation of the Sichuan-Shaanxi revolutionary base area: "The Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area is the second largest area of ??the Chinese Soviet Union"; the fifth and sixth pages are the "Route Map of the Battle Course of the Fourth Red Front Army" (1927-1937), which includes starting from Qiliping to establishing Sichuan in northern Sichuan. The Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Area and the distance traveled by the Red Army from the beginning of the Long March to Xingxing Gorge in 1935.

The "Soul of the Red Army" sculpture

The "Soul of the Red Army" sculpture was donated 50,000 yuan by Zhao Xinping, the grandson of Zhao Mingxing, an old Red Army soldier from Tongjiang and director of the Seventh Engineering Department of Beijing Tianhua Fourth Company. Built in the Yuan Dynasty. It is a sculpture that looks like a mountain but not a mountain, looks like a scene but not a scene, and looks like a human horse but not a human horse. It is built with a shape that combines abstraction and imagination, movement and stillness, using backlight projection. The Red Army is the predecessor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Meaning: "Army" is a people's army that marches forward courageously, is invincible, and is invincible. "Soul" is not only the soul of soldiers, but also the soul of the army, and the "soul" that determines the outcome of the war. It expresses people's infinite admiration and grief for the Red Army soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country and made indelible contributions. It symbolizes that this army is the strong pillar of the Republic of China and the Great Steel Wall that defends the motherland.

The Memorial Statue of Martyr Liu Bojian

Next to the "Soul of the Red Army" is the Memorial Statue of Martyr Liu Bojian. Liu Bojian, 1895-1935, was an early revolutionary activist in my country and a native of Pingchang, Sichuan. He once served as director of the Political Department of the Gannan Military Region and secretary-general of the Central Military Commission. In 1935, he was killed by the enemy in Dayu, Jiangxi. There is a famous posthumous work "Traveling with Shackles". "Martyr Liu Bojian" was written by Comrade Deng Xiaoping. In the shape of a statue, he is wearing a suit, holding a book in his left hand, and putting his right hand in his trouser pocket. He stands on the top of a mountain and stares into the distance, implying his long-term vision for the revolutionary cause. Always study diligently for the development of the revolution and meditate on the arduous situation of the revolutionary struggle. The statue garden was built by Mr. Li Yonggui, secretary-general of the Shanghai Yongjun Foundation, who donated 80,000 yuan.

Monument to the Heroes of the Red Army Generals

Further forward from the Memorial Statue of Martyr Liu Bojian is the Monument to the Heroes of the Red Army Soldiers. The monument to the famous soldiers of the Red Army is located on the north side of the Forest of Steles Park. The main monument is tetrahedral and 9.7 meters high. It means that the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army founded the Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base. The monument was built when Hong Kong returned to the motherland in 1997. The title of the monument "Monument to the Heroes of the Red Army Soldiers in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area" was inscribed by General Li Zhen and General Zhang Zhijian respectively. The monument is 12.23 meters high, which means that 120,000 people from Tong, Nan, Ba, and Ping counties joined the Red Army and established the Soviet regime of 23 counties (cities) in 1 province, 2 provinces (120,000 sons and daughters of Bazhong Communists participated Red Army, 40,000 of whom died). The diameter of the first circle is 12.3 meters, which means that the Fourth Red Front Army liberated Bacheng on January 23, 1933. The diameter of the entire monument area is 27 meters, which means the establishment of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Soviet Government in Tongjiang County on February 7, 1933. Below the main monument are inscriptions by leaders Zhang Zhen, Zhang Wannian, Chi Haotian, Geng Biao, Qin Jiwei, Luo Qingchang, Tong Xiaopeng, Liao Hansheng, Liu Zhijian, Xiao Ke, Wan Haifeng and Wang Ping. There are 268 granite steles inlaid in and around the monument. The monument is engraved with the list of 100,000 Red Army soldiers. The monument was built with the help of Mr. Li Yonggui, secretary-general of the Shanghai Supporting Army Foundation, with a donation of 100,000 yuan.

In the Beilin Garden, there is also the Sichuan-Shaanxi and Soviet Area Generals’ Forest of Steles Memorial Hall. This museum was completed and opened to the public on July 15, 2005.

The memorial hall echoes the "Forest of Steles of Generals in the Sichuan-Shaanxi and Soviet Areas" and is designed in the style of residential buildings in northern Sichuan. It covers an area of ??more than 4,000 square meters and is divided into three exhibition halls. The museum displays more than 2,000 commemorative items donated by more than 300 veteran Red Army soldiers, as well as inscriptions and inspection photos of more than 100 central leaders and senior generals of our army.