The historical story behind Army Day?

August 1st every year is the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, so it is also called "August 1st" Army Day.

At 2 o'clock in the morning on August 1, 1927, the Former Enemy Committee headed by Zhou Enlai and the Northern Expeditionary Force led by He Long, Ye Ting, Zhu De, Liu Bocheng and others totaled 20,000 people. An armed uprising was held in Nanchang, Jiangxi, which was the first shot of the Chinese Communist Party's armed resistance against the reactionaries. It was the beginning of the independent leadership of the armed struggle by the Chinese Communist Party.

In April 1928, the surviving Nanchang Uprising Army led by Zhu De and Chen Yi met with the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops led by Mao Zedong in Jinggangshan, formally forming the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army.

On June 30, 1933, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission decided that August 1 every year would be the Memorial Day of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army. On July 11 of the same year, the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Union approved this decision. Since then, "August 1st" has become the Army Day of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Extended information:

On July 11, 1933, the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Union decided to use August 1 as the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army.

Since then, August 1st every year has become the Army Day of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army and later the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. On August 1 of that year, the first "August 1st" commemoration event in history was held at the Red Army Square in Yeping, Ruijin, and in the evening of the same day, a Red Army military parade and procession were held at Zhumagang, south of Ruijin City.

Since then, August 1 has officially become the Army Day of the People’s Army. Therefore, it can be said that Nanchang is the place where the military flag is raised, and Ruijin is the place where the August 1st Army Day was born.

Baidu Encyclopedia-August 1st Army Day