A brief introduction to the background of the Red Army crossing the Laoshan boundary.

The old mountain boundary, named Yuechengling on the map, also known as Yaoshan, is one of the five mountains. The middle branch of Yuechengling is southwest-northeast, with a length of 21 kilometers and a width of 6 kilometers, and Fiona Fang is 126 square kilometers. Its main peak, Maoershan, is 214.6 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak of Yuechengling and Wuling. Laoshan boundary is the first mountain that the Central Red Army crossed in the Long March.

at the beginning of December p>1934, the red army crossed the Laoshan boundary in three ways. All the way from Tongren Village in Xing 'an to Leigong Rock along the Longtang River, and from the southwest of Maoershan, the main peak, there are mainly the first and second columns of the Central Committee, the Red Fifth Army Corps and a part of the Red Eighth Army Corps. All the way from Qingdian Village, Gaozhai Village Committee of Xing 'an, along the Tortoise River, through Panjiazhai, over Liyuan Waterfall, up the ladder ridge, and across the Laoshan boundary from the northeast of Maoershan, mainly the Red Eight Army Corps; All the way from Xing 'an Shuibutong to Gaozhai, to Lijiatian, along the Laoshan boundary on the Cunninghamia lanceolata River, into the Resource Pond to keep up with the main Red Army, mainly the 13th Division of the Red Fifth Army.

On December 4, 1934, the first column of the Military Commission moved to Tangfangbian and Liudong areas via Maling in Xing 'an, and began to cross the Laoshan boundary in the afternoon. On December 8th, the Red Thirty-seven Regiment, a part of the Red Eight Regiment and the Security Regiment, which were guarding the old mountain boundary, were ordered to withdraw to the capital

Overlooking the old mountain boundary

The title of Lu Dingyi in 199 was "The Hero of Mount Tai, the Danger of Huashan, and the Steep Steps Down the Old Mountain Boundary".

The Red Army left 18 slogans in Qianjia Temple.

Liu Hualian, an old Red Army, was born in Ganxian County, Jiangxi Province. He joined the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants in August 1934. He was separated from the army in the Xiangjiang Campaign in November 1934, and later changed his name to a farmer's family in Tongren Village, Huajiang. This is the story he told children about the Long March of the Red Army.

Leigongyan, a "road on a cliff", is really steep, almost a 9-degree vertical stone staircase, only a foot wide ... (Excerpted from the diary of Lu Dingyi's Long March

Aunt Zhao, a Yao nationality in Huajiangshuibu village who was helped by the Red Army, and Tomb-Sweeping Day visited the graves of martyrs.

wenjiadong hongjun hall.

Huang Yueying, a villager in Tongren village who once took in Red Army soldiers, told the data collectors of xing an Party History Office about the Red Army crossing Yaozhai in that year.

yuantangdong and the bottom of Longsheng river. At this point, all the Red Army left Xing 'an County.

In order to ensure the central column to cross the Laoshan boundary smoothly, the Red Third Army Corps and the Fifth Army Corps fought many battles with Gui Jun and local militia groups in Huajiang Yao Township of Xing 'an, such as Huangai Blockade, Laocaoling Blockade, Longtangjiang Blockade and Qianjiasi Breakthrough.

The peaks of Laoshan Mountain are towering, the mountains are high and the roads are steep, and it is very difficult and dangerous to climb over, which left a deep impression on the Red Army soldiers. Lu Dingyi, Cheng Fangwu, Jiang Yaode and many other Red Army soldiers mentioned Laoshan in detail in their memories several years later.