Zhishan Red House of Zhishan Red House: connotation

The "Chairman Mao Led the Red Army to Conquer Zhangzhou Memorial Hall" (also known as "Zhishan Red Mansion"), a national cultural relic protection unit and one of the first batch of national red tourism classic scenic spots, has recently started maintenance and repairs, attracting widespread attention from the Zhangzhou cultural and historical circles. , many revolutionary cultural relics and historical sites have also been sorted out. Zhangzhou will restore the "Zhishan Red Mansion" into an exhibition hall of the former residences of Chairman Mao, Deng Zihui, Luo Ming and other Chinese Communist leaders, and will also plan to build a classic red tourist attraction.

According to party history records, after the East Route Army of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army captured Zhangzhou on April 20, 1932, Comrade Mao Zedong used the “Red Mansion” as his studio and living room for more than a month. Chairman Mao held many meetings of cadres above the division commander level in the "Red Mansion" and made important decisions. Later, he called this commemorative red building the "Red Mansion".

Zhishan Red Mansion witnesses the important revolutionary history of the Zhangzhou Campaign. Party history data records that in the early 1930s, the 49th Division of the Kuomintang was entrenched here, destroying the revolution in southern Fujian and repeatedly invading the Western Fujian Soviet Area. On April 3, 1932, Chairman Mao Zedong, then the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Union, led the East Route Army composed of the 1st and 5th Corps of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army from Changting, marched southward, and occupied the city on April 8 Longyan City. At dawn on April 19, in Tianbao Town, a suburb of Zhangzhou, after fierce battles at Fengshuang Ridge, Shizi Ridge and other battles, the Kuomintang 49th Division retreated across the board. Division commander Zhang Zhen abandoned the city with only a few soldiers. By 3 p.m., the battle ended victoriously. In this battle, our army achieved a major victory and the results were brilliant.

In order to make the people in the White Area truly understand that the Red Army is a team that seeks benefits for the poor, the East Route Army generally conducted serious policy and discipline education before entering the city. On the morning of April 20 At 8 o'clock, a grand entrance ceremony was held. After the Red Army entered Zhangzhou, Mao Zedong held a meeting of division commanders, political commissars and above at the Red House in Zhishan on the 21st to summarize the Zhangzhou campaign and formulate the next action plan. In early June, the Red Army returned to the Soviet area.

Witness history: 5 Red Army propaganda slogans are preserved on the wall

In the Zhangzhou Municipal Government’s compound, you can immediately see the Zhishan Red Building located in the center of the courtyard. Zhishan Red House is backed by Zhishan Park, surrounded by green trees and lush flowers and plants. In the front left corner of the memorial hall stands the "Monument to the East Route Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army Conquering Zhangzhou". The inscription on the monument is Marshal Nie Rongzhen.

Workers have already set up structures outside Zhishan Red House to prepare for repairs. Zhishan Red House covers an area of ??704 square meters, with a construction area of ??480 square meters. The ground floor is a basement with stone walls on the first floor and red bricks on the second and third floors, so it is known as the "Red Building". A wall was built around the building, and five Red Army propaganda slogans written at that time, including "The poorest workers and peasants took the initiative to become the Red Army" and "Carry out agrarian revolution", were left on the wall.

Zhishan Red Building was originally the principal’s building of Xunyuan Middle School, an early American missionary school. After 80 or 90 years, the protective layer on the walls has peeled off, the roof has some leaks, and the doors and windows have become deformed. At present, the staff of the memorial hall emphasize that the Red Mansion building is basically well-preserved, and currently only maintenance repairs are being carried out, while the displays inside are being sorted out, and no major repairs will be made. Most of the more than 1,000 revolutionary cultural relics preserved in the museum are paper cultural relics. Due to the lack of moisture-proof and insect-proof equipment and constant temperature and humidity storage conditions, they have been seriously damaged by natural factors and will be reorganized and protected.

Restore the former residence to create a national red tourism boutique route

Relevant departments in Zhangzhou will focus on Chairman Mao’s Red Army’s Conquest of Zhangzhou Memorial Hall to create a national red tourism boutique route. The "Zhishan Red Building" will be restored into an exhibition hall of the former residences of Chairman Mao, Deng Zihui, Luo Ming and other Chinese Communist leaders, and a new "Chairman Mao and the Red Army Conquered Zhangzhou Exhibition Hall" will be built in the open space to the east of the Zhishan Red Building to better protect Zhishan Red House is an excellent historical building.

"Chairman Mao Led the Red Army to Conquer Zhangzhou Memorial Hall" has been included in the first batch of national red tourism classic scenic spots, which will undoubtedly drive the Zhangzhou main battlefield, Yunxiao Wushan Revolutionary Guerrilla Base, Nanjing Longshan Red Army Tower, and the Red Army The development of "red tourist attractions" such as the bridge, the site of the Pinghe riots and the place where the Third Red Regiment went north for the Long March. "Chairman Mao led the Red Army to conquer Zhangzhou Memorial Hall" will become the brand pillar for the development of Zhangzhou tourism market.