What is Laoshanjie?

Laoshanjie, named Yuechengling on the map, also known as Yaoshan, is one of the five ridges. It is the middle branch of Yuechengling, running from southwest to northeast, 21 kilometers long and 6 kilometers wide. , with a radius of 126 square kilometers. Its main peak, Maoer Mountain, is 2140.6 meters above sea level. It is the highest peak of Yuecheng Ridge and the highest peak of Wuling Mountains. Laoshanjie was the first mountain that the Central Red Army crossed during the Long March.

In early December 1934, the Red Army crossed the Laoshan border in three groups. The whole way is from Tongren Village in Xing'an along the Longtang River, across Leigongyan, and over hundreds of steep steps from the southwest of the main peak Mao'er Mountain to the Laoshan boundary. It mainly consists of the 1st and 2nd columns of the Central Committee and the 5th Red Army Corps, as well as part of the 8th Red Army Corps; all the way It starts from Qingdian Village, Gaozhai Village Committee, Xing'an, along the Wugui River, passes through Panjiazhai, passes Liyuan Falls, goes up to Tingling, crosses the Laoshan boundary from the northeast of Mao'er Mountain, and is mainly occupied by the Eighth Red Army; all the way from Xing'an Shuitang to Gao Village, go to Lijiatian along the Shanmu River on the Laoshan border and enter the resource pond to follow the main force of the Red Army, mainly the 1st Division of the 13th Division of the Fifth Red Army.

On December 4, 1934, the first column of the Military Commission moved to the Tangfangbian and Liudong areas via Xing'an Maling, and began to cross the Laoshan boundary in the afternoon. On December 8, the 37th Red Regiment, part of the 8th Red Regiment and the security regiment guarding the Laoshan boundary were ordered to withdraw their capital

Looking at the Laoshan boundary

Lu Dingyi 1990 The title of the year is "The Hero of Mount Tai, the Danger of Mount Huashan,"

The boundary of Laoshan is a hundred steps steep.

The Qianjia Temple Slogan Tower where the Red Army left 18 slogans.

Veteran Red Army Liu Hualian, a native of Gan County, Jiangxi Province, joined the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in August 1934. He was separated from the army during the Battle of Xiangjiang River in November 1934, and later changed his name and married into a farmer's family in Tongren Village, Huajiang. This is what he told the children. The story of the Red Army's Long March.

Leigongyan, the "road on the cliff", is indeed extremely steep, almost a 90-degree vertical stone staircase, only a foot wide... (Excerpted from Lu Dingyi's Long March Diary

Aunt Zhao of the Yao ethnic group in Huajiang Shuibu Village, who had been helped by the Red Army, visited the graves of martyrs during the Qingming Festival.

Wenjiadong Red Army Hall. Huang Yueying, a villager in Tongren Village who had taken in Red Army soldiers, told the information collectors of the Xing'an County Party History Office about the Red Army's crossing of Yao Village.

At this point, the Red Army all left Xing'an. County boundary.

In order to ensure that the central column can successfully cross the Laoshan border, the Third and Fifth Red Army Corps and others conducted the Yellow Pass Blockade and Laocaoling Blockade with the Gui Army and local militia in Huajiang Yao Township, Xing'an. Many battles such as the Longtang River Blockade and Qianjiasi Breakout

Laoshanjie has towering peaks, high mountains, steep roads, and steep cliffs. It is very difficult and dangerous to climb, which left a deep impression on the Red Army soldiers. Impression. Lu Dingyi, Cheng Fangwu, Jiang Yaode and many other Red Army soldiers mentioned Laoshanjie in detail in their memories several years later.