A "Red Map of Chenzhou City” was released recently, which will allow the people all over the country to know more about the revolutionary and historical culture in the city.

8. Yizhang Martyrs Cemetery

Yizhang Martyrs Cemetery is located in Beimenling, Yizhang County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province.

Yizhang, where Xiangnan Uprising was launched, is one of Hunan’s 27 key old revolutionary counties. Under the leadership of the CPC, Yizhang people have persevered in struggling for a long time. More than 3,700 people of the county joined in the red army, and more than 14,000 revolutionaries and villagers were killed by the enemies during the revolutionary period. There are 1,352 identifiable martyrs, including Deng Zhongxia, Hu Shaohai and Chen Dongri.

Yizhang Martyrs Cemetery was built in 1966 to recall the achievements of martyrs and carry forward their spirits. Covering an area of 290,000 square meters, the cemetery has memorial tower, halls, pavilion, square, corridor and martyrs’ graves. The cemetery is now under national protection.

9. Taiping Temple, where the Meeting of Worker-Peasant-Soldier Representatives of Southern Hunan was held

Taiping Temple, where the Meeting of Worker-Peasant-Soldier Representatives of Southern Hunan was held, is located in Renmin Road, Yongxing County, Chenzhou City.

On February 4, 1928, Zhu De led the forces of Nanchang Uprising to conquer Chenzhou, and on February 9, Yongxing County was liberated. Yongxing County Soviet Government was established in Taiping Temple on February 9, with Liu Mu as the chairman and four committees of military, anti-rebellion, land and economy.

The first Hunan Worker-Peasant-Soldier Representatives Meeting was held by the CPC Xiangnan Special Committee at Yongxing’s Taiping Temple (today’s Yongxing County No.1 Middle School) to strengthen the unified leadership between March 16 and 20, 1928. More than 80 party, government and military leaders and representatives from Yongxing, Yizhang, Chenxian and other counties attended. Xiangnan Worker-Peasant-Soldier Soviet Government was established at the meeting, marking that there was a unified leadership in the area of southern Hunan.

10. Old Site of the Ninth District Soviet Government in Yongxing County (Guansheng Temple and Memorial Tower)

The Site of the Ninth District Soviet Government in Yongxing County (Guansheng Temple and Memorial Tower) is located in Anfu Village, Jingui Town, Yongxing County.

The Anfusi of Jingui Town has been a vital military place since ancient times. There was Anfu inspection department in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Guansheng temple is a sacrificial temple located in Anfusi. In February 1928, after the establishment of the Soviet Government in Yongxing County, the room in the left of the temple was used as an office of the Soviet Government in the Ninth District of Yongxing County.

Built in Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, Guansheng Temple is divided into middle building, left- and right-wing rooms, with brick and wood structure. It’s 22.8 meters long, 27.8 meters wide, 5 meters high, with a total area of 533.6 square meters. In 1987, Yongxing County People’s Government built a new memorial tower and changed the Buddha Hall into a memorial hall. In 2010, it was listed as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit.

11. Guangfaxu Provisional Court Site

Guangfa Provisional Court Site is located in Guangfa Town, Jiahe County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province.  

In July 1934, the Sixth Corps of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army left the Hunan-Jiangxi Soviet Area and moved westward to central Hunan to carry out the guerrilla warfare and create new Soviet areas. They entered Jiahe County on August 28, mobilized the masses to reduce rents and refund deposits in Guangfa Township, and established a provisional court to interrogate the local tyrants and evil gentries. Li Huiting, a tycoon of Datang Village, Guangfa District and director of the district regiment defense, was shot in this trial, which proved heavy blows and powerful deterrence to the local tyrants.

12. Beixi Uprising Site

Beixi Uprising Site is located in Beixi Village, Shunfeng Town, Linwu County, and about 6 kilometers away from the county.  

After the Xiulongyan Uprising, the CPC Linwu County Labor Committee continued to launch armed uprisings. On June 24, 1949, with the help of Guangdong’s Lianjiang detachment, more than 90 intellectuals and peasants from Linwu County, Lianzhou City and Yizhang County held an armed uprising at Beixi Village Elementary School and established Beixi guerrilla group. The guerrillas were incorporated into the Lianjiang Detachment and the Independent Brigade of the Xiangnan Detachment of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. They led the people to carry out struggles against the local reactionary forces of the Kuomintang, and made great contribution to the liberation of Linwu.

13. Xiulongyan Uprising Site

Xiulongyan is a natural rock cave located near Xiaocheng Village, Shuidong Town, Linwu County, 25 kilometers away from the county, with an altitude of 487.56 meters.

In May 1949, Gu Ziyuan, the head of the CPC Xiangnan Labor Committee, visited Linwu and Guiyang counties and planned the uprising. On the night of May 17, the CPC Linwu County Labor Committee led more than 100 peasants and intellectuals to launch an armed uprising in Xiulongyan and established a people’s liberation (armed) force the next day. In June, the force led the people in the struggle against the collection of grain, tax and conscription, which hard hit the local reactionary forces of the Kuomintang Government. In June, a cadre training session was held in Xiulongyan, cultivating dozens of revolutionary cadres, and laying a solid foundation for liberating Linwu County and taking over the political power.

14. Xiangnan Uprising Site

The former site of the CPC Special Working Committee in Rucheng (Second Division Command) is located in Jinjiang Village, Luyang Town, Rucheng County. Now it is a national key cultural relics protection unit.

15. Zhu De’s Former Residence

Zhu De’s Former Residence is located at Zhu’s Ancestral Temple in Jinjiang Village, Luyang Town, Rucheng County. Now it’s a historical site protected at the national level.

Zhu De reached a cooperation agreement with Fan Shisheng, expanded the forces, and launched Xiangnan Uprising. In order to thank the masses in Jinjiang, Zhu De presented a plaque “We Are Family” inscribed by himself.

16. Old Site of the central red army breaking through the second blockade in the Long March

The site is located in Guanheng Village, Yanshou Yao Township, Rucheng County.

In early November 1934, when the red army passed through Yanshou Yao Township in Rucheng County during the Long March, the 34th division of the fifth Red Army Corps, which served as a cover, had a fierce battle with the Kuomintang Guangdong army in Rucheng.

According to Hu Guifu, a local old man, at that time, the bodies of those killed in the battle lied at the foot of the Qingshi Village and by the Yanshou River, and the river turned red with the blood. After the battle, the local people buried the remains of the Red Army officers and soldiers by the river.

After liberation, the local government and people successively built tombs and a monument of the Central Red Army breaking through the second blockade line in memory of the heroes.

17. Former Residence of Zhu Liangcai

The former residence of Zhu Liangcai is located in Waisha Village, Maqiao Town, Rucheng County.

Zhu Liangcai (1900.9-1989.2) graduated from Lianxi Higher Primary School in Rucheng County at the age of 16, and went to study Chengde Middle School in Hengyang City at the age of 18. He joined the peasant movement during the Great Revolution period, joined the Communist Party of China in October 1927, and participated in the Xiangnan Uprising in January 1928. He went to Jinggang Mountains with his troops in April, and became the director of the political department of the 34th Division of the 5th Red Army Corps in 1934.

In 1955, he was awarded the rank of general, the Order of Bayi (a Chinese military award for heroes of the Liberation of China during the First Chinese Civil War, between 1927 and 1949), the Order of Independence and Freedom, and the Order of Liberation. He wrote revolutionary traditional teaching materials such as Zhu De’s Shoulder Pole and A Wick of Light.

18. Former Residence of Song Yuhe

The former residence of Song Yuhe is located in Shoushui Village, Yanshou Yao Township, Rucheng County.

Song Yuhe (1902-1970), who joined the Communist Party of China in May 1928, took part in the Long March in 1934 and served as director of the Third Bureau of the Headquarters of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission.

During the war of liberation, he served as commander of Logistics Department of East China Military Region and deputy director of East China Finance Committee. After liberation, he successively served as vice minister of the Ministry of Food Industry, Vice Minister of the General Logistics Department of the CMC, Vice Minister of the Construction Engineering Department, etc. He was praised as one of the “four great King Kong” in the Central Logistics Department by the leaders of the Central Military Commission.