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Site Memorial of August 1 Nanchang Uprising
The Site Memorial of the August 1 Nanchang Uprising is a Chinese revolutionary memorial in memory of the Nanchang Uprising led by the Chinese Communist Party on August 1, 1927. Situated in the provincial city of Nanchang in Jiangxi Province, the memorial was founded in 1956 and opened to the public in 1959. Its administrative body takes care of sites of the Headquarters of August 1 Nanchang Uprising, the Headquarters of the No. 20 Forces headed by He Long, the Headquarters of the No.11 Forces headed by Ye Ting, Military Officer Corps Headed by Zhu De, and the Former Residence of Zhu De. The museum houses 1,295 pieces of original objects and 1,416 pieces of replicas. It sets up the displays of former sites and some auxiliary displays. On the second and third floors of the museum, the Display of the Former Site of Headquarters of August 1 Nanchang Uprising features three sections: Gestation of August 1 Uprising, Breakout of August 1 Uprising, and Pushing Southward of the Uprising and Joining Forces at Jinggangshan, and exhibit 150 photos, 15 graphs, 10 drawings, 1 model and more than 60 real objects. The Display of the Former Site of the Headquarters of the No. 20 Forces features the Exhibition of Comrade He Long's Life Story, briefly introducing the whole life of He Long. The Display of the Former Site of the Headquarters of the No. 11 Forces features the Exhibition of the No. 11 Forces in the Uprising. The Display of the Former Site of the Military Officer Corps features the Exhibition of the Military Officer Corps Headed by Zhu De and the Exhibition of Comrade Zhu De's Life Story, briefly introducing the history of the corps and the great life of Zhu De. The Exhibition of Comrade Zhu De in the Nanchang Uprising in the Former Residence of Zhu De introduces the contribution of Zhu De in the Nanchang Uprising. At the northern end of the third floor of the Headquarters of August 1 Nanchang Uprising, there is a special topic display of Comrade Zhou Enlai is Alive Forever with Us.
Site Memorial of August 1 Nanchang Uprising
Site Memorial of August 1 Nanchang Uprising lies at Xiamachi, Zhongshan Road in Nanchang city of Jiangxi province. It is a five-storied grey brick-and-wood building constructed in 1922, and used to be the Grand Hostel of Jiangxi province. The planar shape of the building is like the Chinese character "中", which means "center" and is a square with a patio in the middle. On April 12, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek rose up against the revolution. He slaughtered the members of Communist Party and the masses supporting the revolution without restraint. To save the revolution, the Communist Party dispatched Zhou Enlai to Nanchang city to organize the Front Line Committee for the Armed Uprising in Nanchang city. To prepare for the uprising secretly, they rented all the rooms in the Grand Hostel in Jiangxi province for the Front Line Committee and the headquarters of the uprising. It was here that Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Ye Ting, He Long and Liu Bocheng discussed the plan of the uprising, and drafted the Declaration of Bayi Revolution, the General Publicity Outline for the Bayi Revolution and the General Publicity Outline for the Land Reform. They declared war at 2am on August 1, which wiped out over 10,000 soldiers of the defending troops in Nanchang city. They then occupied the city. The uprising was the start of the Revolutionary War carried through by the worker-farmer armed force, which was founded by the Communist Party. Later on, August 1 became the birthday of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, which was renamed as the People's Liberation Army (PLA) later. The rooms in the site such as the Meeting Hall of the Headquarters, the offices of Zhou Enlai and Lin Boqu are restored to the original appearance. The Memorial of Bayi Uprising was also built to exhibit the documents and photos of the uprising. In front of the memorial there are 5 statues which are the leading leaders of the uprising. They are Liu Bocheng, Ye Ting, Zhou Enlai, He Long and Zhu De. This is the sacred place where the PLA was born. On the stone tablet, wrote by Jiang Zemin (former Chinese president) to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of the uprising. The central part of the floor is a courtyard with four big vats. It is said that because of the shortage of drinking water at that time, workers of the hotel and some neighboring residents voluntarily carried drinking water to the four vats for the troops. On both sides of the courtyard are the display rooms to show the weapons and medical instruments the uprising troops once used. The southern hall of the first floor was the meeting room of the uprising headquarters. It had been the hotel’s celebration hall before the uprising. During the uprising preparation, many meetings of the commanders and officers of the uprising troops were held here and the order of the uprising was issued from this hall. Among the articles on display, the 4 old-fashioned wooden armchairs, 2 tea tables on the left and the mirror are all original. The rest are reproductions. To the left of the celebration hall was the No 10 guestroom where the leading comrades and workers of the troops lodged. To the right of the celebration hall was the No 9 guestroom where the staff officers for Liu Bocheng, chief of staff of the uprising, worked. On the second floor there is the exhibition hall, which consists of antechamber, No 1 display room and No 2 display room. In the antechamber of the hall stand the bronze busts of the five leaders of the uprising. Behind the busts is a large map of Nanchang city in 1927. The No 1 display room mainly introduces the historical background and decision of Nanchang Uprising. And in the No 2 display room, there is the No 25 guestroom used to be Zhou Enlai’s office, and the No 20 guestroom where Liu Boqu, chairman of the Financial Department of the Revolutionary Committee, worked and lodged. There is also a sand showing model to show the whole process of the uprising. The third floor display hall displays the whole process of the uprising fighting with photos and documents. There are also a lot of inscriptions and photos left by the Party and Government officials when they visited the museum. Former President Jiang Zemin’s inscription is written in 1997. The uprising marked a new era in the CPC's history independently leading armed uprisings and turned a new page in the annals of the Chinese Revolution. Whereas the shots and smoke vanished with the lapse of time and the outcry of battle faded into history, the uprising will be remember for ever and ever.
Memorial of the August 1 Nanchang Uprising
Locates in No. 38, Zhongshan Road in the provincial city of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China, the Site-Memorial of the August 1 Nanchang Uprising is a Chinese revolutionary memorial hall in memory of the Nanchang Uprising led by the Chinese Communist Party on August 1, 1927, and one of the Patriotism Educational Demonstration Bases of China. This building used to be a mansion of Jiangxi Travel Agency. Constructed in 1922 and completed in 1924, it is a five-storied grey brick-and-wood building in the shape of a Chinese "Hui" character. It was built in the use of Chinese and western architectural style, with decorative cement relief on doors and windows in Western-style. In late July, 1927, the rebellion army rent this building as their headquarters and held an important meeting. On August 1st the same year, the August 1 Uprising broke out with a gun shot here. In 1956, this building was set and founded as the memorial site in memory of the uprising, and the name board was inscribed by Marshal Chen. The memorial started to open to the public in 1957. Now, Site Memorial of the August 1 Nanchang Uprising is basically a place which each tourist goes to Nanchang. Every day many visitors go there to recall respecting to history. The free interpret will be provided in the museum to help tourists know better about the story of the memorial and the uprising, no matter when teams go there. But if you travel individually, the free interpret is provided once every half an hour to one hour. The entrance ticket is free by getting tickets with your passport. But it allows only 3,500 people to visit every day, so you may have to wait in a long queue or may not be able to get a ticket at weekends and holidays. About the August 1 Nanchang Uprising At 2:00am on August 1, 1927, with a gunshot, shocked Bayi Nanchang August 1 Uprising broke out, which wiped out over 10,000 soldiers of the defending troops in Nanchang city, led and directed by Zhou Enlai, He Long, Ye Ting, Zhu De, Liu Bocheng, etc.. They then occupied the city. The uprising was the start of the Revolutionary War carried through by the worker-farmer armed force, which was founded by the Communist Party. Later on, August 1 became the birthday of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, which was renamed as the People's Liberation Army (PLA) later. In 1956, the government established Nanchang August 1 uprising memorial hall founded in headquarter site of that time. What to See in the Memorial The new museum is composed of two buildings: the new and the old. The old building is the original headquarters site during Nanchang Uprising; the new building is the new extension constructed in recent years and used as a display hall. There are 10 exhibition rooms open to the public: the Meeting Hall, the Office & Living Room of Enlai Zhou, the Office & Living Room of Boqu Lin, the Office of Military Staffs, the Living Room of Millitary Guards & Health Workers, 4 Documents Exhibition Hall and 1 Memorial Room. And here houses 1,295 pieces of original objects and 1,416 pieces of replicas. There are history charts, books, photos, cultural inscriptions and relics of old comrades that participating Nanchang Uprising showing vividly the glorious history chapters of Nanchang Uprising.
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1 Headquarter Site of "August 1" Uprising was built on the site of the Nanchang Uprising Headquarters, a gray five-story building blending both Western and Chinese architectural styles.
2 "Headquarter Site of "August 1" Uprising" has become one of the most famous historical sites in Nanchang.
3 "Headquarter Site of "August 1" Uprising" used to be a vital headquarter.