Former residence of Hu Yaobang

Hu Yaobang's former residence left Liuyang City in Hunan Province and drove eastward into a hilly area. The terrain gradually rose. Cangfang village, Zhonghe Township, more than 40 kilometers away from Liuyang City... Hu Yaobang's former residence is a typical Hunan farmhouse building, facing south from north, with small green tiles and brick wood structure. It is said that it was first built in the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty, so it has a history of more than 140 years. It is a key cultural relics protection unit in Hunan Province. On November 20, 1915, Hu Yaobang was born in this ordinary residence in Zhonghe shanchong, where he spent his childhood and youth. He started his studies here with excellent results and accepted the revolutionary truth under the influence of local progressive people. In 1930, at the age of 15, Hu Yaobang bid farewell to his hometown and went to Jinggangshan with the workers' and peasants' Red Army, embarking on the revolutionary road. In January 1963, when Hu Yaobang was the Secretary of Hunan provincial Party committee and the first Secretary of Xiangtan Prefecture Party committee, he made a short stay in his hometown during his rural investigation in Liuyang. In 1995, with the concern and attention of the superior leaders and competent departments, the former residence was restored according to its original appearance. Hu Yaobang's youth housing, parents' and elder brother's housing, main hall, horizontal hall, living room, kitchen, etc. were restored and displayed, and opened to the public. In January 1996, the former residence was designated as a cultural relic protection unit of Hunan Province. In 1998, a photo exhibition of Hu Yaobang's life was added. Since 1999, the former residence has carried out comprehensive environmental protection and construction planning with the support of the superior government and competent departments, and will gradually implement various supporting venues and facilities. In April 2002, the former residence was designated as the patriotic education base of Hunan Province. The former residence of Hu Yaobang, former general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, is located in cangfang village, Zhonghe Town, Liuyang City, Hunan Province. The former residence was built in Xianfeng years of the Qing Dynasty. It faces south in the north, with small green tiles and civil structure. It is a typical rural residential building style of Liuyang in the late Qing Dynasty. The layout is inverted concave, covering an area of 450 square meters, with 19 rooms in total. Hu Yaobang's former residence is in the west of the central axis, and Hu's clan's house is in the East

Former residence of Hu Yaobang

Hu Yaobang's former residence is located on the Bank of Minxi River, cangfang village, Zhonghe Town, Liuyang City, Hunan Province. It was built in the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty. The house faces south with civil structure and small green tile roof. It is a typical rural residential building in Liuyang in the late Qing Dynasty.

In January 2012, Hu Yaobang's hometown scenic spot was approved as a national AAAA scenic spot. In 2013, it was listed in the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

In December 2016, Hu Yaobang's former residence was listed in the list of national Red Tourism classic scenic spots.

Introduction to former residence

Hu Yaobang's former residence is located on the Bank of Minxi River, cangfang village, Zhonghe Town, Liuyang City, Hunan Province. It is close to Xiling in the north, surrounded by flowing water and beautiful scenery. It is a typical Hunan Farm Building, facing south from north, with small green tiles and brick wood structure. The former residence was built in Xianfeng Period of Qing Dynasty, with a history of more than 140 years. The houses are owned by Hu Mingzhong, Hu Yaobang's great grandfather, and Hu Mingjing, Hu Yaobang's brother. They are arranged in concave shape, covering an area of 450 square meters, with a total of 19 rooms. From the west of the central axis is Hu Yaobang's former residence, and from the east part is Hu's clan house. The "Pan Gong Xiang Tang" in the middle is the largest, which is the place where Mingjing and Mingzhong brothers worshiped the memorial tablet of their father Hu zhongpan. It is shared by the two families and serves as the grand guest hall. According to two generations, the house belonging to Hu Yicang, Hu Yaobang's father, has seven and a half rooms, about 200 square meters.

On November 20, 1915, Comrade Hu Yaobang was born in a wing room of this old house. At that time, after the revolution of 1911, new culture and new ideas began to spread in the countryside. However, because of warlords' scuffle, mountains and rivers were broken, wars were in chaos, and natural disasters, people lived in dire straits. As a matter of fact, Hu Yaobang's family property, which was saved by his ancestors' hard work and saving food and clothing, began to be destroyed because of the above reasons. When Hu Yaobang was young, his family was very poor. Because of his intelligence and diligence, his father tried every means to send him to Zhongtao bookstore (private school) for enlightenment, and then to Hu clan primary school, Liren school and Liuyang middle school. For more than ten years, apart from boarding in Liuzhong, he spent the rest of his time eating and living in this old house. He spent his childhood and youth here. He did not leave his hometown until October 1930 when he was transferred to the post of director of Xiangdong children's General Administration in Anyuan, Jiangxi Province. Since then, he has devoted himself to the great cause of Chinese revolution and construction for more than 30 years.

The origin of the former residence

Hu Yaobang's ancestors lived in Wutang village, Wuqiao Town, Gao'an County, Jiangxi Province for generations. About the late Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, a farmer named Hu Yunqin left Jiangxi with his family. The former residence is a typical building on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi in the late Qing Dynasty. Hu zhongpan was a Bachelor of the Qing Dynasty. When he was in charge of the family, he was the most prosperous. At that time, he bought a lot of land and built the house. The house is shared by Hu Yaobang's great grandfather Hu Mingzhong and his brother Hu Mingjing. At the same time, in memory of him, the hall was named "Pan Gong Xiang Tang". After two generations, the house belonging to Hu Yaobang's father Hu Zulun's family is nine and a half rooms, about 200 square meters.

When Hu Yaobang was alive, the ancestral home was dilapidated and on the verge of collapse. One year in the 1980s, Hu Yaofu, Hu Yaobang's brother, went to Beijing and told him that his ancestral home was about to collapse. What should he do? Hu Yaobang said that as time goes by, let it fall. If it falls outside, people will move inside. In short, Hu Yaobang firmly opposed the restoration of his former residence.

In 1962, in order to study agricultural issues, he was appointed secretary of Hunan provincial Party committee and first Secretary of Xiangtan Prefecture Party committee. At that time, Liuyang was subordinate to Xiangtan. Comrade Hu Yaobang took advantage of the opportunity to come to Liuyang to inspect his work, went back to his hometown, visited his living teachers and fellow villagers, and gave important instructions on the socialist construction of his hometown. At that time, some people saw that his old house was already a dilapidated building and suggested that it should be repaired. However, he declined everyone's kindness and only proposed to keep the original appearance and strengthen the external walls. But later, it was not reinforced in time, so that the external wall was pushed down by the flood. After Hu Yaobang became general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, he repeatedly told his family not to start construction.

1995 is the 80th anniversary of Hu Yaobang's birth. Liuyang City decided to restore Hu Yaobang's former residence. The work started in February 1995 and was basically completed in July. Hu Yaobang's childhood house, parents' and elder brother's bedroom, main hall, horizontal hall, living room and kitchen were restored. In September of that year, Li Zhao, wife of Hu Yaobang, visited her former residence here. In December, Hu Yaobang's former residence was opened to the outside world and has received more than 100000 people. More and more people are watching. Someone wrote in the message book: "although the road is difficult, I'm here." That's because Zhonghe township is far away from Liuyang City and close to Jiangxi Province. The road grade is low. It takes two hours to drive down from Liuyang. Others left a message: "Hu Yaobang, you saved me." It seems that the writer must have experienced the suffering of unjust, false and wrong cases in those years.

Hu Yaobang's former residence was restored and opened to the public in 1995. In 1996, the former residence was listed as a key cultural relic protection unit in Hunan Province, and in 2002, it was listed as a patriotic education base in Hunan Province. The exhibition hall started construction in February 2005 and put into use in November 2006. It covers an area of more than 13000 square meters, with a construction area of 3800 square meters and an exhibition area of more than 2100 square meters. It uses modern display means such as sound, light and electricity to display more than 330 pictures and more than 170 cultural relics. It also shows nine scenes reflecting Hu Yaobang's life with restoration of cultural relics, sculptures and wax statues.

Hu Yaobang's former residence was declared and approved as the education base for Party members in Changsha in 2007, and the third level national museum and the education base for party conduct and clean government in Hunan Province in 2009. Combined with the characteristics of the patriotic education base, the former residence has carefully organized and carried out a number of publicity and education activities with distinct themes and vivid intuition, making the base an activity base and a second classroom for visitors to cherish their martyrs, establish their ideals and explore the meaning of life. Since 2005, Hu Yaobang's former residence has received more than 600000 visitors from all over the country, including Zeng Qinghong, Wu Guanzheng, He Guoqiang, Wang Zhaoguo and other central leaders.

About the owner

On November 20, 1915, Hu Yaobang was born in a 10 square meter ear room in the inner room of hengting on the west side of his former residence. Hu Yaobang ranks ninth in his family, and his parents call him jiuyazi. According to the memories of the local elderly, Hu Yaobang was a small, stuttering boy in his childhood, but he loved to work, was sensible and intelligent. When Hu Yaobang was 4 years old, he went to the mountain to collect firewood with his brother Hu Yaofu, who had been studying in private school. He often squatted on the ground and learned to write with the branches he found, and read "Hundred Surnames".

In 1920, when Hu Yaobang was 5 years old, he began to study in the peach tree house, which is located more than 100 meters south of his former residence.

In 1922, he was transferred to Xingwen primary school and won the first place in his first exam. When Hu Zuyi saw that he was smart and studious, he often asked him to do his senior homework and told him the heroic stories of Yang Jiajiang and Tan Si in his spare time. At that time, these heroes stayed in his memory and influenced him silently.

In 1926, when Hu Yaobang was 11 years old, he went to the high school of Liren school in Wenjia City, more than 10 kilometers away from home. During the period of the great revolution, the peasant movement in Hunan was surging. Hu Yaobang's family took part in the local peasant association and devoted themselves to the hot peasant movement. His father, Hu Zulun, was a land committee member of the rural Soviet government, and his mother, Hu Zulun

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