August 1 Nanchang Uprising monument

August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower is located at the south end of people's Square in the center of Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. In 1977, it was built on the 50th anniversary of the August 1 Nanchang Uprising and completed on January 8, 1979. The tower is a cuboid with a total height of 45.5 meters. On the north side, Marshal Ye Jianying inscribed "August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower" with nine gold-plated bronze characters, and embedded with a granite tablet of "Introduction to August 1 Nanchang Uprising". On the other three sides are three large-scale granite reliefs of "declaring uprising", "attacking enemy camp" and "cheering victory". On both sides of the tower, there is a wing wall, inlaid with relief of the flag emblem of the Red Army of Chinese workers and peasants surrounded by green pine and evergreen. The top of the tower is composed of upright granite "made in Hanyang" rifle and Bayi army flag pasted with red granite.

The shape of the memorial tower is majestic and straight, and the implication is bright and profound. The six layer lights and multiple groups of projection lights are set up at the top and bottom respectively, which makes the tower appear bright and transparent at night, and shows people that the Bayi military flag is always bright and beautiful.

August 1 Nanchang Uprising monument

Bayi Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower is located at the south end of Bayi Square, Bayi Avenue community, Dinggong road street, Xihu District, Nanchang city,

It covers an area of 1.7 hectares. It was built in 1977 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the August 1 Uprising and was completed on January 8, 1979.

Bayi Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower is a landmark building of Bayi Square. The tower is a cuboid with a height of 53.6 meters. It is composed of four parts: tower base, tower base, tower body and tower top. The front of the tower is engraved with the inscription "Introduction to Nanchang Uprising on August 1", and there are relief figures reflecting the armed uprising on the East, South and west sides. On the front of the tower is the bronze gilded inscription of "August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower". The top of the tower is composed of an upright giant "Hanyang made" rifle and a Bayi army flag.

In March 2018, the August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower was announced as the Sixth Batch of cultural relics protection units in Jiangxi Province by Jiangxi Provincial People's government.

Historical evolution

In 1955, Jiangxi Province solicited the design scheme of "August 1 Uprising Memorial Tower" in China.

In 1957, the Jiangxi provincial government officially approved the construction of a memorial tower for the August 1 Uprising to commemorate the Nanchang Uprising. In the same year, the foundation laying ceremony of the memorial tower of the August 1 Uprising was held in Laofushan square. Due to three years of natural disasters in China, the memorial tower has not been built.

In 1976, Jiangxi Province once again put the construction of the August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower on the agenda, and solicited design schemes in Jiangxi Province. The "tower and flaggun" scheme designed by wo Zuquan, who worked in Jiangxi Architectural Design Institute, and several other staff members was approved. Together with five other people, wo Zuquan was transferred to the "August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower construction headquarters" and stationed in the former site of the Zhude military education regiment to start the final design and integration of the memorial tower. At that time, the tower was built in Laofushan. Later, many experts and citizens pointed out that the location was improper because it was at a traffic intersection. The monument would attract the attention of drivers and pedestrians and affect the traffic. Therefore, the address was changed to people's Square, which was on the central axis of Jiangxi Provincial Museum in the South and the rostrum in the north.

On August 1, 1977, the August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower project started construction in the people's Square.

On January 8, 1979, the August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower was built,

The tower is a cuboid with a total height of 45.5 meters.

From 2001 to 2004, under the leadership of the CPC Nanchang Municipal Committee and government, the memorial tower of August 1 Nanchang Uprising was raised by 8.1 meters, or 53.6 meters.

Architectural pattern

Located in the center of Bayi Square, Bayi Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower is a landmark building in the square. It covers an area of 1.7 hectares and is 53.6 meters high. It is composed of four parts: platform base, tower base, tower body and tower top.

In front of the memorial tower, there is a East-West Jinshui River, 120 meters long and 14 meters wide, implying the military and civilian fish and water situation. On the East and west sides of the river, there is a 5-meter-wide Jinshui bridge, which is connected by two Jinshui bridges. The style is in harmony with the August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower. The waterfront stage is set on the central axis of the South Bank of the river, and the viewing space is set on the north bank. There is a 100 point music fountain under Jinshui River.

Architectural features

The August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower is a cuboid, with a total height of 53.6 meters and a step width of 76 meters. According to the physical design, a white border is added to the military flag. The granite used for the red military flag, originally produced in Jinan, is now "Sichuan Red", which makes the military flag more colorful and fluttering, symbolizing that the revolutionary red flag will always move forward. The "evergreen" pattern around the flag seat is changed to "Jinggang azalea", which is replaced by "Jinggang azalea" The Rhododendron, known as the flower of Jiangxi Province, encircles the military emblem carved from white marble, symbolizing the support of the army and the love of the people; the north side of the pagoda with the back of the sun is changed to white marble, which alleviates the heavy burden on the north, and makes Ye Shuai's inscription more prominent; the "1927-1977" engraved on the second tower base is changed to "1927.8.1", and its carving technology is also changed from Yin carving to Yang carving; the "Ta Zhi" engraved on the new tower is also changed ”In order to solve the problem of cement flow in the granite gap of the original tower, the transformation process of thickening 20 cm was adopted on all sides of the tower. In addition, the designer set up six layers of lights on the top and bottom of the memorial tower,

A number of projection lights are also provided.

Cultural relics

To the north of the memorial tower of August 1 Nanchang Uprising is the nine bronze gilded characters of "memorial tower of August 1 Nanchang Uprising" inscribed by Marshal Ye Jianying, with the granite stele of "Introduction to August 1 Nanchang Uprising" embedded below. On the other three sides are three large-scale granite reliefs of "declaring uprising", "attacking enemy camp" and "cheering victory". On both sides of the tower, there is a wing wall, inlaid with relief of the flag emblem of the Red Army of Chinese workers and peasants surrounded by green pine and evergreen. The top of the tower is composed of upright granite "made in Hanyang" rifle and Bayi army flag pasted with red granite.

Cultural relic value

The completion of the August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower expresses that hundreds of millions of people will always cherish the memory of Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou, chairman Zhu and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation for their great achievements in founding and cultivating the PLA, and encourage the Chinese people to carry out a new Long March.

protective measures

In March 2018, the August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower was announced as the Sixth Batch of cultural relics protection units in Jiangxi Province by Jiangxi Provincial People's government.

Tourism information

address

Bayi Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower is located at the south end of Bayi Square, Bayi Avenue community, Dinggong road street, Xihu District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province.

admission ticket

Admission to the August 1 Nanchang Uprising Memorial Tower is free.

traffic

Take Nanchang Metro Line 1, Nanchang Metro Line 2 and Nanchang bus 1, Nanchang bus 2, Nanchang bus 3, Nanchang bus 4, Nanchang bus 7, Nanchang bus 11, Nanchang bus 13, Nanchang bus 16, Nanchang bus 204, Nanchang bus 205, Nanchang bus 215, Nanchang bus 220, Nanchang bus 231, Nanchang bus 301, Nanchang bus 303 Nanchang bus tourism No.1 to Bayi Square.

Address: south end of people's Square, Beijing West Road, Donghu District, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province

Longitude: 115.90442510491

Latitude: 28.673010461032

Tour time: 1 hour

Traffic information: No.1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 13, 88, 26, 202, 208, 212, 215, 302, 704, 22, 705, 317, 32 Bayi Square Station.

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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