New Fourth Army memorial hall in Yancheng

Located in the north of Jianjun East Road, the memorial hall of the New Fourth Army was built in 1986. It is divided into four scenic spots: group sculpture, stele forest, exhibition hall and garden. Entering the gate of the memorial hall, there are two groups of tall red granite sculptures on the East and west sides of the square: "fighting bravely" and "supporting the army". On both sides of the bridge, there is a statue of young pioneers carved from a whole piece of white marble. In the middle of the central square stands the memorial to the reconstruction of the New Fourth Army Headquarters inscribed by Li Xiannian. On both sides of the monument are more than 120 steles displaying the works of revolutionaries of the older generation and famous calligraphers from all over China.

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New Fourth Army memorial hall in Yancheng

Yancheng new Fourth Army memorial hall is the only professional New Fourth Army memorial hall in China. The exhibition hall of the museum is a modern building. The eye-catching blue and white "N4A" armband pattern is inlaid above the main entrance of the exhibition hall, and the flag shaped granite engravings on both sides artistically reproduce the historical scenes of the victory meeting of the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army at SHIZIKOU in Baiju and the reconstruction of the New Fourth Army headquarters in Yancheng after the South Anhui Incident.

On November 17, 2017, it won the title of the fifth national civilized unit.

Introduction to the memorial

The memorial hall of the New Fourth Army is a national patriotic education base for primary and secondary schools, a national patriotic education demonstration base and a national advanced collective of cultural work. The personal inspection of many party and state leaders has injected infinite vigor and vitality into Yanfu, an old revolutionary base area with glorious tradition, and this coastal city with outstanding people.

At present, there are still some precious scenes of Party and state leaders coming to the museum for inspection, which will be displayed by stages after being collected by our museum, so that the party and state leaders' deep love for the memorial hall of the New Fourth Army can be fully revealed.

Composition of the library

The museum consists of three parts: the main museum area, Jianjun square (Tongma Square) and the former site of the New Fourth Army reconstruction headquarters (Taishan Temple).

Main library area

The main area of the New Fourth Army memorial hall in Yancheng is located in the north of Jianjun East Road. It was completed and opened to the outside world in October 1986. According to relevant data, the main museum area is 330 meters long from north to South and 110 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of 50 mu. It is divided into four scenic spots: group sculpture, forest of Steles, exhibition hall and garden. At the center of the square is an 11.75-meter-high "monument to the reconstruction of the headquarters of the New Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army". The front of the monument is inscribed by Li Xiannian, the back is engraved with the inscription of "the meeting of Yanfu" written by Huang Kecheng, and there is a fountain in front of the monument. On the East and west sides of the square stand two groups of tall red granite sculptures, which are composed of semicircular and high relief sculptures carved from granite, with a height of 5 meters and a width of 7 meters, called "heroic fighting" and "supporting the army and supporting the front". On both sides of the bridge, there is a statue of young pioneers carved from a whole piece of white marble. On both sides of the corridor are displayed more than 120 steles of the older generation of revolutionaries and famous calligraphers in 30 provinces, cities, autonomous regions, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

The exhibition hall is a modern building with the shape of "four" of the New Fourth Army. On the front, there are granite sculptures of "Yancheng reconstruction headquarters of the New Fourth Army" and "the Eighth Route Army of the New Fourth Army" in the East and west respectively. In the middle of the two is the "N4A" armband pattern worn by the New Fourth Army. In front of the door is a gold plaque inscribed by Li Xiannian, "memorial hall for the reconstruction of the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army of the national revolutionary army.". On the left wall of the hall, General Secretary Jiang Zemin wrote an inscription: "heroes of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, defending the country and the city", which spoke highly of the great achievements of the New Fourth Army; on the right wall, Comrade Deng Xiaoping wrote an inscription: "Chinese people remember: your happy life is bought with blood!" On the front screen is engraved with Mao Zedong's handwritten order of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission of the Communist Party of China. On both sides of the screen are statues of Chen Yi, Liu Shaoqi, Zhang Yunyi, Lai Chuanzhu and Deng Zihui, which make people feel that after the "Southern Anhui Incident", the Communist Party of China rebuilt the New Fourth Army To smash the plot of the Kuomintang diehards to cancel the New Fourth Army and to save the Chinese nation from danger. In front of the door are displayed airplanes, cannons, warships, etc. The exhibition hall displays relatively complete and systematic historical materials and cultural relics of the New Fourth Army's adherence to the Anti Japanese war behind enemy lines in Central China.

Jianjun square

Jianjun square is located in the center of the most prosperous section of Yancheng City, which is the junction of Jianjun road and Jiefang Road. It was originally the geographical center of Yancheng City, and the development of Yancheng city also expanded from this point to the surrounding. There is a bronze statue of the New Fourth Army riding in the middle of Jianjun square, which is commonly known as Tongma square. The memorial tower of the reconstructed military headquarters of the New Fourth Army, with the bronze statue of the cavalry of the New Fourth Army as the main body, is the city symbol of Yancheng. According to the specific idea of Guan Wenwei, a veteran soldier of the New Fourth Army, the statue was created and designed by Professor Wang Keqing, director of sculpture of the Central Academy of fine arts. A young and brave soldier of the New Fourth Army, with a big knife on his back, holding the reins in his hand, rides on the back of a fighting horse, facing the sun, It symbolizes the eastward advance of the New Fourth Army and the opening up of the Anti Japanese base area behind the enemy in Central China. The statue is 4 meters high, 3.8 meters long and weighs 3250 kg. The base of the tower is made of black granite. It is trapezoidal on four sides and faces east on the front. It is inscribed by general Zhang Aiping, former commander of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army: "the memorial tower for the reconstruction of the New Fourth Army headquarters." On the back facing west, the inscription approved by general Zhang Aiping was written by the late calligrapher Bao Shen.

Reconstruction of the former site of the New Fourth Army Headquarters

The former site of the New Fourth Army reconstruction headquarters, commonly known as Taishan temple, is located in Jianjun West Road, Yancheng City. It is the site of the New Fourth Army reconstruction headquarters after the South Anhui Incident. The old houses, cultural relics, historical materials and photos of Liu Shaoqi, Chen Yi and other leaders are displayed.

Landscape features

The memorial hall of the New Fourth Army is a comprehensive Memorial Hall reflecting the Anti Japanese War history of the New Fourth Army in China. The memorial hall of the New Fourth Army consists of three parts: the main hall area, the Jianjun square and the former site of the military headquarters. In the middle of the square, Li Xiannian inscribed the memorial of the New Fourth Army's reconstruction headquarters. Taishan temple, the former site of the New Fourth Army's reconstruction headquarters, is located on Jianjun West Road in Yancheng City. It is the site of the New Fourth Army's reconstruction headquarters after the South Anhui Incident.

There are group sculpture areas on the East and west sides of the memorial hall of the New Fourth Army. Two groups of 5-meter-high and 7-meter-long semi-circular and high floating group portraits with the titles of "fighting" and "Zhiqian" carved from red granite represent the magnificent scene of the heroic Anti Japanese war under the leadership of the Communist Party of China.

The New Fourth Army memorial hall has not only exquisite stone carvings, but also exhibition hall, preface hall, six exhibition rooms and general hall.

In the exhibition room are the Lugouqiao Incident on July 7, 1937, the southern Anhui Incident, the first division of the New Fourth Army, the central and third divisions of the Soviet Union, and the Anti Japanese bases in central and Northern Jiangsu What is most worth appreciating is the audio-visual hall. There are the Second World War, the May 4th movement, the September 18th Incident, the Xi'an Incident, the Nanjing Massacre, the Chongqing negotiations and the founding ceremony

There is a calligraphy and painting Museum in the memorial hall of the New Fourth Army. There are calligraphy and painting treasures of famous calligraphers and painters in China, Hong Kong and Macao. Temporary exhibitions on other topics are held from time to time.

Collection

The exhibition hall is divided into six exhibition halls. According to relevant data, the exhibition hall displays more than 1000 photos, a large number of cultural relics and historical materials, and a batch of embroidery, iron paintings, clay sculptures, oil paintings and other literary and artistic works of the New Fourth Army during the eight years of the Anti Japanese war in Central China. In terms of content, it has formed four parts and 32 units with time as the order, the comprehensive anti Japanese War of the New Fourth Army as the longitude, the divisions and anti Japanese base areas of the New Fourth Army as the latitude, including "march into central China, open up the Anti Japanese battlefield behind the enemy line", "rebuild the military headquarters, comprehensively strengthen the construction of the troops", "persist in the Anti Japanese War, gallop across the Yangtze and Huaihe river branches", "counterattack and win the final victory of the Anti Japanese War" part.

Exhibitions and collections

Ye Ting

Ye Ting was born on September 10, 1896 and died on April 8, 1946. His original name was Ye Weixun. His name was Xiyi and his name was Xiping. He was a Hakka from Huiyang District, Guangdong Province. He was the founder of the Chinese people's Liberation Army and one of the important leaders of the New Fourth Army. He was a world-renowned politician and militarist.

The Fourth Army of the national revolutionary army was known as the "Iron Army" during the northern expedition. He took part in the command of Nanchang Uprising and served as the commander in chief of the former enemy. When he took part in Guangzhou Uprising, he was commander in chief of the uprising army, industry, agriculture and Red Army. During the Anti Japanese War, he also served as commander in chief of the New Fourth Army. He was detained by the Kuomintang in the South Anhui Incident. He refused Chiang Kai Shek's coercion and inducement and wrote the famous "prison song" to express his ambition. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, he was rescued and released from prison, and was re accepted as a member of the Communist Party of China. In April 1946, he On August 8, on the way back to Yan'an with his wife Li Xiuwen and comrades Qin bangxian, Deng FA and Wang Ruofei, they suffered an air crash. In 1988, they were identified by the Central Military Commission as one of the 36 founding militarists.

In November 1989, it was awarded the title of "military strategist of the Chinese people's Liberation Army" by the Central Military Commission.

Liu Shaoqi

Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969) used to be named Liu Weihuang, but his pseudonyms were Tao Shangxing and Hu Fu. He is from Ningxiang, Hunan Province. He joined the Socialist Youth League in 1920. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1921. In May 1927, he was elected a member of the CPC Central Committee at the Fifth National Congress of the CPC. In January 1931, he was elected as an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee at the Fourth Plenary Session of the sixth CPC Central Committee. In the autumn of the same year, he served as secretary of the all China Federation of trade unions. In 1932, he served as secretary of the Fujian provincial Party committee of the Communist Party of China. Took part in the long march. He served as representative of the CPC Central Committee of the 8th and 5th regiments of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army and director of the Political Department of the 3rd regiment. At the Zunyi Meeting

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