Former residence of Zhang Zhizhong

Former residence of Zhang Zhizhong

Zhang Zhizhong's former residence is located in hongjiatuan village, Huanglu Town, Chaohu City, which is composed of his former residence and guiwengtang. It is located in Huanglu normal school beside hongjiatuan village. In 1989, it was designated as a provincial cultural relics protection unit. In 1995, it was designated as the patriotic education base of Chaohu City.

On October 7, 2019, it will be included in the list of the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Evolution of construction

In 1928, the former residence of Zhang Zhizhong was built.

In 2013, the former residence of Zhang Zhizhong, which was burned down by the Japanese army, was restored.

Architectural pattern

From the back door of Huanglu Normal University, you can walk down the steps and pass the clear pond to reach the former residence of General Zhang. The former residence is the most "original" building in the former residence of "three generals of Chaohu". The former residence of Zhang Zhizhong is located in the west to the East, with a brick and wood structure and a small tile roof. Beside the main gate is a granite plaque inscribed by Mr. Zhao Puchu, the former residence of Zhang Zhizhong.

Cultural relics protection

In 1989, it was designated as a provincial cultural relics protection unit.

In 1995, it was designated as the patriotic education base of Chaohu City.

Cultural relics

The cement floor of the hall of Zhang Zhizhong's former residence is terrazzo floor. In the middle of the floor, there is a pattern of five bats holding a variant of the word "Shou", surrounded by auspicious clouds. "This is called" five blessings (bats) holding longevity ", which means" good fortune and auspicious longevity ". It's made with Chinese elements and German technology. " The living room displays pictures about the life of General Zhang Zhizhong, each of which records a story. The bedroom on the left side of the hall is decorated as it was in those days, which reproduces the general's life here. In the courtyard of the former residence, there is a catalpa tree planted by the general himself, with luxuriant branches and leaves, as thick as the two people's embrace.

Life of the characters

Zhang Zhizhong (1890.10.27 ～ 1969.4.6), originally named benyao, was written in white. General II of the Kuomintang army, born in Chaoxian County, Anhui Province, is a famous patriotic general, a key general of Huangpu department, and a former general II of the Kuomintang army. He is one of the leaders of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. He died of illness on April 6, 1969

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Zhang Zhizhong was born on October 27, 1890 (September 14, the 16th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty). His grandfather was a farmer and his father was a handicraft worker. Zhang Zhizhong entered a private school at the age of six and studied for ten years. Because of his poor family in his youth, he wandered around for six years. He once worked as an apprentice in the shop "Lv Desheng" run by a boss named LV Weicai in fenglehe town (now Shucheng county), Anhui Province. Since then, he began to contact and read newspapers and liked to write and calculate accounts. In his autobiography, he intended to take this as the starting point of his wandering life. After that, he served as a backup soldier in the salt smuggling camp in Yangzhou, served as a backup policeman in Anqing patrol police station, and then went to Yangzhou Patrol Police Training Institute for training. Three months later, he graduated and became a full-time policeman. In 1911, when the revolution of 1911 broke out, Zhang Zhizhong took part in the anti Qing uprising in Yangzhou. In 1912, he entered the army's second preparatory school. In 1916, he graduated from the third infantry section of Baoding Army Academy. The next year, he went to Guangdong to participate in the Dharma protection movement. He successively served as company commander, battalion commander, general staff of Guangdong Guangxi army headquarters, division chief of staff, and chief of staff of Guangxi Army Academy. In early 1924, he established three positions for Sun Yat Sen He expressed support for the great revolution policy. In June, he served as the student commander and regiment commander of Huangpu Military Academy. At the same time, he also served as the chief of staff of the second division of the National Revolutionary Army and the chief of staff of the Guangzhou garrison command. He cooperated closely with Chinese Communists Zhou Enlai and Yun Daiying and formed a deep friendship. In July 1926, he took part in the Northern Expedition and successively served as the director of the adjutant section of the general command of the National Revolutionary Army and the director of education of Wuhan Branch of Huangpu Military Academy. After that, he once went to Europe and America for investigation. After July 1928, he successively served as the director of the training department and the chief of education of the Central Army Academy of the Kuomintang. At the same time, he also served as the division commander of the second teaching division. He took part in Chiang Kai Shek's war against Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan. In January 1932, he also served as the commander of the Fifth Army and led the army to take part in the battle of January 28 in Shanghai, which dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army. In December 1933, he was the commander in chief of the Fourth Army of the Kuomintang. He led the army into Fujian and participated in the siege of the Fujian people's government. When the Xi'an incident happened in 1936, he advocated a peaceful settlement.

After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese war in 1937, he served as commander-in-chief of the ninth group army and commander-in-chief of the left wing army, took part in the "August 13" Anti Japanese war in Shanghai (Songhu battle), and replaced He Jian as chairman of Hunan Province. From November 20, 1939 to February 1939, in any year and two months, he cooperated with the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China to promote the rapid development of the Anti Japanese and national salvation movement in Hunan, which laid the ideological, organizational and mass foundation for the victory of the positive anti Japanese war. At that time, the person in charge of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China called it the "golden age" of the cooperation between the Communist Party of China and Hunan. In 1940, he was Minister of the Political Department of the Military Commission of the national government and Secretary General of the three people's principles Youth League. After the Wannan incident in 1941, he wrote a letter to Chiang Kai Shek, advocating continued cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and joint resistance against Japan. In May 1945, at the Sixth National Congress of the Kuomintang, he was elected member and standing member of the central executive committee of the Kuomintang. Entrusted by Zhou Enlai, Zhang Zhizhong successfully rescued more than 100 Communist Party cadres who had been imprisoned by Sheng Shicai for many years in Xinjiang, made them return to Yan'an safely, and preserved a number of important backbone forces for the Communist Party. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, he served as the director of the northwest camp of the Kuomintang government and chairman of Xinjiang province. He rescued a group of Communists who were imprisoned in Xinjiang by Sheng Shicai and returned to Yan'an. During the second Civil Revolutionary War, he was the only Kuomintang general who had never fought with the Communist Party, and was known as the "General of peace". On behalf of the Kuomintang, he went to Yanan many times to negotiate with the Communist Party. In January 1946, on behalf of the Kuomintang, he joined the three member group of military mediation and advocated the peaceful settlement of domestic problems. In April 1949, he served as the chief representative of the peace negotiation delegation of the Kuomintang government. He went to Peiping to negotiate with the representatives of the Communist Party of China. The two sides agreed on Article 8, paragraph 24, of the internal peace agreement. After the agreement was rejected by the KMT government, Zhou Enlai accepted his advice to stay in Peiping and issued a statement on the current situation. In September, he participated in the first plenary session of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference and the founding ceremony, and contributed to the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang.

Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, he has successively served as vice chairman of the northwest military and political Commission, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, vice chairman of the National Defense Commission of the people's Republic of China, member of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, and vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. He has made contributions to promoting national unity and socialist construction. He died in Beijing on April 6, 1969. His works include Memoirs of Zhang Zhizhong, etc.

Address: hongjiatuan village, Huanglu Town, Juchao District, Chaohu City, Anhui Province

Longitude: 117.54502656332

Latitude: 31.654879268344

Chinese PinYin : Zhang Zhi Zhong Gu Ju