Guangzhou liberation Memorial

Guangzhou liberation Memorial

The statue of Guangzhou liberation is in the center of Haizhu Square. It was created in 1959 to commemorate the liberation of Guangzhou by Yin Jichang. The statue was demolished for historical reasons.

The statue was rebuilt in 1979 and completed in 1980. The authors are pan he and Liang Mingcheng. The statue is a granite stone chisel with a square base, 3.6 meters high, 4.3 meters long and 11.5 meters high. Facing south, the main body is a PLA soldier, with a small rice bag on his shoulder, a rifle on his left, a bullet belt around his waist, a rifle in his right hand, a bouquet in his left, and a head high. The statue is connected with the square pedestal, just like a seal carved from a huge stone, which is engraved on the land of Guangzhou. The front of the photo is engraved with the inscription of Ye Jianying, the first mayor of Guangzhou after liberation: "Commemoration of the liberation of Guangzhou on October 14, 1949". The four corners of the statue are engraved with the seal of "all power belongs to the people".

In March 1963, Guangzhou municipal government announced it as a municipal cultural relics protection unit.

Historical evolution

Guangzhou liberation statue stands in the center of Haizhu Square. It was created by the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government in 1959 to commemorate the liberation of Guangzhou by Yin Jichang. During the "Cultural Revolution" in 1969, it was planned to build a statue of Mao Zedong here, which was demolished. Now the statue of liberation in Guangzhou was redesigned by Pan he and Liang Mingcheng in 1979 and completed in 1980. The memorial statue is a granite stone chisel with a square base, 3.6 meters high and 4.3 meters long. The statue is 11.5 meters high and faces south. The main body is a PLA soldier with a small rice bag on his shoulder, a rifle on his left side, a bullet belt around his waist, a rifle in his right hand, a bouquet in his left hand and a high head. The statue is connected with the square pedestal, just like a seal carved from a huge stone, which is engraved on the land of Guangzhou. The front of the photo is engraved with the inscription of Ye Jianying, the first mayor of Guangzhou after liberation: "Commemoration of the liberation of Guangzhou on October 14, 1949", and the four corners are respectively engraved with the seal of "all power belongs to the people".

The statue was published as a cultural relic protection unit in Guangzhou in 1963.

The whole story of Guangzhou's Liberation

On October 14, 1949, Guangzhou, the gateway of Southern Xinjiang and a famous city with glorious revolutionary history, ushered in the liberation.

In April 1949, when the great army of the people's Liberation Army crossed the Yangtze River and liberated Nanjing, the rule of the Kuomintang was actually doomed. The remaining Kuomintang government fled to Guangzhou in an attempt to resist. There are about 150000 Kuomintang troops stationed in Guangdong under the command of Yu hanmou, commander of the South China military and political office. Yu hanmou was instructed by the Ministry of national defense of the Kuomintang to consolidate northern Guangdong and ensure Guangzhou.

Before the Guangdong campaign, the CPC Central Committee appointed Ye Jianying as the first Secretary of the South China branch, Zhang Yunyi as the second secretary, and Fang Fang as the third secretary. Under the leadership of the central China Bureau, the CPC Central Committee determined the battle plan for the liberation of Guangdong and other major issues such as taking over Guangdong.

The three armies of the fourth regiment of the fourth field army went south along both sides of Yuehan road to occupy Shaoguan and take Guangzhou directly; the two armies of the 15th regiment went south through Wengyuan and Conghua to form a pincers encirclement of Guangzhou; the Guangdong and Guangdong columns organized the Guangdong local forces to enter Dongguan area from Heping and Longchuan to cut off the enemy's retreat to the south.

On September 22, the people's Liberation Army (PLA) flew across the tiandang Wuling mountains in northern Guangdong Province in a thunderous manner, breaking through the "Guangdong Hunan Jiangxi defense line" boasted by the enemy.

On October 2, the battle of Guangdong began. The people's liberation army occupied Qingyuan, Huaxian, Conghua and Zengcheng on the right and middle roads, and approached BOLUO on the left. Guangzhou is surrounded by the people's Liberation Army in the East, North and West.

Under the strong offensive of the people's Liberation Army, Yan Xishan, executive director of the Kuomintang, fled to Taiwan, Li Zongren, acting president, flew to Chongqing, and Yu hanmou fled along the Xijiang River.

At 6:30 p.m. on October 14, the leading troops of the 15th Corps stormed into the urban area of Guangzhou from the northern suburb of Guangzhou. The main enemy force fleeing southwest from Guangzhou was completely annihilated by our army in Yangjiang. After 34 days of fierce fighting, most areas of Guangdong were liberated.

traffic

Take bus No. 41, 62, 185, 283, 289, 133, 261 to the memorial hall.

Traffic information correction! Take subway line 2 or line 6 and get off at Haizhu Square Station.

Address: Central Haizhu Square, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 113.26690780979

Latitude: 23.114804471191

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