Red Army MINT

--The Red Army Mint is located in Shangjing village, Jinggangshan City, about 6 kilometers northwest of Ciping, adjacent to "baizhuyuan".

--This is the first batch of metal coins issued and circulated by the red regime under the leadership of the Communist Party of China in the revolutionary base.

--In front of the mint, there is a huge silver coin model with the word "Gong", which can be taken as a souvenir. Inside, there are also machines of that year and various kinds of objects, which can not be missed by coin collectors.

--In addition, there is a touching story about the word "Gong" and "Yin yuan". You can ask a commentator to understand the hardships behind the victory of the revolution and how great our victory is.

Red Army MINT

In late April 1928, the two armies of Zhu De and Mao Zedong joined forces in Jinggangshan. At the beginning of May, they officially announced the establishment of the Fourth Army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Revolutionary Army (later renamed as the Fourth Red Army), and the army continued to grow. The enemy forces in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces also carried out frequent military "encirclement and suppression" and strict economic blockade against the Jinggangshan revolutionary base,

The generals and civilians of the Red Army seized a large number of jewelry and silver utensils from the local tyrants and the battlefield. Using the foundry technology of Xie's lace factory, they invited Xie Huolong, Xie Guanlong and other Xie brothers as their masters to set up the Jinggangshan Red Army Mint in Shangjing village of Jinggangshan by borrowing the private house of farmer Zou Jiagui. Wang Zuo was the chief executive of the Red Army mint.

Enemy destruction

At the end of January 1929, the enemy forces in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces mobilized 18 regiments to encircle and suppress Jinggangshan for the third time in five routes. The factory buildings of Shangjing Red Army Mint were completely destroyed by the enemy, and the mint equipment was also destroyed by the enemy. As a result, the Red Army Mint only existed for more than half a year and ended with the fall of Jinggangshan. However, the establishment of the Red Army Mint in Jinggangshan and the circulation of "Gong" silver coins successfully helped the army and the people in the revolutionary base of Jinggangshan through the difficult years, and also accumulated experience and laid the foundation for the establishment of the mints in the revolutionary base of Hunan and Jiangxi and the Central Soviet area. It played an important role in the history of currency development of the Chinese revolutionary regime Historical status.

Restoration of the site

In December 1998, when the local people restored the Red Army mint on its original site according to its original appearance, a large number of tools, raw materials and silver coins used in the mint were unearthed, which became valuable historical materials for studying the Red Army mint.

The Kuomintang reactionaries imposed an economic blockade on Jinggangshan, and the prices in the base areas kept rising, which caused great difficulties for the Red Army and the masses. According to Comrade Mao Zedong's instructions to solve the cash problem and to use the base area's own currency, the Red Army Mint was founded by the workers, peasants and soldiers on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi. It was built in October of the same year in the hall of Zou Jiagui's family in Shangjing village. Wang Zuo was in charge of the Red Army mint. Xie Rongzhen, Xie Rongguang and Xie Huolong were invited from Guangdong as the mints. At that time, the main raw materials of the mint were melted by various silverware confiscated by local tyrants, such as silver bracelets and silver bracelets.

In the beginning, the silver coins made by the mint were very rough. After repeated experiments, it was found that the copper mold was better than the steel mold, and sent people to the countryside to collect rotten copper pots and other bronze wares to cast the copper mold. In order as like as two peas of silver and silver, workers went up to gather herbs and cook new silver dollars with herbs. In this way, the old and new silver dollars are the same, so that the enemy can not distinguish which is made by the Red Army and which is made by the Kuomintang. They can also do business and circulate in the white areas. Later, in order to distinguish this kind of silver coin from the silver coin in the white area, the Red Army Mint used the Mexican version of the mold to make silver coin, and chiseled a word "Gong" in the silver coin, which means "workers, peasants and soldiers". The equipment of the Mint was simple and crude, with only furnaces, bellows, tongs, hammers and silver dies. In the third "suppression campaign", the Red Army Mint was burned down by the enemy. In 1998, it was restored as it was.

In the last ten days of April 1928, the two armies of Zhu and Mao met in Jinggangshan. The enemy forces of Hunan and Jiangxi provinces carried out frequent military "joint suppression" and strict economic blockade on the revolutionary base area of Jinggangshan. The army and people in the base area were faced with serious difficulties in providing. In May 1928, at the suggestion and recommendation of Wang Zuo, the generals and civilians of the Red Army army seized a large number of jewelry and silver utensils in fighting against local tyrants and on the battlefield. Using the foundry technology of Xie's lace factory, they invited Xie Huolong, Xie Guanlong and other Xie brothers to be masters. In Shangjing village of Jinggangshan, they borrowed farmer Zou Jiagui's house to establish the Jinggangshan Red Army mint, and successively established the cow Mint in Shangjing The roughing workshop and stamping workshop of the mint were set up in Lukeng, Tiekeng of Dajing, Ciping and Hongjun cave of golden lion. Wang Zuo was the chief executive of the Red Army mint. The Red Army Mint used the "Mexico" edition to cast the first batch of silver coins, and chiseled a mark on each silver coin. The government of workers, peasants and soldiers on the border of Hunan and Jiangxi issued and circulated the "Gong" word silver coin, which is called "Gong" word silver coin. It is the first batch of metal coins issued and circulated by the red regime under the leadership of the Communist Party of China in the revolutionary base area.

The establishment of the Red Army Mint in Jinggangshan and the circulation of "Gong" silver coins helped the army and the people in Jinggangshan revolutionary base pass through the difficult years, and also accumulated experience and laid the foundation for the later mints in Hunan Jiangxi Revolutionary Base and the Central Soviet Area, which occupied an important historical position in the history of currency development of China's revolutionary regime. At the end of January 1929, the enemy forces of Hunan and Jiangxi provinces mobilized 18 regiments to "meet and suppress" Jinggangshan in five ways for the third time. The enemy put forward the slogan of burning and killing in Jinggangshan: "stones need to be cut, thatch need to be burned, and people need to be changed." they wantonly burned and looted in Jinggangshan. As a result, the factory building of Shangjing Red Army Mint was completely destroyed by the enemy, the mint equipment was destroyed by the enemy, and the personnel were scattered. In December 1998, when the Red Army Mint was restored according to its original appearance on the original site, a large number of original objects such as tools, raw materials and silver coins used in the coinage of that year were unearthed, which are valuable materials for studying the Red Army mint.

Address: Ciping Town, Jinggangshan City

Longitude: 114.13072681427

Latitude: 26.585534662029

Tour time: 30 minutes

Traffic information: it is located in Shangjing scenic area of Jinggangshan. You need to get to Ciping passenger station first and then take an environmental protection car

Ticket information: included in Jinggangshan ticket

Chinese PinYin : Hong Jun1 Zao Bi Chang