Site of Xi'an Eighth Route Army Office

Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army, also known as the office of the Eighth Route Army in Shaanxi, is located at No. 1, qixianzhuang, Beixin street, Xiwu Road, the ancient city of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. Taking the word "Qixian" from the "Seven Sages of bamboo forest" in the Wei and Jin dynasties, it is now built as the memorial hall of Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army. The office, formerly known as the Red Army Liaison Office in Xi'an, is the earliest, longest and most influential office among the 15 offices of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. In 1988, the State Council of the people's Republic of China announced it as a national key cultural protection unit.

Site of Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army

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The former site of Xi'an Eighth Route Army Office generally refers to the former site of Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army

The former site of Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army, also known as the office of the Eighth Route Army in Shaanxi, is located at No. 1, qixianzhuang, Beixin street, Xiwu Road, the ancient city of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. It takes the word "Qixian" from "Seven Sages in Bamboo Grove" in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The courtyard faces south, with a total of 10. Now it is built as the memorial hall of Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army.

The former site of Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army, formerly known as the Liaison Office of the Red Army in Xi'an, became more famous after the July 7th incident. It is the earliest, longest lasting and most influential office among the 15 offices of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in China.

In 1988, the State Council of the people's Republic of China announced it as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Historical origin

The former site of Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army, located in qixianzhuang, Beixin street, Xining fifth road, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, is an open organization set up by the Communist Party of China to carry out the Anti Japanese national salvation movement during the Anti Japanese war.

The courtyard of qixianzhuang faces south from the north, with a total of 10 offices located in No. 1, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 7 courtyards. Ye Jianying, Dong Biwu, Liu Shaoqi and Bethune all lived and worked here in those years. In 1959, the memorial hall was set up after restoration.

From 1936 to 1946, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China successively set up secret traffic stations, semi open "Red Army Liaison Station" and open "Office of the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army in Shaanxi". The memorial hall was built in 1959, with a total of five Taoist courtyards, including reception room, reception room, office, housing of important leaders, warehouse, kitchen, radio room, translation room, confidential room, salvation room, etc. There are more than 460 cultural relics, 525 years of materials, 623 memoirs and more than 3000 photos in the museum.

Precious cultural relics

There are more than 460 cultural relics, 525 year old materials, 623 memoirs and more than 3000 photos in the former site of Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army. At the beginning of 1936, the Communist Party of China set up a secret Liaison Office in the first courtyard of qixianzhuang.

After the peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident in December 1936, the second "KMT communist cooperation" was formed. In order to facilitate the discussion with the KMT on joint anti Japanese issues, the Communist Party of China set up a legal organization, the Red Army Liaison Office in Xi'an, No. 1 of qixianzhuang. In 1937, the Anti Japanese war broke out. According to the resolution of KMT communist cooperation, the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the Red Army was stationed in West China in September The security liaison office was changed into the office of the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army in Shaanxi, and the office was expanded from the first courtyard to the third, fourth and seventh courtyard. Ye Jianying, Lin Boqu and Dong Biwu were successively party representatives of the Eighth Route Army in Shaanxi.

Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Peng Dehuai, Ye Jianying, Deng Xiaoping, Bo Gu and Wu Yuzhang, the main leaders of the party and the army, have worked and lived here many times. Bethune, kodihua, Dr. Basu and American progressive writer Smedley have also lived here.

During the Anti Japanese period, the main work of the office was to publicize the party's policies and principles of the Anti Japanese national united front, expand the United Front, organize the Anti Japanese national salvation movement, transport progressive young people to Yan'an to participate in the revolution, cultivate and gradually strengthen the revolutionary forces, and at the same time, make contributions to the victory of the Anti Japanese war by collecting, purchasing and transferring war materials for the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region and the front Offer.

After Chiang Kai Shek launched an all-out civil war in June 1946, the office was ordered to withdraw from Xi'an to Yan'an in September.

Anti Japanese affairs

At the beginning of 1936, the Communist Party of China established a secret Liaison Office in No. 1 courtyard of qixianzhuang. After the peaceful settlement of the "Xi'an Incident" in 1936, the second "KMT communist cooperation" came into being. In order to facilitate the discussion with the KMT on joint anti Japanese issues, the Communist Party of China set up the "Red Army Liaison Office" at No. 1, qixianzhuang, Xi'an.

In September 1937, the Liaison Office of the Red Army in Xi'an was changed into the office of the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army in Shaanxi. The office was expanded from No.1 courtyard to No.3, No.4 and No.7 courtyard. Ye Jianying, Lin Boqu and Dong Biwu were party representatives of the Eighth Route Army in Shaanxi successively. Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Liu Shaoqi, Peng Dehuai, Ye Jianying, Deng Xiaoping, Bo Gu and Wu Yuzhang, the main leaders of the party and the army, have worked and lived here many times. Bethune, kodihua, Dr. Basu and American progressive writer Smedley have also lived here.

During the Anti Japanese period, the main work of the office was to publicize the party's policies and principles of the Anti Japanese national united front, expand the United Front, organize the Anti Japanese national salvation movement, transport progressive young people to Yan'an to participate in the revolution, cultivate and gradually strengthen the revolutionary forces, and at the same time, make contributions to the victory of the Anti Japanese war by collecting, purchasing and transferring war materials for the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region and the front Offer. After Chiang Kai Shek launched an all-out civil war in June 1946, the office was ordered to withdraw from Xi'an to Yan'an in September.

After Chiang Kai Shek launched an all-out civil war in June 1946, his office was withdrawn to Yan'an in September 1946. In 1988, the State Council of the people's Republic of China announced it as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Library protection

The former site of Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army includes the first, third, fourth and seventh courtyards of qixianzhuang, which were built in 1936. There are 10 courtyards sitting north and south, all of which are quadrangle buildings. The No.1 courtyard is the main office location, 82 meters long from north to South and 17 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of more than 1300 square meters. It is composed of two courtyard with the same size and structure from north to south. The building is a brick and wood structure bungalow, a hard mountain top, Adobe core and brick wall. One gate is set in the south, one gate in the West and one gate in the north. The main buildings of the two courtyards are in horizontal "I" shape, with five rooms wide from east to west and six rooms deep from north to south. The ground inside the house is 80 cm above the ground surface, and there is a basement under it. 3、 No. 4 and No. 7 hospitals are arranged to the East in the order of No. 2, No. 5 and No. 6 hospitals, and the structure is basically the same as that of No. 1 hospital. 2、 No. 4 hospital is the living room of the subordinate departments and staff of the office, and No. 7 hospital is the guest house.

In 1959, after restoration and renovation, the No.1 courtyard was built as a memorial hall of the Xi'an Office of the Eighth Route Army, with 907 cultural relics, 3327 photos and 500 memoirs. Among them are the remains of Zhou Enlai, letters from Zhu De and Lin Boqu, instructions from the central government to the "eighth office" and the "eighth office" log.

In 1984, the main buildings of No. 1 hospital were renovated on a large scale, and some of the buildings in No. 3 and No. 4 hospital were strengthened and repaired.

Restoration and opening up

Today, No.1, No.3, No.4, No.7 courtyard, the places where Zhou Enlai and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation once lived and worked, and the places where foreign friends lived have been restored and opened up. In addition, exhibition rooms have been opened to collect and display revolutionary cultural relics used in those years, such as documents, badges, radio equipment, news pictures, books and magazines, manuscripts and photos of martyrs, providing a direct basis for people to understand the revolutionary tradition Information on the concept.

Today, No.1, No.3, No.4, No.7 courtyard, the places where Zhou Enlai and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation once lived and worked, and the places where foreign friends lived have been restored and opened up. In addition, exhibition rooms have been opened to collect and display revolutionary cultural relics used in those years, such as documents, badges, radio equipment, news pictures, books and magazines, manuscripts and photos of martyrs, providing a direct basis for people to understand the revolutionary tradition Information on the concept.

There are 907 cultural relics, 3327 photos and 500 memoirs in the museum, including Zhou Enlai's relics, Zhu De's and Lin Boqu's letters, the central government's instructions to the eighth office, and the eighth office's diary. The museum also held exhibitions of pictures of Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi and Zhu De. In 1984, the main buildings of No. 1 hospital were renovated on a large scale, and some of the buildings in No. 3 and No. 4 hospital were strengthened and repaired.

Traffic information

Transportation: No.103, No.104, No.105 bus.

Practical information

Ticket price: free.

Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 from Tuesday to Sunday (closed on Monday)

Address: No.1, qixianzhuang, Beixin street, Xiwu Road, Gucheng, Xi'an, Shaanxi

Longitude: 108.95461273193

Latitude: 34.2728449328

Tel: 029-87265640

Traffic information: No.103, No.104, No.105 bus.

Ticket information: free.

Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 from Tuesday to Sunday (closed on Monday)

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