Site of the Zunyi meeting

Zunyi Conference site is located in the old city of Zunyi. It was built in the early 1930s. In this two-story wooden structure of Chinese and Western architecture, the Zunyi Conference, which is regarded as a turning point in the history of Chinese revolution, was held. Now the furnishings in the conference room basically retain the original appearance of the meeting. The six characters of "Zunyi Meeting site" written by Mao Zedong hung in the middle of the gate of the meeting site. In the yuanmenli of the meeting site, there is a patio paved with bluestone. To the north of the patio is the main building of Zunyi Meeting site. The Zunyi Conference site was originally the private residence of Bai Huizhang, commander of the second division of the 25th army of Guizhou army. The whole building is divided into two parts: the main building and the courtyard. If you want a quiet tour, you'd better get up early and avoid the tour group. 10 a.m. - 11 a.m., 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. If you want to know the relevant history, you can ask a team to follow the guide and listen to each other's detailed explanation. What's more, there are many teams here. You can listen to one of them and choose by yourself.

Site of the Zunyi meeting

Zunyi Conference site is located at No. 80, Hongqi Road, Honghuagang District, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province. The meeting site was originally the private residence of Bai Huizhang, commander of the second division of the 25th army of the Kuomintang. Built in the early 1930s, the building is a two-story building with brick and wood structure and a combination of Chinese and Western elements.

At the beginning of January 1935, after the long march of the Chinese workers' and peasants' red army arrived in Zunyi, the general department and the first Bureau of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission of the Soviet Republic of China (responsible for the work) were stationed in this building. From January 15 to 17, the Zunyi Meeting (the enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee) was held in the small living room of the original owner on the main building. The meeting established a new central collective leadership represented by Mao Zedong.

In 1961, Zunyi Conference site was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council. In 2005, it was rated as national AAAA tourist attraction.

On November 24, 2018, it was selected as "the third batch of Chinese 20th century architectural heritage projects".

Historical evolution

The Zunyi Conference site was originally the private residence of Bai Huizhang, commander of the second division of the 25th army of Guizhou army, which was built in the early 1930s.

In the first ten days of January of the 24th year of the people's Republic of China (1935), after the long march of the first front army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' red army arrived in Zunyi, the general headquarters of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission and the first Bureau were stationed in this building. The CPC Central Committee held an enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau here from the 15th to the 17th. The meeting passed a summary resolution on opposing the enemy's five "encirclement and suppression" campaigns, which was known as the "Zunyi Meeting" in history.

In 1951, to commemorate the Zunyi Conference, the people of Zunyi, under the leadership of the Zunyi regional Commissioner's office and the Zunyi prefectural committee of the Communist Party of China, established the "Zunyi Conference commemorative construction preparatory committee".

In January 1954, the Zunyi Conference site began to be restored. In August, Yang Shangkun, director of the general office of the CPC Central Committee, telegraphed the Guizhou provincial Party committee that "the Zunyi Meeting was held in the house of Bai Huizhang, a Guizhou warlord." So far, the Zunyi Meeting site was determined. Then, the Ministry of culture decided to set up the "Preparatory Office of Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall" to carry out a comprehensive survey of the original site, and collect cultural relics of the Red Army's Long March activities in Guizhou on a large scale and in a planned way.

On October 1, 1955, the Zunyi Conference site began to be semi open.

On March 6, 1957, Yang Shangkun once again recalled and confirmed that in this way, the small living room of the original owner in the East corridor of the main building was the Zunyi Conference room, so it was determined. On July 1, the Zunyi Conference site was opened to the public.

On November 3, 1958, Deng Xiaoping, then general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and then attending the Zunyi Conference, and Yang Shangkun, then director of the general office of the CPC Central Committee and participant of the conference, visited the site of the Zunyi Conference and confirmed that the location of the conference room was correct.

On October 1, 1959, with the approval of the relevant departments at a higher level, the Zunyi Conference site was officially opened to the public.

In 1964, Chairman Mao Zedong personally inscribed "Zunyi Conference site" for the memorial hall.

From 1968 to February 1972, three major revisions were made to the auxiliary exhibition. The guiding ideology of the revision is to highlight the struggle between the two lines within the party and Mao Zedong's revolutionary activities and historical role.

On October 4, 1970, the core leading group of Guizhou Province decided to use part of the houses of Zunyi working people's Cultural Palace (now Fenghuang Cultural Square) as "Zunyi Conference Exhibition Hall". After maintenance, the exhibition hall was opened to the public on January 8, 1972. After the opening, the auxiliary display in the venue was removed.

In 1979, in order to commemorate the 45th Anniversary of the Zunyi Conference, the Zunyi Conference Memorial began to modify the exhibition of the conference site.

On January 8, 1980, with the support of the Party committee at a higher level and the reporter from Xinhua news agency, historical photos of Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhang Wentian, Wang Jiaxiang, Qin bangxian, Chen Yun, Liu Shaoqi and Zhu De were hung on the south wall of the meeting room for the first time.

In 1983, Liu Bocheng, Yang Shangkun, Peng Dehuai, Liu Shaoqi, Li zhuoran, Peng Xuefeng and the staff's rooms were restored to their original appearance in the main building.

In 1984, the former site of the General Political Department of the Red Army was restored, and "Zunyi Conference auxiliary exhibition room" was built in the former site, and the original "Zunyi Conference Exhibition Hall" was demolished. At the same time, the photos of Mao Zedong and other eight people in the conference room are displayed in the auxiliary exhibition room. In November, Deng Xiaoping inscribed "the former site of the General Political Department of the Red Army".

In January 1985, the former site of the General Political Department of the Red Army and the auxiliary exhibition room of the Zunyi Conference were opened to the public.

In 1988, the former site of the confidential section of the combat Bureau of the general headquarters of the Red Army was restored to the south of the meeting site. It was opened to the public on August 1 of the same year.

In early 1985, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the success of the Zunyi Conference, Yang Shangkun and Li Bozhao visited Zunyi again.

In 1991, Jiang Zemin, then general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, inspected the site of the Zunyi Conference.

In 1996, Jiang Zemin, then general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, inspected the Zunyi Conference site again.

In 2001, Zunyi municipal Party committee and people's government carried out a more thorough renovation of its surrounding environment, expanded the scope of protection, and set up an exhibition of sculptures of Mao Zedong, Zhang Wentian, Wang Jiaxiang and Mao Zedong's badges.

In 2004, "Zunyi Conference Exhibition Hall" was built.

In 2007, "Red Army Street", the venue of Zunyi Conference, opened.

In 2011, Liu Yunshan, then member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, made an investigation in Guizhou and paid a visit to the red army mountain martyrs cemetery and Zunyi Conference site in Zunyi.

In 2012, Hu Jintao, then general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, inspected the site of the Zunyi Conference.

From January 15 to 19, 2016, the envoys from Central Asian countries visited the Zunyi Conference site and experienced the red classic culture of Guizhou Province.

On 2015, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, inspected the site of the Zunyi conference and the memorial hall of the Zunyi conference.

Architectural pattern

Zunyi Conference site is a two-story building facing south, which is a combination of Chinese and Western brick and wood structure. It is covered with small grey tiles and a "tiger window" on the Xieshan style roof. The whole building is divided into two parts: the main building and the courtyard.

There are corridors around the main building. There are ten arches between the columns under the eaves of the building. There are a corner staircase at the East and West ends, and a wooden fence outside. A ship shaped building protrudes between the main building and the courtyard. The gate of the meeting site is facing the street. On both sides of the gate are eight shops, which are the shops of Bai Huizhang's family. There is a small archway in the middle of the shop (the gate of the meeting site faces the street).

At the back of the hall is a brick archway, with "Weilu" in the front and "Shendu" in the back. Behind the memorial archway is the courtyard. On the south side of the courtyard, there is a small gate leading to the inner courtyard of the Bai family.

Zunyi Conference room is on the second floor (the first floor of the combat room). It is a rectangular room with an area of 27 square meters.

Cross courtyard is a quadrangle style residential building in northern Guizhou, sitting east to west, composed of East house, north house, South house and Westinghouse, with a construction area of 334 square meters.

Dongwu is the main house across the courtyard, with five rooms wide and four rooms deep. During the Zunyi Meeting, the office of the confidential section of the general headquarters and Mao Tingfang, the chief of the section, lived here.

The north house is three rooms wide, one room deep, two rooms, and the Xiaoming room is connected with the main building (meeting site) patio. The South roof is three rooms wide, two rooms deep and two rooms. During the Zunyi Meeting, the staff of the confidential Department lived in this room.

Westinghouse has five rooms in width, two rooms in depth and a single room.

Cultural relics

Cultural relics protection

In 1961, Zunyi Conference site was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.

In December 1983, with the approval of the State Administration of cultural relics, the residence of Mao Zedong and other comrades during the Zunyi Meeting was listed as a part of the Zunyi Meeting site of the national key cultural relics protection unit.

On February 25, 1994, the State Administration of cultural relics designated the Zunyi Conference site as one of the top 10 excellent socialist education bases in China.

In 1995, it was named "national youth education base" by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.

In June 1997, it was announced as 100 patriotic education bases by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee.

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