Memorial Hall of the former site of Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army

Memorial Hall of the former site of Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army

Located at No.57 Changchun Street, Jiang'an District, Wuhan City, the memorial hall of the former site of Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army is a memorial museum under the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of culture. Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army was an open office set up by the Communist Party of China in the Kuomintang's jurisdiction at the beginning of the Anti Japanese war. In 1978, the old site was restored and the memorial hall of the Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army was established. It was opened to the public on March 5, 1979. Ye Jianying inscribed the name of the museum as a cultural relic protection unit and a patriotic education base in Hubei Province.

Construction history

On July 7, 1937, the Anti Japanese war broke out. Due to the efforts of the Communist Party of China and the strong demands of the people of the whole country, Chiang Kai Shek was forced to fight against Japan, and the Kuomintang and the Communist Party realized the second cooperation. The main force of the northern Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army (the 18th group army), and the guerrillas of the southern Red Army was reorganized into the New Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army (the New Fourth Army for short). In order to lead and promote the great war of resistance against Japan, our Party established open offices in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Kuomintang, namely, the offices of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army.

In September 1937, the CPC Central Committee sent Dong Biwu to Wuhan to prepare for the Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army. In October 1937, the Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army was established at No.1 anrenli, Hankou, with Comrade Li Tao as the director. In December, after the fall of Nanjing, some important departments of the Kuomintang government moved to Wuhan. Leaders of various democratic parties, celebrities, cultural circles, and national famous Anti Japanese and national salvation groups also gathered in Wuhan. Wuhan became the political, military, and cultural center of the country at that time. At this time, the staff of the former Nanjing Office of the Eighth Route Army also moved to Wuhan to participate in the work of the Wuhan Office, and officially established the office of the 18th group army in Wuhan (commonly known as the "Office of the Eighth Route Army"). After the establishment of the Yangtze River Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, its office was also located in the office. In January 1938, after the New Fourth Army headquarters moved to Nanchang, the Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army took charge of all the work of the New Fourth Army Office in China. At that time, the Wuhan Office was an open organization of our army stationed in the provisional capital of the Kuomintang, but it was actually the center of our party's leadership and liaison in the Kuomintang ruled area.

Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army actively prepared military salaries and various military supplies for the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, carried out propaganda work, mobilized the masses, participated in the Anti Japanese War, sent a large number of patriotic youth to Yan'an and the front line of Anti Japanese War, warmly received people from all walks of life at home and abroad, expounded our party's Anti Japanese ideas, extensively carried out Anti Japanese national united front activities, and fought for the victory of the Anti Japanese war Victory, made an important contribution.

In mid December 1937, Zhou Enlai, who was then a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, came here from Yan'an to take charge of military and united front work, and engaged in various activities as a representative of the CPC. Zhou Enlai was also vice minister of the Political Department of the Military Commission in the national government. Also working here are Dong Biwu, Qin bangxian (Bogu), Ye Jianying, Li Kenong, Deng Yingchao and Luo Binghui.

The former site of the memorial hall is a Japanese style building with brick concrete structure. It covers an area of 1776.96 square meters and a building area of 2252.6 square meters. On October 25, 1938, Wuhan was lost and all the staff of the Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army were evacuated. The original building was destroyed by American aircraft during the Japanese occupation in 1944. It was rebuilt in 1978 and officially opened to the public on March 5, 1979. Ye Jianying inscribed the name of the memorial hall. The former site is listed as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Since its establishment, the memorial has made full use of revolutionary sites, memorial buildings, revolutionary cultural relics and historical materials to actively carry out education activities on patriotism and revolutionary tradition. Over the past 20 years, it has received more than 1.9 million visitors from all walks of life at home and abroad, including Zhang Aiping, Fang Yi, Wu Xiuquan, Wang Shoudao, Guo Shushen, Tong Xiaopeng and Zeng Zhi Provincial and municipal leaders came to inspect the museum and happily inscribed, leaving a number of precious ink treasures for the memorial.

Major exhibitions

The offices, bedrooms and office buildings of Zhou Enlai, Dong Biwu, Ye Jianying and other leaders have been restored, and an exhibition of Wuhan Anti Japanese War exhibition has been set up in the hall on the first floor. In the restored exhibition and the memorial hall of "Wuhan Anti Japanese War exhibition hall", the office and bedroom of Zhou Enlai, Deng Yingchao, Qin bangxian, Dong Biwu and Ye Jianying, as well as the adjutant room, reception room, office, reception room, conference room, radio room and confidential section are restored. "Wuhan Anti Japanese War Exhibition" was also held in the hall on the first floor of the old site. 303 photos and 89 cultural relics were selected for the exhibition. Modern scientific and technological means such as sound, light and electricity were used to show the history of Wuhan Anti Japanese war in an all-round way.

The scarf Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao used in Wuhan in 1938. After the office moved from anrenli to Dashi in December 1937, the staff of the eighth office gave the scarf to Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao.

Dong Biwu's briefcase was used by Dong Biwu when he was Minister of the democratic movement of the Yangtze River Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the delegation of the CPC Central Committee in Wuhan in 1938, and has been kept around for a long time.

The badge worn by the staff of the office of the Eighth Route Army in Wuhan is a bronze badge with a diameter of 3.2 cm.

Qian Zhiguang famous seal crystal stone seal. The seal of the director of the office of the Eighth Route Army in Wuhan was used by Qian Zhiguang when he was the director of the office of the Eighth Route Army in Wuhan from December 1937 to October 1938.

geographical position

The memorial hall of the former site of Wuhan Office of the Eighth Route Army is located at No. 57 Changchun Street, Jiang'an District, Wuhan city. The former site is a four story building of Japanese style building. It was originally a Japanese business firm Dashi. It faces east from the West. The main building has four floors and three floors on both sides. It covers an area of 1776.96 square meters and a building area of 2252.6 square meters.

Get honor

In 1982, Hubei Provincial People's government announced that it was a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit, and in 2008, it was rated as a national third-class Museum. Since the free opening up, the number of visitors has increased dramatically, receiving more than 520000 visitors in the past three years.

tourist guide

Address: No.57 Changchun Street, Hankou, Wuhan, Hubei Province

Transportation route: take bus 520, 402, 721, 707, 727, 30, 626, 548, 601, 606 to Lugouqiao station; or take bus 712, tram 3, 549 to Yongqing Street station

Opening hours: 9:00-17:00

Closing day: Wednesday

Postal Code: 430010

Address: No.57, Changchun Street, Hankou, Jiangan District, Wuhan (near Wuhan Tiandi)

Longitude: 114.30947

Latitude: 30.606144

Tel: 027-82735576

Ticket information: free.

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