Memorial Hall of the Red Army's eastern expedition

Memorial Hall of the Red Army's eastern expedition

Approved by the general office of the CPC Central Committee and the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and inscribed by Comrade Jiang Zemin, the Red Army's eastern expedition memorial hall was completed and opened to the outside world in 1996. The theme exhibition shows the Chinese people's Anti Japanese vanguard army led by the CPC Central Committee and Chairman Mao in Sanjin from February to May 1936 The great achievements of the earth's eastern expedition against Japan. The memorial hall is located in Dongzheng street, Shilou County, Luliang City, Shanxi Province. It is built close to the mountain, surrounded by green pines and cypresses, with a pleasant scenery. With a construction area of 11000 square meters, the main building covers an area of 1100 square meters. It is divided into exhibition hall and monument. The overall building is magnificent and beautiful. There are a large number of detailed and precious historical relics, photos and materials in the memorial hall. Red tourism has rich cultural connotation and is an important place for red tourism.

In December 2016, the memorial hall of the Red Army's eastern expedition was selected into the list of national red tourist attractions.

Historical evolution

In order to commemorate the historical achievements of Mao Zedong leading the Red Army to cross the Yellow River eastward in 1936 and establishing the Anti Japanese Shanxi base, it is a memorial hall of provincial scale. The whole building is magnificent and beautiful. The monument is like a sailing boat, symbolizing the eternal spirit of the Red Army. It is a patriotic education base of province, prefecture and county.

Shilou Red Army's eastern expedition memorial hall belongs to Shanxi Provincial Bureau of cultural relics. It was officially opened in May 1996. The name of the memorial hall and the monument were inscribed by Comrade Jiang Zemin. The memorial hall was successively named as "patriotism education base" by Shanxi provincial Party committee and provincial government, "youth revolutionary traditional education base" by Shanxi provincial Party committee and provincial youth working committee of Communist Youth League, and "national defense education base" by Shanxi National Defense Committee. Over the past 10 years, the museum has successfully received more than 100000 visitors from the CPC Central Committee, leaders of Shanxi Province and Luliang City, foreign friends and all walks of life.

Architectural features

In the center of the memorial, a marble statue of a little red army soldier stands in the middle. In the middle of the exhibition hall, there are seven gold-plated plaques inscribed by General Secretary Jiang Zemin on the memorial hall of the Red Army's eastward expedition. The hall is composed of a preface hall and four exhibition rooms, which respectively display 75 revolutionary cultural relics, more than 70 historical materials and more than 190 historical pictures. It completely reproduces the historical feat of the Red Army's eastward expedition that year.

In the exhibition hall, a huge electric sand table model of the Red Army's eastward March visually reproduces the whole process of the Red Army's eastward March by means of sound, light and electricity. There are more than 30 inscriptions of the old leader and the old Red Army in the left and right halls.

On the back of the hall, above 100 steps, is the "monument to the vanguard of the Chinese people's Red Army against Japanese aggression". On both sides are pavilions, plants and rows of green pines and cypresses.

Honorary title

In 2009, the memorial hall of the Red Army's eastern expedition in Shilou county was awarded one of the "fourth batch of national patriotic education demonstration bases". (announced by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee)

In 2011, Shilou Red Army eastern expedition Memorial Hall won the title of "National Red Tourism classic scenic spot". (announced by National Tourism Administration)

Address: Shilou County, Luliang City

Longitude: 110.88005828857

Latitude: 37.009311676025

Ticket information: market price: 10.0 yuan

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