Memorial Hall of the Beijing Office of the Eighth Route Army

Memorial Hall of the Beijing Office of the Eighth Route Army

The Beijing Office of the Eighth Route Army was the first open office set up by our party and our army in the capital of the Kuomintang government during the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Although it existed for a short time, it made indelible contributions to publicizing the Anti Japanese ideas and strengthening the strength of our party and our army. There is a quiet alley in the northeast corner of Nanjing Drum Tower. At the end of the alley is a small and quiet courtyard with a two-story brick and wood structure. It is the residence of Mr. Zhang Boling, former president of Nankai University. Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Ye Jianying, representatives of the CPC Central Committee and the Red Army, were invited to attend. Finally, the main force of the Red Army was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army (the 18th group army according to the fighting sequence in September), and Chiang Kai Shek agreed to set up the Beijing Office of the Eighth Route Army in Nanjing.

Location of the Museum

Memorial Hall of the Beijing Office of the Eighth Route Army

Located at 66 fuhougang, Gulou District, Nanjing (now 41 Qingyun Lane). Post code: 210008

historical background

In December 1936, after the peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident, from the middle of February to the middle of July of the following year, CPC representatives Zhou Enlai, Bo Gu (Qin bangxian), Ye Jianying and Lin Boqu successively held four negotiations with Kuomintang representatives Gu Zhutong, Zhang Chong, Jiang Jieshi and Song Ziwen in Xi'an, Hangzhou and Lushan. On August 9, 1937, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Ye Jianying, representatives of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Red Army, were invited to attend the National Defense Conference in Nanjing. At the same time, they continued to negotiate with the Kuomintang and agreed to reorganize the Red Army into the eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. On August 19, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De flew back to Shaanxi. Ye Jianying, as the representative of the Eighth Route Army in Beijing and Tong Xiaopeng, Secretary of the Eighth Route Army, stayed in Nanjing to set up the Beijing Office of the Eighth Route Army. Tong Xiaopeng was responsible for the confidential work. In late August, the CPC Central Committee sent Comrade Li Kenong, who worked in Shanghai, to Nanjing as the director of the office, and sent Qian Zhiguang, who had just returned from Shanghai to Yan'an, to take charge of military supplies and finance. In early September, the representative of the CPC Central Committee, Bo Gu, led Qi Guang, Wu Zhijian, Kang Yimin and Li Bai to Nanjing. Qi Guang was in charge of documents and procurement; Wu Zhijian was the deputy; Li Bai was the telegraph operator; Kang Yimin was the interpreter. Since August 18, the Kuomintang has released political prisoners held in various prisons in Nanjing. The released Huang Wenjie, Liu Shunyuan, Li Shinong, Liu Ningyi, Qian Ying, Yu Ping, Xia Zhixu and others remained in the office to examine the released political prisoners.

The office was originally located in the residence of Zhang Boling, President of Nankai University. It was rented because Zhang Boling had a teacher-student relationship with Zhou Enlai. This is a two-story western style house with an attic. It faces south and is of brick and wood structure. It has a width of 13.99 meters, a depth of 10.54 meters and a building area of 270 square meters. Surrounded by high walls, a small room on the left of the gate entrance is the reception room, in which Li Yingji lives as a mailman; behind the building is a row of small bungalows, which are the kitchen and canteen of the office staff. In this building, there are Qian Zhiguang, Qi Guang and Yuan Chaojun's offices at the entrance downstairs, a living room at the entrance, two rooms facing south, one outside is Comrade Li Kenong's office, and the other inside is Comrade Ye Jianying's office. On the second floor, there is Comrade Bogu's office, which is the reception hall; on the south facing two rooms, one is Comrade Ye Jianying's bedroom, and the other is Qian Zhiguang and Qi Guang's dormitory. The third floor attic is where Tong Xiaopeng and Kang Yimin work and rest. In the northwest corner behind the building is the mimeograph room. Comrades Dong Biwu and Ye Ting once lived here when they were in Nanjing.

The office is located at No. 29 of Gaoloumen (now No. 29 of gaoyunling). It also rents a two-story Western-style building with a north facing south. It is of brick and wood structure. It is called "the residence of the director" to the outside. Bogu, Liao Chengzhi, Zhang Yuexia and others once lived in it.

Because the house is not enough to live in, the office rented a bungalow in Xiliuwan No.1, with a total of five rooms. There is a small garden in front of the bungalow, and a small house behind the bungalow, which can be used for kitchen and bath. Huang Wenjie, Liu Shunyuan, Wang Heshou, Qian Ying, Fang Yi, Yu Ping, Xia Zhixu and others live there.

Jurisdictional subordination

The memorial hall is the former site of the Beijing Office of the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army (changed to the 18th group army in September) from August to December 1937. It is under the Nanjing Municipal Bureau of cultural relics.

Introduction to the library

The main house of the former site is a small western style building with a false three storey brick and wood structure. There are three rooms, three toilets and staircases on the upper floor and the lower floor. The houses are two facing south and one facing north. Downstairs, facing north, is the office and reception room, facing south and East is Comrade Li Kenong's office and bedroom, and the west is the temporary reception room.

Upstairs, facing north is Comrade Bogu's office and reception room, facing south and East is Comrade Ye Jianying's office and bedroom, and the west is Comrade Qian Zhiguang and Qi Guang's bedroom. Later, because of the enemy's air raid, comrade Ye Jianying moved downstairs. Another top floor (false third floor) is the office and residence of Tong Xiaopeng and Kang Yimin. There is a small shelter behind the building, which is the printing room of the office.

Exhibition setup

Although the Beijing Office of the Eighth Route Army has only been established and withdrawn for more than three months, it has done a lot of work in all aspects. It has made an indelible contribution to the realization of the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the establishment and consolidation of the Anti Japanese National United Front, the promotion of the national anti Japanese War and the defeat of the Japanese aggressors. It has also rescued and received more than 1000 Communist Party members and progressives who are in prison. It has enabled a large number of revolutionary comrades to return to the ranks of the party and continue to work hard for the Chinese revolution. It is also its great contribution to the party and the people.

He has published "brief introduction to the office of the Eighth Route Army in Nanjing", "Office of the Eighth Route Army in Nanjing at the beginning of the Anti Japanese War" and "Anti Japanese outpost - Office of the Eighth Route Army in Nanjing".

play a role

The office is not only the office of the Eighth Route Army stationed in Nanjing, but also the office of the CPC Central Committee stationed in Beijing. It was established in the middle of August 1937 and withdrew from Nanjing in the middle of November of the same year due to the tense situation. Although it took only more than three months, it shouldered heavy tasks and did a lot of work. It consolidated and developed the Anti Japanese national united front, rescued more than 1000 political prisoners detained in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, took charge of their reception, and brought a large number of comrades who had lost organizational ties back to the ranks; restored and established the Communist Party organizations in the Yangtze River Basin and South China; and purchased a large number of military supplies and civilian materials for the Shaanxi Gansu Ningxia border region and the Eighth Route Army .

Opening Hours

The memorial is open from 8:00 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. and from 13:30 p.m. to 17:15 p.m. every day.

Address: 41 Qingyun lane, Gulou District, Nanjing

Longitude: 118.78117925171

Latitude: 32.065628758659

Ticket information: free.

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