Guan Xiangying Memorial

Guan Xiangying Memorial

Guanxiangying memorial hall, located at 176 daguantun, Xiangying street, Jinzhou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, is a national AAAA tourist attraction. The museum was built in 1964, and after many times of reconstruction and expansion, the new museum officially opened on September 10, 2007. Guanxiangying Memorial Hall covers an area of 47433 square meters, including guanxiangying's former residence, main exhibition hall, Yan'an cave, Red Army command post, etc. Guanxiangying memorial hall is open to tourists free of charge and receives more than 500000 tourists every year.

Guan Xiangying is a proletarian revolutionist of the older generation, a senior commander of the Red Army and the Eighth Route Army, and an outstanding leader in political work. He once served as secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, Secretary of the Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, political commissar of the third Red Army, political commissar of the second red front army, etc. He devoted himself to the cause of the liberation of the Chinese people and made immortal contributions.

Introduction to the library

Guan Xiangying memorial was built in 1964. On July 22, 1986, it was rebuilt and expanded by the then people's Government of Jinxian county (people's Government of Xianzhou District); on July 21, 1989, Wang Zhen, vice president of the people's Republic of China, personally wrote the name of the museum; in 2001, it was named as the national patriotic education demonstration base by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee; in 2002, it was rebuilt for the centenary of Guan Xiangying's birth; in 2005, it was included in one of the 100 classic red tourist attractions in China . In order to give full play to the patriotic education activities under the new situation and realize the political project -- "one visit to the Holy Land and one purification of the soul" Under the guidance and strong support of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, the national development and Reform Commission, the National Tourism Administration and the provincial, municipal and district governments, the construction of the new guanxiangying memorial hall started in April 2006 and was completed in July 2007 It has become a 60000 square meter guanxiangying Memorial red tourist attraction with a total investment of 33.4 million yuan. After reconstruction and expansion, the opening ceremony of the new museum was held on September 10, 2007, which is also the 105th anniversary of the birth of Guan Xiangying; on September 20, 2010, the AAAA scenic spot of Guan Xiangying memorial was unveiled. Guanxiangying memorial hall is located at 176 daguantun, Xiangying street, Jinpu New District, Dalian, Liaoning Province.

Historical evolution

Guan Xiangying's former residence is a three room low stone thatched cottage. Guan Xiangying was born here on September 10, 1902. Here are the Chinese Locust planted by him and his father in his youth and the old stone mill passed down from generation to generation.

On July 21, 1986, in commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Guan Xiangying's death, a 260 square meter and 4000 square meter memorial hall was rebuilt. Comrade Wang Zhen, then vice president of the state, inscribed the name of the hall.

In 2002, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Guan Xiangying's birth, a large-scale reconstruction and expansion was carried out, which made the memorial hall with a building area of 880 square meters and an area of 9600 square meters more spectacular.

In 2005, it was included in 100 red tourism classic scenic spots by 17 ministries and commissions including the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and the national development and Reform Commission, and is the only red tourism classic scenic spot in Dalian. Party and state leaders Wang Zhen, Liao Hansheng, Cheng Zihua, Li Changchun and other comrades have visited and guided the work of the memorial hall for many times.

In April 2006, according to the requirements of the national red tourism development plan for 2004-2010 issued by the general office of the CPC Central Committee and the general office of the State Council and the relevant instructions of provincial and municipal leaders, Jinzhou District launched the "construction project of guanxiangying's Former Residence Memorial Hall". The new hall covers an area of 47433 square meters and the exhibition hall covers an area of 3448 square meters. The exhibition hall of the new hall includes "revolutionary youth coming out of Manchu farmhouse", "working in the Kuomintang ruled area", "opening up Hunan Hubei Sichuan Guizhou revolutionary base", "leading the Red Army to successfully complete the long march", "creating the Anti Japanese base in Shanxi and Suizhou" and "making every effort to live forever", which condenses Guan Xiangying's brilliant achievements and glorious course.

On September 10, 2007, on the occasion of the 105th anniversary of Guan Xiangying's birth, the museum reopened, covering a total area of 60000 square meters. The memorial area includes seven parts: Guan Xiangying memorial hall, Guan Xiangying's former residence, Yan'an cave, Red Army command post, Guan Xiangying statue, Manchu style courtyard and office area. The indoor exhibition area of the new museum is themed on the life experience of Comrade Guan Xiangying, with four exhibition halls. Through physical display, photo display and scene simulation, the glorious revolutionary course of Comrade Guan Xiangying is vividly reproduced.

On April 30, 2009, in accordance with the requirements of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Finance and the spirit of the implementation opinions of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Municipal Finance Bureau and the Municipal Culture Bureau on the free opening of museums and memorials in the city, Guan Xiangying memorial hall was officially opened free of charge.

In September 2010, it was officially listed as a national 4A scenic spot.

On September 10, 2012, on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Guan Xiangying, the tomb of Guan Xiangying was built in the park of Guan Xiangying Memorial Hall.

Life of the characters

Guan Xiangying, whose original name is Guan Zhixiang, was born in daguanjiatun, liangjiadian, Jinxian County, Liaoning Province (now daguanjiatun, Xiangying street, Jinzhou District, Dalian City). He is a Manchu with the surname of guarjia.

In 1920, he went to fujintai school in Dalian and participated in the patriotic student movement.

He joined the Chinese Socialist Youth League in April 1924. In the autumn of the same year, he went to Moscow to study at the Oriental Communist University.

He was transferred to the Communist Party of China in January 1925.

After the May 30th Movement broke out in May 1925, he returned to China and worked in Shanghai for the workers' movement and the Communist Youth League. In the autumn of the same year, he went to Qingdao, Jinan and other places to rectify and restore the organization of the Communist Youth League, led the strike of workers, and served as secretary of the Communist Youth League Shandong provincial Party committee at the end of the year.

He was elected to the presidium in May 1927. Later, he was sent to work in Henan provincial Party committee and soon went to Shanghai to work in the Organization Department of the Central Bureau of the Communist Youth League.

In June 1928, he attended the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China held in Moscow and was elected member of the Central Committee and alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee (he was elected member of the Political Bureau in September 1930). In July of the same year, he was elected secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League at the Fifth National Congress of the Communist Youth League.

In September 1929, he was transferred to the military department of the CPC Central Committee.

He was Secretary of the Military Commission of the CPC Central Committee in March 1930. The following year, he was arrested by the Kuomintang authorities when he organized a strike in Shanghai, and then he was rescued and released from prison.

In November 1931, he was elected executive member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic and member of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. In the winter of the same year, he was sent to the Western Hunan Hubei Soviet Area as a member of the central branch of the Western Hunan Hubei Communist Party, a member of the presidium of the Western Hunan Hubei Revolutionary Military Commission, and a political member of the third army of the Red Army. Tong Helong led his troops to launch offensive operations against the Kuomintang army north of Xianghe River, and successively won the battles of longwangji and wenjiadun, consolidating and expanding the Soviet area. He was elected executive member of the second Central Committee of the Soviet Republic of China.

Since June 1934, he participated in the leadership of the establishment of the eastern Guizhou Soviet area. Together with he long, he resolutely fought against the "left" mistakes, presided over the restoration of the disbanded party, League organizations and political organs, and consolidated and expanded the Red Army. In October of that year, after the Red Army 3 and Red Army 6 joined forces, they resumed the title of the second army and became Vice political commissar. In response to the long march of the first front army, he, together with he long and Ren Bishi, unified the command of the 2nd and 6th Red Army Corps to carry out the Xiangxi offensive, annihilate and contain a large number of Kuomintang troops, established the Hunan Hubei Sichuan Guizhou Soviet Area, and served as a member of the CPC Hunan Hubei Sichuan Guizhou Provincial Committee, a member of the branch of the Military Commission, and a deputy political member of the provincial military area. He took part in commanding the anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign and successively won the battles of Chenjiahe, taozixi, Zhongbao and chestnut garden.

In November 1935, with Helong, Ren Bishi and other commanders, the red 2 and 6 Corps began the long march from Sangzhi, Hunan. After arriving in Ganzi (now Sichuan Province) of Xikang in July of the next year to join the Fourth Front Army, the 2nd and 6th Red Army and the 32nd Red Army formed the second front army, serving as vice political commissar and member of the Northwest Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. He fought against Zhang Guotao's activities of splitting the party and the Red Army.

In December 1936, he served as a political member of the second front army and a member of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, he served as the director of the political discipline Department of the 120th division of the Eighth Route Army, and soon became a political commissar.

In September 1937, he long, the commander of the same division, led his troops to the Anti Japanese front line in Northwest Shanxi, attacked the Japanese army in the northern section of the Tongpu Railway (Datong Fenglingdu), and cooperated with the Kuomintang army in the Xinkou campaign. Establish the Anti Japanese base in Northwest Shanxi.

In March 1938, he participated in the headquarters to repel the invasion of more than ten thousand Japanese and puppet troops to northwest Shanxi, and successively recovered seven counties including Ningwu and Kelan. In December of the same year, he and he long led the main force of the 120th division to central Hebei to serve as political commissars of the general headquarters of central Hebei.

In April 1939, he took part in commanding the battle of Qi Hui, won the victory of annihilating a Japanese army brigade in the plain for the first time, smashed the Japanese puppet army's "siege" for many times, and consolidated the Jizhong base. He led the working group to the third column of the Eighth Route Army in central Hebei to organize the training of political work cadres. He once wrote the article "on upholding the guerrilla war in the central Hebei Plain", which played a guiding role in consolidating the central Hebei base area and persisting in carrying out the guerrilla war in the plain. In September 1939, he fought with Chen Zhuang, commander of he long, and achieved annihilation day

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