Hongqiqu Memorial Hall

Hongqiqu Memorial Hall

Located in Linzhou City, Henan Province, the red flag canal memorial hall is built to commemorate the people of Linzhou county (now Linzhou city) in order to change the old face of water shortage and carry forward the great initiative of "self-reliance, hard work, unity and cooperation, selfless dedication" to build the red flag canal.

In 1975, the red flag canal Memorial pavilion was built at the diversion gate of the main canal project of the red flag canal. In 2000, it was expanded and renamed as the red flag canal Memorial Hall. On May 1, 2014, the new hall opened.

As of April 30, 2014, the old museum has received 5.68 million visitors.

Historical evolution

The red flag canal memorial hall was built to commemorate the initiative of the people of Linzhou County in building the red flag canal in order to change the old face of water shortage. The red flag canal was started in February 1960 and completed in July 1969.

In 1975, Linzhou built a memorial Pavilion, stele forest, relief and memorial archway at the diversion gate of the main canal project of the red flag canal, and an indoor exhibition composed of 210 precious historical photos, construction scenes, engineering models and heroic deeds, named the red flag canal Memorial Pavilion.

In 1991, the red flag canal scenic area was opened to the public.

In 1997, it was named the first batch of national patriotic education demonstration bases by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee.

After expansion in 2000, it was renamed Hongqiqu Memorial Hall.

In May 2010, it was jointly named as the national anti-corruption education base by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of supervision.

In June 2012, the construction of the new museum started.

The new museum opened on May 1, 2014.

From 27 to 28, 2015, Wang Qishan, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, visited Henan Province for investigation and presided over a forum. During the investigation, Wang Qishan made a special trip to the red flag canal memorial hall to visit the youth cave. He inspected the Party branch of fengjiakou village in Yaocun town of Linzhou city and exchanged with members of the Party branch, veteran party members and mass representatives.

In 2015, it was identified as the patriotism education base of the central government and awarded the license.

Layout of old museum

Hongqiqu Memorial Hall (old hall) is composed of fenshuiyuan, youth cave, etc. Fenshui garden was built in 1970 and expanded in 1993. It has a memorial hall, a forest of Steles and a relief archway. It displays engineering models, construction scenes and heroic deeds. The youth cave shows the difficult and dangerous scene of the construction on the precipice in that year. It is engraved with inscriptions by Li Xiannian and Jiang Zemin. From here, you can climb up and overlook the scenery of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan provinces.

The red flag canal memorial hall is inscribed by Zhao Puchu, covering an area of more than 20000 square meters. It is divided into four parts: sculpture area, stele forest area, exhibition area and sightseeing area.

Among them, the exhibition area covers an area of more than 4000 square meters. It is composed of a preface hall, a dry history hall, a grand song of Taihang Mountain (Part one and part two), today's red flag canal, a cordial care hall and a film and television hall. There are 210 precious historical pictures on display. The total length of the exhibition line is 316 meters, and the film and television hall plays the classic record card "red flag canal" all day, so that you can trace that unforgettable time.

Opening of new museum

In June 2012, the upgrading project of Hongqiqu memorial hall started. The main exhibition hall is built on the gentle slope outside the main canal of the red flag canal, which is a semi underground building. The overall shape is like a dancing red ribbon. The front section is suspended on the main canal, and the whole fenshuiyuan scenic area can be viewed from the landscape window. The construction area of the theme exhibition hall is about 6000 square meters, and the exhibition area can reach 6300 square meters, which are 9 times and 6 times of the original respectively.

The building area of the new memorial hall is 6300 square meters, the exhibition area is 4000 square meters, and the total length of the exhibition line is 515 meters, which is 9.2 times, 8.7 times and 1.6 times of the old one respectively. The new museum has 300 pictures, 1000 objects, 15 display cabinets, 9 sculptures, 5 light boxes, 2 projections, 4 scenes, 2 sand tables, 1290 square meters of real mountain shape, 6 touch screens, 1 electronic signature, 1 vibration platform, space environment art, sculpture art, painting art, lighting art, multimedia art, picture art, scene model art, image art, etc Eight ways to display the exhibition.

On May 1, 2014, the new Hongqiqu Memorial Hall opened. The new pavilion is on the west side of the old one, with red as the keynote, and looks like a smart canal. The exhibition hall is composed of six parts, namely "preface hall", "drought demon", "miracle", "monument", "dream" and "spirit". With more than 2000 precious cultural relics, harmony, electricity and video, the hall stereoscopically reproduces the shocking scene of the war in Taihang in the year of 100000 troops. Compared with the old museum, its exhibition area has expanded 8 times, and the display means are integrated with multimedia, 4D dynamic, air suspension, intelligent touch and other modern forms on the basis of original pictures, words and objects.

red flag canal

Hongqi Canal is a large-scale irrigation project which was built on Taihang Mountain by people of Linxian County in 1960s.

The red flag canal was started in February 1960 and completed in July 1969. 100000 people worked hard for 10 years, flattening 1250 mountain tops, erecting 152 aqueducts, digging 211 tunnels, and digging 15.1582 million cubic meters of earth and stone. A total of 70.6 kilometers of main canals and 4013.6 kilometers of irrigation canals were built, 396 small and medium-sized reservoirs and ponds with a storage capacity of more than 6000 cubic meters, forming a large-scale water conservancy project combining diversion, storage, lifting, irrigation, drainage and electricity. It is known as "artificial Tianhe" and "the eighth wonder of the world".

Honors

In December 2019, it won the title of "excellent County Museum of Henan Province".

Address: 225 Taihang Road

Longitude: 113.818483

Latitude: 36.232902

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