Former residence of general Cai tingkai

Cai tingkai's former residence

synonym

General Cai tingkai's former residence generally refers to CAI tingkai's former residence

Cai tingkai's former residence is located in shuanglunjiao village, Longyan village committee, Luojing Town, Luoding City, Guangdong Province. It is the birthplace and birthplace of CAI tingkai, a famous patriotic general and anti Japanese national hero. Cai tingkai's former residence covers an area of 7000 square meters. Now repair and open, a total of two into two-story brick house, an area of more than 400 square meters. Inside, there is an exhibition on the history of the Anti Japanese war in Songhu on January 28, with more than 200 small pictures and a number of pictures of general Cai tingkai's life.

Now it is a revolutionary traditional education facility, a cultural relic protection unit in Guangdong Province, and a patriotism education base in Yunfu City.

In 2019, Cai tingkai's former residence was shortlisted in the list of the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units in Guangdong Province.

General situation

Cai tingkai's former residence is located in Longyan village, Luojing Town, Luoding City, Guangdong Province. It was built in the early Republic of China. There are lofts on both sides of the main house, with built-in dark corridors connecting the whole house. There are attached houses on both sides, including pigsty, cattle pen, rice pound room, toilet, etc. There are turrets at the two corners of the back seat. In front of the house is a terrace and a pond. There are vegetable garden, orchard and stone wall behind the house. The water well is set in the tunnel. In 1992, Wu Nan Sheng wrote a plaque for his former residence. In June 1989, the people's Government of Guangdong Province announced it as a cultural relic protection unit.

There are also many significant historical sites adjacent to the former residence. 1. Cai tingkai's inscription "a scene in the Southeast" is an important scenic spot. 2. Founded by general Cai tingkai, tingkai primary school has a history of more than 70 years. 3. In Luojing Dongshan, there is the cemetery of general Cai tingkai's parents and a stone memorial archway written by Cai tingkai and Li Jishen. 4. In Luojing Town, general Cai tingkai donated a large sum of money to build the school and the library of Longshui middle school.

building structure

Cai tingkai's former residence was built in the early years of the Republic of China. The big house is a courtyard layout with three entrances, a "Fu" shaped structure, with green bricks on the inside and outside, mud bricks on the inside and wood tiles. There are attached houses on both sides, pavilions and porches in the main house, turrets in the two corners of the back seat, farmland and pond in front of the house, vegetable garden and orchard in the back of the house, all with walls, attached houses, pigsty, cowshed, rice paddock house and stables on both sides. Water wells are set in the alleys, covering an area of 7000 square meters.

Protection status

Due to years of disrepair and serious damage, at the end of 1991, the provincial, municipal and county governments appropriated funds to renovate the main houses. On April 20, 1992, the renovation of CAI tingkai's former residence was opened to the public. The Central Cultural Revolution, provincial, municipal and county leaders, relatives of generals, and people from all walks of life from overseas, Hong Kong and Macao attended the celebration. The former residence is under the management of Luoding Museum and is open to visitors as a memorial of general Cai tingkai's former residence. The front gate of the former residence was inscribed with a plaque by Wu Nanshan. In the first entrance to Shaoyi hall, a half length statue of the general is placed. The former residence is decorated with the life story of general Cai tingkai, and the important historical materials, pictures, and objects of the Anti Japanese war in Songhu on January 28. The heroic deeds of the 19th Route Army are displayed in six parts. Luoding municipal government announced the first batch of cultural relics protection units on May 20, 1985, and Guangdong provincial government announced the third batch of cultural relics protection units in Guangdong Province in 1989. It is the revolutionary history education base of Yunfu City and Luoding city.

Scenery of former residence

One kilometer to the south of general Cai's former residence is the diweng waterfall with beautiful scenery. In 1933, general Cai tingkai built a Summer Pavilion on the cliff on both sides of Duizheng waterfall, named "retreat Xianlu". In 1938, general Cai tingkai returned to his hometown for recuperation due to foot injury. On the stone wall on the east side of the imperial urn, he inscribed "a scene in the Southeast" in vigorous and beautiful handwriting, which is still well preserved. Cai tingkai's parents' cemetery is located in the east mountain of Luojing town. It is built in the middle of the mountain with stone steps. The tomb is a hexagonal pavilion. Behind the tomb stands a stone archway with a granite plaque. On the front is Cai tingkai's handwriting of "living me and working hard", and on the north is Li Jishen's inscription of "life with mountains and rivers".

Tourist routes

Take a bus to Luoding passenger terminal - Luojing town bus terminal - CAI tingkai's former residence.

Cai tingkai

Cai tingkai (1892-1968) was born in Luoding, Guangdong Province. General Cai tingkai is a famous general of a generation, a national hero of Anti Japanese War, a military figure with lofty patriotism in modern Chinese history, and a general with high reputation at home and abroad. In 1932, the Japanese army launched the battle of Songhu. General Cai tingkai led the soldiers of the 19th Route Army to rise up to resist, forced the Japanese army to change its commander and severely damaged the Japanese army, which greatly attacked the arrogance of the aggressors. The war of resistance against Songhu was an excellent example of fighting against the aggressors in modern China and greatly enhanced the ambition of the Chinese nation. Later, he led his division into Fujian, launched the famous Fujian incident with Li Jishen and others, established the Fujian people's government, and called on the Communist Party to unite against Chiang Kai Shek and resist Japan. He was one of the top leaders of the National Revolutionary League, which was formed in 1935. In 1946, he and Li Jishen jointly formed the Chinese Kuomintang Democracy Promotion Association to support the Communist Party of China and oppose the dictatorship of the Kuomintang.

After the founding of new China, Cai tingkai held important posts such as member of the Central People's government, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, vice chairman of the National Defense Commission, vice chairman of the National Sports Commission, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the democratic revolution, and director of the world peace council.

Cai tingkai died of illness in Beijing on April 25, 1968.

General Cai tingkai loved his country and hometown all his life. He always held high the banner of Sun Yat Sen's thought and made a lifelong contribution to China's democratic revolution and socialist construction. It is of great historical and practical significance to take the former residence of general Cai tingkai as the "Guangdong united front base" for patriotic united front education.

geographical position

Address: shuanglunjiao village, Longyan, Luojing town

Longitude: 111.453082

Latitude: 22.507349

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