Source: CCTV
Turning over the thick history of the CPC over the past century, from the great victory of the revolution to the great rejuvenation of the nation, the revolutionary cultural relics that have endured vicissitudes one after another have recorded a series of red stories that have reached the hearts of the people and the historical moments that have carried forward the past one after another, which is the best witness of the CPC cutting through thorns and forging ahead.
On the occasion of the centenary of the founding of the Party, the Central Radio and Television Corporation, the State Administration of Cultural Relics, and the Central Cyberspace Administration jointly launched the "Red Mark -- Sound Archive of 100 Revolutionary Cultural Relics", which was officially launched on March 22 at the Central Radio and Television Station' Central Broadcasting Voice of China, and was simultaneously launched on new media platforms such as CCTV News, CCTV News, and Yunting. 100 narrators, using the "most beautiful voice" to burn a century of memories.
Burning a century-old memory with my voice, I am han Tongsheng, the narrator of revolutionary cultural relics.
The artifact I am talking about is the bucket of water for the supporting army in the Autumn Harvest Uprising. It was used by the masses to bring tea and porridge to the autumn harvest uprising troops led by Mao Zedong.
The bucket is now stored in the exhibition hall of the Bronze Drum Memorial Hall of the Autumn Harvest Uprising in Tonggu County, Jiangxi Province, and was donated by Zeng Yuemei, a farmer in Shangzhuang Village, Tonggu County, in 1978.
Buckets displayed in the exhibition hall of the Autumn Harvest Uprising Copper Drum Memorial Hall in Tonggu County, Jiangxi Province
From the appearance, the two buckets are nothing special, 89 cm high, 63 cm in diameter, and a single weight of 3 pounds. Planks of the same width are tightened by iron rings and then tightly sewn together. However, due to the long use of one of them, the wood at the handle has cracked, leaving traces of age.
This pair of ordinary-looking buckets not only carries the affection of the troops and the local people during the autumn harvest uprising, but also witnesses the great revolutionary course of the ancestors. Let's go back to 1927, the turbulent years.
In July 1927, the Kuomintang Central Committee in Wuhan, controlled by Wang Jingwei and others, openly broke with the Communist Party and arrested and massacred Communists and revolutionary masses. On August 7, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held an emergency meeting, the famous Eighty-Seven Conference, to determine the general policy of the agrarian revolution and armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries.
On August 7, 1927, the Eighty-Seven Conference was held (oil painting)
In the 1920s, feudal landlords relied on their power to exploit the peasants in the most brutal way by hiring workers, renting tenants, and usury.
When the peasants could not lift their heads in the darkness, the agrarian revolutionary policy and the emergence of the revolutionary contingent set by the Eighty-Seventh Conference were like a light, illuminating their path.
On September 9, 1927, the Autumn Harvest Uprising began. On the 10th, Mao Zedong presided over a meeting of cadres at and above the platoon level of the Third Regiment at the Xiao Family Ancestral Hall in Tonggu County, and officially announced that the troops stationed in Tonggu would be reorganized into the Third Regiment of the First Division of the First Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. All commanders and fighters are required to respond to the call of the Hunan Provincial CPC Committee and immediately arm an uprising. That night, when the Moon was empty, Mao Zedong's mood fluctuated, and he wrote heroically "Xijiang Moon and Autumn Harvest Riot": "The army calls the Workers' and Peasants' Revolution, and the banner is sickle and axe. The area around the repair of copper does not stay, and it is necessary to go straight to Pingliu. The landlords were oppressed, and the peasants all hated each other. During the autumn harvest, the clouds are heavy, and the thunderbolts are rioting. ”
Poem of "Xijiang Moon and Autumn Harvest Riot"
On September 11, 1927, Mao Zedong completed the formation of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army in Tonggu and raised the banner of the First Division of the First Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. Red flag hunting, darts like a forest, in the face of the excitement of the uprising, Mao Zedong with a strong Xiang tone issued a call for armed riots.
Deng Yongzhong, director of the Bronze Drum Memorial Hall of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, introduced: "In the early morning of the same day, all the officers and men of the Third Regiment of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army gathered on the large sandbar at the mouth of the Shuangjiang River in the east corner of Tonggu County to accept Mao Zedong's review. At the behest of Mao Zedong, the officers and men of the whole regiment set out from Tonggu County and thus embarked on a long journey of the Chinese revolution. ”
Flag of the First Division of the First Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army
At noon on September 11, the Third Regiment of the First Division of the First Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army led by Mao Zedong arrived at Tonggu Shangzhuang and was warmly welcomed by the local workers and peasants.
Local people delivered food and supplies to the aid troops, women boiled soup and changed medicine for the malaria-stricken wounded and sick, young men formed a dart team to help the troops stand guard, and on the spot, many young and middle-aged people signed up to join the rebel army. Some masses also took the initiative to carry stretchers for the troops, acted as porters, and enthusiastically supported the troops.
At this time, Zeng Yuemei, a farmer in Shangzhuang Village, heard that the autumn harvest uprising troops were coming, and specially took the whole family to carry tea and porridge to the troops with buckets, and delivered them to the soldiers bowl by bowl.
Deng Yongzhong said: "Although the people's understanding of the revolution was not yet profound at that time, they knew that the rebel troops were for their own good, so they would enthusiastically support themselves. Zeng Yuemei brought water and porridge to the rebel army, witnessing the deep affection between the army led by the Communists and the masses. ”
Autumn Harvest Uprising (oil painting)
The Autumn Harvest Uprising was like a thunderclap on the ground, completing a hard blow under the white terror. In this uprising, the Communist army raised its own banner, which became one of the important symbols of the CPC's independent leadership of the revolutionary war and the creation of the people's army, and also preserved and sowed the seeds of revolution for the CPC.
The Autumn Harvest Uprising was not all smooth sailing. The rebel forces divided into three routes and suffered heavy losses on the way to attack Changsha. At the crucial moment, Mao Zedong judged the hour and sized up the situation, immediately made a decision, decided to immediately implement a strategic retreat, instructed the rebel troops to temporarily retreat to the Tonggu Pai port, and then went to Wenjia City in Liuyang County to concentrate.
From September to October, the fighters of the uprising and the broad masses of workers and peasants raised their rifles and spears and violently charged at the local tyrants and gentry and the Kuomintang reactionaries, and the spark of stars gradually formed a burning trend under the sowing of the autumn harvest uprising. On October 27, 1927, the rebel troops arrived in Ciping, Jinggangshan, and in early November, they arrived in Maoping, creating the first rural revolutionary base area under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and the Chinese revolution opened a new page.
Today's Jinggangshan
Ren Fang: I am Ren Fang, the docent of the Autumn Harvest Uprising Copper Drum Memorial Hall, born in 1990. The brass drum is the place where the Autumn Harvest Uprising took place, and it is a fertile red soil. During the revolutionary war years, 70,000 or 80,000 people died heroically for the revolution. Now in the era of peace, I have become a revolutionary cultural relics docent, knowing that behind each cultural relics is either inspiring or touching stories. When I encounter difficulties in life and feel lost in my work, I am willing to sit quietly in the memorial hall for a while to see the traces left by the revolutionary ancestors with their lives and draw strength from them.
Director system: Liu Xiaolong Gu Yucai
Producer: Gao Yan
Chief planner: Cui Xin, Fan Xinzheng
Planning, coordination: Ding Fei Feng Shuo
Reporter: Li Jingcheng
Editor: Feng Shuo
Narrator: Han Tongsheng
Producer: Liu Yifei
Video clip: Liu Mengya
New Media: Wang Yuan
Consultant: Xu Pengtang, researcher of the Central Academy of Party History and Literature