Authors: Zhu Chunyang, Huang Rong
Lvlin Town, Jingshan City, Hubei Province, is the source of the Lvlin Uprising, and is named "Lvlin" because it is backed by Lvlin Mountain. Lvlin Town is located in the north of Jingshan City and is the core scenic spot of the national Dahongshan Scenic Area. It is the birthplace of the political power in the Yu-Hubei Border District, the revolutionary base of the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army, the seat of the Jingshan County Government in wartime, and the township of the old revolutionary area and the poor township of provincial flower arrangement.
Lvlin Town, Jingshan City, excavates historical and cultural resources, develops green industries for ecological protection, builds eco-tourism in natural resources, and develops red tourism in revolutionary base areas, becoming a "check-in" place for red eco-tourism. Lvlin Mountain has become a national AAAA-level tourist scenic spot, and Lvlin has successively won the titles of national ecological township, provincial eco-tourism demonstration zone, Hubei tourist famous town, etc., and the provincial flower arrangement poor township has been lifted out of poverty in one fell swoop.
The birthplace of the Yu-Hubei border region
Luojia Ancestral Hall in Xiangji Village, Lvlin Town, Jingshan City, is a red scenic spot, the birthplace of the Yu-Hubei border district regime, and an old revolutionary district village. The former site of the Luo Family Ancestral Hall is a temple-style building, with a three-fold four-mountain layout, a sharp mountain-style roof, brick and wood structure, sitting east to west, a total of three before and after, more than ten houses, and a construction area of more than 600 square meters.
The former site of the First Anti-Japanese People's Congress in Yu-Hubei Border District
In October 1940, the party, government and military organs of Yu-Hubei Border District moved to Xiaohuanling, a neighboring village. In April 1941, the Second Military and Political Congress of the Yu-Hubei Border Region opened in the Luojia Ancestral Hall. There were 67 delegates attending the conference, the Yu-Hubei Border District Administrative Office was established, and Xu Ziwei, chairman of the administration, made a report on the work of the political power, and the meeting adopted 18 proposals. In March 1942, the first Anti-Japanese People's Congress of Yu-Hubei Border District was held in the Luojia Ancestral Hall, and Chen Shaomin was elected chairman of the congress, with 126 delegates from more than 20 counties, and the meeting lasted 23 days. After democratic discussions, the "Policy Program for the Yu-Hubei Border Region" was adopted, which had a major impact on the war of resistance behind enemy lines in the border region.
The former site of the First Anti-Japanese People's Congress of Yu-Hubei Border District was designated as a cultural relic protection unit in Hubei Province in 1992. It has become a revolutionary traditional education base for Party members and cadres, a base for popular science education in red culture, and an extracurricular practice base for teenagers, and Party members and cadres have come to carry out the theme education of "never forget the original intention, remember the mission" and the practical activities of Party history study and education, and have become a place for "checking in" patriotism education and revolutionary traditional education with the red theme.
Revolutionary base of the 5th Division of the New Fourth Army
Wuji Village, Lvlin Town, Jingshan City, adjacent to Xiangji Village, is also a village in the old revolutionary area, a red land, located in the depths of the Lvlin Mountain, with nearly 20,000 mu of mountains and forests, only more than 500 mu of arable land, and a total population of more than 400 people, belonging to the provincial key poor villages. From 1940 to 1942, Li Xiannian and Chen Shaomin led the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army to live and fight here, and it was the core area of the Yu-Hubei Revolutionary Base Area.
Wuji Dujiata Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery
Dujiata and Huangwan were once the garrisons of a certain unit of the New Fourth Army, and the walls of the villagers' old houses have poems about the battles and oil fights of the year, Zhengjiachong has the Qiqi newspaper office, and the Wangjiachong field hospital and quilt factory, and the old site is still faintly visible. In order to resist the Japanese aggression and the encirclement and suppression by the Kuomintang reactionaries, the commanders and fighters of the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army and the people threw their heads and shed their blood to fight to the death against the enemy, leaving behind stories that can be sung and wept, which can be witnessed by the tomb of the martyrs of Wangjiachong . In order to remember the martyrs and uphold their legacy, in March 2017, the Lvlin Town Government built a revolutionary martyrs' cemetery in Wujidujiata to place the remains of martyrs for the world to pay homage to.
Surrounded by green mountains and water, it is suitable for both ecology and culture. According to the overall concept of "ecological Wuji, red Wuji, industrial Wuji, civilized Wuji", with ecological protection as the starting point, inheritance of red culture as the focus, and rural revitalization as an opportunity, develop rural tourism, improve the living environment, and drive collectives and farmers to increase income. In 2019, Wuji was rated as a beautiful rural demonstration village in Hubei, and a key poverty alleviation village; In 2020, it was selected as the first batch of national forest villages, and only 2 villages in Jingshan City won this award.
The seat of the Jingshan County Government during the war
Wutai Village, Lvlin Town, Jingshan City, known as the "Three Kingdoms Town", legend has it that before the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao led his troops south to fight a decisive battle with Liu Bei, and asked his brother Cao Hong to train a water army, he found Dafushui along the Han River, and took a fancy to Wutai Village, which is surrounded by mountains and waters, so he set up camp here and opened a martial arts arena to train the water army. Wutai was originally called "Wu Kuan", that is, the place where the Cao Hong Army practiced martial arts, and there are some Jiangtai, Wu Kuan, Wuquan and other ruins.
The birthplace of the first Jingshan County People's Government
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, foreign missionaries discovered the Wutai treasure land and built a Catholic church here. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Communist Party waged guerrilla warfare in the Wutai area, and the Catholic Church was the place where the Party organization established a base area. After the surrender of Japan in 1945, the Kuomintang began to deal with the Communists, and the five platforms were established as Gaotai Township, and the township office was located in the church. In October 1946, under the command of Li Renlin, the New Fifth Division disguised itself as a Kuomintang troop and entered the church to capture the officers and men of two Kuomintang detachments.
In the winter of 1947, when Wutai, Wuji, and Xiangji were liberated, our party decided to establish the Jingshan County People's Government, with the government seat in Wutai Catholic Church. In June 1948, according to the requirements of the Hubei Central Committee, it was renamed the Patriotic People's Democratic Government of Jingbei County, and the Jingbei County Party Committee was moved here. The first county magistrate, Peng Youde, was a native of Bachong and later became the secretary of the county party committee. In June 1949, after the liberation of Jingshan, the county people's government moved to the county seat.
Wutai Village excavated the culture of the Three Kingdoms, built the Three Kingdoms Cultural Square, restored the relics such as Jiangtai and the Competition Field, and built a new landscape such as the Three Kingdoms Story Mural Gallery and the Cao Cao Poetry Monument. Integrate red elements into the construction of beautiful villages, sort out stories such as "New Fourth Army's surprise attack on Catholic Church" and "the birthplace of the first Jingshan County People's Government", make albums and murals, carry out revolutionary traditional education for villagers and visitors, encourage the vast number of party members and cadres to inherit the martyr's legacy, never forget their original mission, and make further contributions to rural revitalization.
(Source: Yan'an Spiritual Research Association of Jingshan City, Hubei Province)