The former site of the South Sanhua Working Committee of the Communist Party of China
Tan Pingshan's former residence
Yule's House
Deng Pei's former residence
Former residence of Chen Tiejun
Recently, Guangdong announced the list of revolutionary cultural relics, and a total of 34 immovable cultural relics in Foshan were selected. Among them, there are 2 cultural relics protection units in Guangdong Province, 30 cultural relics protection units at the city and county level, and 2 general immovable cultural relics. Throughout the province, the number of immovable cultural relics selected by Foshan is not much, but the red mark it represents is still a strong stroke in Guangdong and even the whole country. The "Three Tans," Luo Dengxian, Deng Pei, and Ou Mengjue who came out of Foshan belonged to the pioneering figures of the Chinese revolution; the stories of Chen Tiejun and Wu Zhongwen were well known to everyone, and the spirit of seeing death as a homecoming forever inspired future generations; Foshan was not only the place where the Guangdong Central Column was established, but also the seat of the CPC Pearl River Central Prefectural Committee. Some party history scholars have pointed out that Foshan's revolutionary activities are also in the forefront because of its close proximity to Guangzhou, and if Guangzhou is igniting the fire of the plains, then Foshan is the revolutionary support place for Adding Firewood and Raising Wages to Guangzhou. Tan Pingshan's Former Residence Feeling the Origin of Democratic Revolutionary Thought On the banks of the Cangjiang River in Qishe Village, Mingcheng Town, Gaoming District, Foshan City, crossing a cement bridge on a lotus pond, a hut with a hard mountain top, a green brick wall foot, and a gray sand barrier wall is presented in front of you, which is Tan Pingshan's former residence. In May 2019, Tan Pingshan's former residence was announced as the ninth batch of provincial-level cultural relics protection units. Liao Zhiming, president of the Tan Pingshan Research Association of Gaoming District and director of the Mingcheng Cultural Station, has studied the revolutionary deeds of the "Three Tans" (Tan Pingshan, Tan Zhitang and Tan Tiandu) for more than ten years. He told reporters that Tan Pingshan's former residence was built in the Qing Dynasty and covers an area of more than 160 square meters, and the former residence originally had three bungalows, leaving only more than 30 square meters of simple old houses in previous years. From this, it can be seen that Tan Pingshan's family in his adolescence was not rich, and it was also spent in his former residence that Tan Pingshan's extensive contact with the life of the bottom of society, which had a profound impact on his later embarkation on the revolutionary road. The great influence of his former residence on Tan Pingshan can be seen in his article "My Proposition for Transforming the Countryside" published in 1920. Tan Pingshan said in the article that when he was a teenager, he had felt that the rural areas in various places were very poor and had to try to improve. Later, although he left his original home, because of the impression of his youth, he went deep into his mind. There is also a "small story" in Tan Pingshan's former residence. Liao Zhiming said that although Tan Pingshan held important positions in the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, he never repaired his former residence during his lifetime, which is also a portrayal of his life's integrity in politics. "When you walk into the house, you will find a section of mud wall in it." Liao Zhiming said that this mud wall bears witness to Tan Pingshan's incorruptible family style. Around the 1960s, when the Cangjiang River suddenly flooded, Tan Pingshan's former residence was unfortunately washed away by the flood, leaving only the wall foundation. In 2018, Gaoming District launched the renovation project of Tan Pingshan's former residence, and the government department repaired Tan Pingshan's former residence in accordance with the principle of "repairing the old as before". Yulie's Former Residence Revealed the Secret Stronghold of the Southern Part of the Xinhai Revolution In addition to tan Pingshan's former residence, Foshan was selected as a cultural relics protection unit in Guangdong Province. In Beishui Village, Xingtan Town, Shunde, it still maintains the style of small bridge flowing water and Sanji fish pond. Yule was a close friend of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and an elder of the League. Yu lie's former residence was built in the seventeenth year of Daoguang (1837) in the Qing Dynasty, with a history of more than 160 years. Huang Jincai, a retired cadre in Beishui Village, said that part of the building of Yulie's former residence was destroyed in the 1960s, and only a four-pillar hall (234 square meters) remains. It is worth mentioning that the former residence of Yu lie was a secret stronghold in the south during Sun Yat-sen's Xinhai Revolution, where Yulie and Sun Yat-sen carried out revolutionary activities in the early days. The reporter visited and found that the newly renovated Former Residence of Yu lie was "transformed into an exhibition hall". "Today, the Xingtan Town Government and the Beishui Village Committee have passed on the red cultural gene and enhanced the villagers' awareness of patriotism and love for the country by exhibiting the deeds of Yu Lie's life." Huang Liangjun, a member of the party committee of Beishui Village, told reporters. Deng Pei's Former Residence Appreciate the Magnificent Waves of the Workers' Movement In Deng Guan Village, Shihuzhou, Sanshui, Foshan, an old green brick house stands quietly, and the two kapok trees in front of the door are tall and tall, welcoming a group of party members and masses who came to visit. This is the former residence of Deng Pei, one of the earliest party members in the founding period of the CCP and a pioneer of the early railway workers' movement. Lu Shaowen, a docent of Deng Pei's former residence, introduced that in order to better commemorate Deng Pei and inherit the red spirit, since 1993, the Sanshui District People's Government has repaired and protected Deng Pei's former residence many times. In October 2018, Sanshui completed the fourth repair of Deng Pei's former residence and built an exhibition hall of Deng Pei's deeds next to Deng Pei's former residence. Deng Pei's former residence has four exhibition halls, with the axis of time and the major chronicles as clues, restoring the magnificent life of Deng Pei since he joined the revolution, and showing the important scenes of Deng Pei's revolutionary career such as leading the workers' movement and being received by Lenin. "Throughout his life, he made important contributions to the revolutionary cause of China, especially to the early railway workers' movement." Wang Shili, who is over eighty years old, is the former vice president of Tangshan Normal University and a professor of history, and he has devoted half his life to studying Deng Pei. He commented on Deng Pei: "Firm in faith, one is not afraid of suffering, the other is not afraid of death, serving the country with absolute sincerity, and heroically dedicating himself." The Former Site of the CPC's South Sanhua Working Committee Patriotic Education Relives the Arduous Years Walking into the old revolutionary area of Shencun Village, Beisha Village, Lishui Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City, in a traditional Building in Lingnan with green bricks and gray tiles, the former site of the CPC's South Sanhua Working Committee is hidden, which was once a secret base during the liberation period of the Cpc's Nanhai Organization. After the revitalization and transformation of the countryside, the former site of the Cpc's South Sanhua Working Committee was newly opened to the public. This year, Tao Shaoxia, an old comrade who participated in underground work, returned to the old site to visit again, recalling that she had printed leaflets here in those years, and seeing the mimeograph machine reminded her of the arduous revolutionary years. Time back to 1945, the CPC Guangzhou Municipal Committee appointed party member Shen Shaogang to set up Shencun Primary School in Yuwen Shen Gongshushu, using the identity of a teacher as a cover to carry out revolutionary activities; in February 1946, the CPC Guangzhou Municipal Committee appointed du Lu, a commissioner, to the South China Sea to restore the CCP organization; in May 1949, the CPC Nansanhua Working Committee was established to lead the party organizations in parts of Nanhai, Sanshui, and Huaxian, and until December 1949, the CPC Nansanhua Working Committee completed its historical mission. In 1993, shen villagers raised funds to rebuild the exhibition hall on the old site. Today, it has become a classroom for the majority of party members and cadres and the masses to relive the revolutionary history, and for young people to receive education in revolutionary traditions and patriotism, and is an important patriotic education base in Foshan. Chen Tiejun's Former Residence The Spirit of Seeing Death as a Homecoming Inspires Future Generations In the Dongrui Road, Zumiao Street, Chancheng District, Foshan City, there is a three-room two-courtyard Qing Dynasty residential building, which is the former residence of Chen Tiejun, a famous revolutionary martyr in Foshan. Chen Tiejun was born here in 1904 and did not leave home until 1922, when he went to Guangzhou to study. After engaging in revolutionary work, she led the underground party to hold a working meeting here. At present, Chen Tiejun's former residence is a cultural relics protection unit in Foshan City and an education base for party members in Foshan City. As the daughter of Foshan, Chen Tiejun's revolutionary deeds have deeply influenced generations of Foshan people. During the visit, the reporter noticed that from time to time, parents brought their children to Visit Chen Tiejun's former residence to understand Chen Tiejun's growth trajectory at close range. One parent said: "This is a place that is very worth taking their children to visit, so that they can learn to be grateful for the efforts of the martyrs." "In Foshan, the biggest feature of the Red Revolution is that a large number of historical figures 'went out' from here, and they have great influence in Guangdong and even the whole country." Zhang Qun, deputy director of the Party History Research Office of the Foshan Municipal CPC Committee, said that for example, the "Three Tans" as we know them are the earliest group of party members in the founding period of the Communist Party of China, the founders, leaders, and participants of the Guangdong organization of the CPC, as well as Luo Dengxian, the leader of the Northeast War of Resistance, Deng Pei, the leader of the early workers' movement, and Ou Mengjue, the leader of the early women's movement. In addition, chen tiejun and Wu Zhongwen, the two heroines of "Wedding on the Execution Ground" and "Wedding on the Prison Cart", are well-known in their stories, and their spirits also inspire future generations. Zhang Qun said that because of its close proximity to Guangzhou, Foshan's local revolutionary activities are also at the forefront. In 1921, the then town of Foshan established the Workers' Club, which was an earlier workers' organization in the province at that time; in 1923, Shunde established the Daliang Peasant Regiment and the Nanpu Peasant Regiment, which were the earliest groups of peasant armed forces in the province. "In the years of revolutionary war, if guangzhou was lit with a raging fire, foshan was a place to add firewood and raise salaries, cultivate revolutionary fire, and was the source and support place for Guangzhou's revolutionary activities." Zhang Qun summed it up like this.