Text/Tao Guojun
This year marks the 110th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution. 110 years ago, the great democratic revolutionaries of modern China, Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing, and others jointly founded the Republic of China through the Xinhai Revolution. Huang Xing fought with blood and fought all his life, and Zhang Taiyan highly praised him for "no justice is no Republic of China, and there will be Si people in history."
On October 25, 1874, Huang Xing was born in Gaotang Township, Shanhua County, Hunan (now Huangxing Township, Changsha County). In 1904, he formed the Huaxing Association with a group of like-minded revolutionaries, elected as the president of the Huaxing Association, and the Liaison Association Party planned the Changsha Uprising, and the incident was evacuated from Tokyo. In 1905, he initiated and organized the League in Tokyo and Sun Yat-sen, and served as the director general of the executive department.
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Huang Xing organized and commanded domestic armed uprisings many times, was extremely arduous, was born into death, and made immortal achievements for the overthrow of the autocratic Manchu Qing Dynasty. After the Wuchang Uprising, he served as wartime commander-in-chief of the junta of the Republic of China, and chief of the army and chief of staff of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China.
In 1989, I went to Changsha Bearing Factory to contact the work, and after arriving in Huangxing Town by Xiangyun transportation vehicle in the city, I took a simple highway to walk to the factory area. I saw a large green tile and green walled residential compound next to the road, and there were small hills, vegetable soil and ponds around the compound. When I learned that this residential compound was the birthplace of Huang Xing, the founder of the Xinhai Revolution and a respected teacher of our Mingde Middle School, although the time was in a hurry, I still could not suppress my inner excitement and went to visit.
Inside the compound are quaint buildings and family furniture, and the photos of Huang Xing's teenagers hanging on the walls of the house, as well as the words "No Self" written by Huang Xing, have left a deep impression on me. The history of this legendary figure's struggle is deeply imprinted in the hearts of our generation.
Today, more than 30 years later, on a windy and sunny day, my family and I took the No. 2 subway to Guangda Station with admiration, and then took a taxi to huangxing former residence memorial hall, and saw the former small rural market town of Huangxing town on the side of the highway, with long roads and high-rise buildings, which has transformed into a satellite city around Changsha.
The taxi crossed a country road, passed vegetable soil and farmhouses, and soon came to the Huangxing Former Residence Memorial Hall in Liangtang, Huangxing Village. Liangtang is named after the three-dimensional pond.
Huang Xing Former Residence Memorial Hall after the third phase of the project expansion, has become a green trees, green water surrounded by tourist attractions, Huang Xing Former Residence Memorial Hall is divided into Huang Xing Former Residence and Hunan Xinhai Revolutionary Figures Memorial Hall two parts.
The former residence of Huang Xing was built in the first year of the Qing Dynasty (1862). After the establishment of the Huaxing Association in 1904, in order to raise funds for revolutionary activities, Huang Xing sold his ancestral house and nearly 2,000 acres of land. After several changes of ownership, the state only took back the Huang Xing Former Residence Memorial Hall in 1980 and officially opened to the public in 1981.
The former residence covers an area of 28 acres, and after renovation, there are 53 bungalows, brick and wood structure buildings, small green tile double-slope roof, and the three-star statue of Fu Lu Shou in the middle of the front roof ridge. The main building sits north and faces south, is a two-in-five bay room, and is equipped with east and west wing rooms. There is a pond in front of the door, a garden behind the house, surrounded by a moat, a pavilion bamboo forest, a small bridge flowing water, with a strong Jiangnan farmhouse style.
The former residence of the eight-shaped fire sealing wall slot door, the door forehead has a large "dry" word, flanked by "hui wind and smooth, the day is long" couplet. Entering the house, the courtyard is paved with green bricks, the word "Fu" is written on the forehead of the main entrance, and the two sides are stacked with paint couplets "Mengqing Shoufu, Changle Yongkang".
There is a patio between the upper and lower halls, and there are six square doors in front of the main hall for the screen, which are not usually opened, but this time the narrator opens the screen door and lets us enter from the screen door as a VIP.
The furniture in the main hall is very elaborate, and the Taishi chairs and coffee table are carved with mahogany inlaid marble. The main hall house is flanked by Huang Xing's father Huang Xiaocun, his mother Mrs. Luo and Huang Xing's house. Huang Xing married Lady Liao here in the autumn of 1891 and gave birth to his eldest son, Huang Yi'ou, the following year. The houses of Huangying Village and Huangxing are equipped with late Qing Dynasty Soviet-style carved beds.
Huangxing Housing
Huang Yi'ou is also a legendary figure. He joined the League at the age of 15 while studying in Tokyo and was the youngest member of the League. At the age of 18, he participated in the Huanghuagang Uprising in Guangzhou, escaped death, and was one of the very few surviving insurrectionists. At the age of 19, he participated in the Battle of Guangfu Shanghai, formed the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Coalition Army, and served as the deputy commander of the vanguard of the Shanghai Army. Later, he sat in Yuan Shikai's prison and was snubbed by Chiang Kai-shek. In 1948, when Cheng Qian was in charge of Xiangzhou, Huang Yi'ou served as an adviser to the provincial government and contributed to the peaceful liberation of Hunan. After the founding of New China, he served as an adviser to the Hunan Military and Political Committee and an adviser to the Provincial Counselor's Office.
The former residence box room has the housing of Huang Xing's sisters. The eldest sister and the fourth sister have a piano table in the room, and there is a Qingjiaotong seven-stringed piano on the piano table. The second and third sisters have placed hand spinning machines and looms in the room. Along the corridor deep in the compound, we also browsed the former residence kitchen, farm tool room, rice barn, barn, mill house, etc.
In the photo gallery of Taiwan compatriots and overseas patriots in the former residence, on the wall hangs the inscription on the 120th birthday of Huang Xing written by Mr. Jiang Weiguo, and the photos of Taiwan compatriots and overseas compatriots organizing visits to the former residence. Among them, Huang Weimin, president of the Huangxing Research Association, accompanied Zhang Jingyu, honorary chairman of the China Huxiang Cultural Research and Development Association in Taiwan, and his party to visit the photos of the former residence, which was particularly cordial.
Huang Weimin is the eldest son of Huang Xing, the eldest son of Huang Yiou, who has long been engaged in physical education work, and has served as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, and the director of the Provincial Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang. Huang Weimin's mother-in-law is my father-in-law's cousin.
Huang Xing's eldest grandson Huang Weimin (right) and author
Wei Min's eldest brother now lives in the elevator room of Guitang Community, the house is clean and bright, and the grandfather Huang Xing and the grandmother Liao Tan on the living room wall are as vivid as oil paintings. WeiMin's eldest brother, who is 84 years old, still rosy in face and cheerful in spirit, believes that on the eve of the Xinhai Revolution, the Manchu Qing government bloodily suppressed the people, and Huang Xing braved hardships and dangers to launch an armed uprising to overthrow the tyranny, and it is impossible to do without firm conviction. Huang Xing slashed at the sword and bravely killed the enemy, influencing and leading a large number of Hunan volunteers to the front line of the revolution throughout the country.
Elder Brother Weimin gave me two books, "The Story of Huang Xing" and "Huang Xing's Poetry Collection", and told me that these two books were published on the 100th anniversary of the Xinhai Revolution. At that time, the Huang Xing Former Residence Memorial Hall edited the "Huang Xing" series of books, but the funds were not available, so he had to write to General Secretary Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Liu Yandong to reflect that the two leaders quickly instructed the relevant departments to ensure the publication of the books.
The Hunan Xinhai Revolutionary Figures Memorial Hall was completed and opened in 2015. Next to the memorial square, there is a large group of stone sculptures of Hunan Xinhai revolutionary figures. In front of the realistic statues of heroes, we gaze and recall for a long time.
The memorial hall is sunny and atmospheric, with two floors of exhibition halls. The exhibition hall on the first floor introduced the life deeds of Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren, Cai Yi, Jiang Yiwu, Liu Yiyi, Tan Renfeng, Jiao Dafeng and so on. Photographs of Huang Xing riding a military horse, a group photo of Huang Xing and Sun Yat-sen, and photos of the main members of the China League are particularly eye-catching.
The exhibition hall also has a roster of Hunan members of the League Association, a brief introduction of Hunan volunteers participating in the restoration of other provinces and regions, and a list of ministers of the Hunan military government when Jiao Dafeng was the governor. On October 22, 1911, Jiao Dafeng and Chen Zuoxin led the Hunan Hui Party and the New Army to launch the Changsha Uprising, which was the first in the country to respond to the Wuchang Uprising in Xinhai. After the success of the Changsha Uprising, he immediately sent troops to aid Hubei, making important historical contributions to the victory of the Xinhai Revolution.
The exhibition hall on the second floor also uses physical objects, pictures, and photocopied documents to introduce the perilous situation of the late Qing Dynasty's decay, decay, humiliation, and plundering of the country by the world's powers. In the second year of the reunification of the Qing Dynasty (1910), due to the floods in Hunan, the grain harvest failed, the price of rice soared, and the people did not have a good life, and the huang Guisun family, a poor person who sold water for a living in Changsha, committed suicide collectively because they could not buy rice, which stimulated public anger and triggered a wave of rice grabbing. The hunan governor's severe crackdown led to the expansion of the conflict, and many churches, foreign firms, and consular residences in the city were destroyed, with more than 20,000 participants. Although it was temporarily suppressed by the authorities, it shook the foundation of the rulers, and the Xinhai Revolution pushed the decadent Qing government off the stage of history.
Aoshan Temple In the years of Xuantong, the Aoshan Temple in Renpo, Changsha was the station of the Changsha Patrol Police Sub-Bureau, and later became the birthplace of the rice rush in Changsha Tuyuan /Famous City Changsha
In 1988, the State Council announced huang xing's former residence as the third batch of national key protected cultural relics. In 2016, Huang Xing's Former Residence Memorial Hall successfully created a national AAA tourist attraction. It is a classroom for the history of the Xinhai Revolution and a patriotic education base.
Huang Xing Former Residence Memorial Hall parking lot next to The Du Daddy Restaurant, the owner is called Du Xuezhong, the restaurant is on the first floor of his three-story building, there is also a pergola outside, the restaurant meal is good, we four people ordered two meat and two vegetarian, only spent 120 yuan to eat a meal.
Du Dad is a Liangtang native, although 75 years old, his body is tough, and he is busy in restaurants. When he was young, he served as the captain of the Liangtang production team, and he told me that after the land reform, the same village Du, Yang, Wu, and Thursday big peasant families lived in the old house of the former residence, otherwise the former residence would not be so well protected. After moving out in the 1980s, he built a bungalow here, which was converted into a three-story building in the early years.
Du Xuezhong, the owner of The Du Daddy Restaurant in Liangtang
He also said that some of the mahogany furniture and musical instruments in Huang Xing's former residence were donated by Huang Xing's descendants. The former residence hand-spinning machine, loom, hemp stone mill, water wheel, windmill, coat, bucket and other production tools are provided by nearby farmers. Huang Xing is a remarkable figure and the pride of the People of Liangtang.
Du Dad said that the Huangxing Former Residence Memorial Hall also drove the business of Liangtang and Huangxing Village, many schools and units have organized tours here, the opposite parking lot is always full of vehicles, There are several restaurants like him in Liangtang, not far from here Huangxing Village Commercial Street, there are dozens of large and small shops.
In the afternoon, we took the 220 bus back to Changsha at the Liangtang parking lot, passing through the center of Huangxing Town, wide roads, squares, and rows of high-rise buildings and shops, which were not inferior to Changsha's urban area. Huangxing Town is the hometown of Huang Xing, one of the main leaders of the Xinhai Revolution, and Xu Guangda, a major general of the Republic, whose ideal of rejuvenating the Chinese nation is being realized.
Huangxing Town Hydroponic Vegetable Tourist Park - Green World Source Network
Huangxing Town is also the supply base of pollution-free and assured vegetables in Changsha, with the country's largest hydroponic vegetable tourist garden and the largest gas-adjusted fruit and vegetable preservation warehouse in the five provinces of central and southern China. Huangxing Town, with its rapid economic development, will be more affluent and beautiful!
Reference: Introduction to Huang Xing's Former Residence Memorial Hall
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