In the display case of the August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall in Nanchang, there are two yellowed pieces of paper, one receipt and one reply letter. Photo by Jiang Tao
Zhongxin Network Nanchang February 18 Title: Nanchang Uprising Behind The Red Cultural Relics: Little Memories Reappear in the Stormy Years
Reporter Li Yunhan Jiang Tao
"Today, I have received a donation of 10,000 yuan from your association to comfort the revolutionary soldiers..." "Yesterday, I received and stored the condolence donations transferred by your association..." In the display cabinet of the August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall in Nanchang, there are two yellowed pieces of paper, one receipt and one reply letter.
On August 1, 1927, with the sound of a gunshot at the head of Nanchang City, the curtain began on the armed resistance of the Chinese Communist Party against the Kuomintang reactionaries. This gunshot was the beginning of the Independent Leadership of the Communist Party of China in the Revolutionary War and the Armed Seizure of Political Power, and the People's Army also came from here.
In order to show this history more three-dimensionally, the August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall in Nanchang has added VR equipment, multimedia scenes, 360-degree holographic projection, multi-touch screen technology and other digital means in recent years. Photo by Jiang Tao
Behind this history, many unknown stories are re-presented in front of the eyes of the world with the collection of cultural relics, and the materials and objects that have been circulated for nearly a hundred years also reproduce the stormy years of the Nanchang Uprising from many angles.
The above-mentioned receipts and replies are one of the cultural relics that witnessed the Nanchang Uprising. According to Xiao Yanyan, a research librarian at the August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall in Nanchang, on August 3, 1927, Zhu Dazhen, one of the heads of the Jiangxi People's Committee for Consoling Former Enemy Revolutionary Soldiers, sent the 10,000 silver dollars raised to the Kuomintang Jiangxi Provincial Party Department, which at this time was a Kuomintang-Communist cooperation organization with Communist Party members as the core, and handed it over to Communist Party members Huang Dao and Luo Shibing.
After receiving the donation, Huang Dao and Luo Shibing immediately issued a receipt for Zhu Dazhen. The next day, Luo Shibing wrote a reply to Zhu Dazhen, informing him of the whereabouts of the money.
"These two cultural relics record the support of the people's army from the day it was born." Xiao Yanyan said that this receipt and reply also reflected the disciplined style of The Chinese Communists.
There are 407 pieces (sets) of red cultural relics like this exhibited at the Nanchang August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall, from Hanyang-made rifles and Type 82 mortars used during the Nanchang Uprising, to watches worn by Zhou Enlai and kettles used by the rebels... Hundreds of materials and cultural relics present that period of history in a three-dimensional way in front of the eyes of the world.
In addition to the cultural relics exhibition, inside the Nanchang August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall, there is a special wall with 1042 names recorded on the wall, which is the list of participants in the Nanchang Uprising that has been collected so far.
Tourists are visiting in front of a 360-degree holographic projection device. Photo by Li Yunhan
More than 20,000 people participated in the Nanchang uprising, but many left no names. This wall is also to commemorate the participants in the Nanchang Uprising, so that future generations should not forget these revolutionary ancestors who threw their heads and spilled their blood. Xiao Yanyan said that after continuous efforts, the number of names on the list has increased to 1,063, and the newly added list is displayed through electronic screens. As time goes by, it will get harder and harder to collect the list, but we won't give up. Xiao Yanyan said.
"The Nanchang uprising used the language of blood and fire to declare the strong determination of the Chinese Communists not to fear violence and persist in revolution." Wang Xiaoling, director of the August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall in Nanchang, said that under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the people's army has grown from small to large and from weak to strong, and has become a great wall of steel to safeguard national sovereignty, security, territorial integrity, and ensure the peaceful development of the country.
Located in the old town of Nanchang, the August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall was formerly known as the "Jiangxi Grand Hostel", and in late July 1927, the troops participating in the uprising chartered this hostel and established the Committee of Former Enemies of the Communist Party of China with Zhou Enlai as the secretary, which also became the command center for leading the Nanchang Uprising.
At present, the Nanchang August 1st Uprising Memorial Hall and its 5 former sites, including the General Headquarters of the August 1st Uprising, the Headquarters of the 20th Army of He Long, the Headquarters of the 11th Army of Ye Ting, the Zhu De Officer Education Regiment and the Former Residence of Zhu De, are open to the public free of charge.
"I can't remember how many times I've been here, and I've seen more and more cultural relics in the collection here, and the materials are getting richer and richer." Hu Xiaobo, a citizen of Nanchang, who took his grandson to a long stop in front of a photo, said, "We live in Nanchang and should have some understanding of this history." (End)
Source: China News Network