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"The Yangtze River does not have her green, the Fuchun River is not as good as her song, and the Pearl River is not as quiet as hers." People are referring to her as China's Rhine, and I think this metaphor is always too much, and it will never be overdone. ”
Jiefang Bridge section of the Minjiang River night scenery Zheng Shuai / photo
This is the famous literary scholar Yu Dafu who wrote about the Minjiang River after living in a red brick building on the bank of the Minjiang River for half a year.
This red brick building next to the Jiefang Bridge is not only a trendy place and a platform for publicizing anti-Japanese resistance, but also interprets the legend of the red spy film, which is the Fuzhou Youth Association.
Fuzhou Youth Association Square located at the bridgehead of the Jiefang Bridge Picture source: Fuzhou Evening News
In 1910, Huang Naisheng, a patriotic overseas Chinese leader from Fujian, was appointed president of the Fuzhou YMCA. In order to allow the members of the YMCA to have a fixed activity clubhouse, Huang Naisheng personally donated money to build a new clubhouse.
In 1914, the foundation stone of Fuzhou YMCA Church was laid (data map)
According to legend, then-US President Franklin D. Roosevelt donated all the $120,000 of the Nobel Prize he won to the construction of the YMCA. In 1916, the Youth Association, the most fashionable landmark building in modern Fuzhou, was completed in Cangxiazhou.
Photo of the YMCA (infographic)
After its completion, the Fuzhou Youth Association became one of the most prosperous and fashionable leisure and entertainment venues in Fuzhou at that time, with cinemas, dance halls, swimming pools, gymnasiums, libraries, western restaurants and so on.
Fuzhou Youth Association often holds various student activities (data map)
Subsequently, the Fuzhou Youth Association has also become a place frequented by many celebrities and celebrities. The well-known Chen Baochen, Lin Shu, Yan Fu, Sa Zhenbing, Lin Huiyin, and Yu Dafu are all regular customers here. Nowadays, when you walk into the YMCA building, you can see many old photos at the corner of the stairs.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Fuzhou Youth Association became an important platform for publicizing the anti-Japanese struggle to save the dead.
Old photos of Fuzhou Youth Association (data map)
A large number of progressive young people in Fuzhou have made important contributions to communicating, uniting, and uniting the vast number of overseas Chinese compatriots overseas and international friends to unite against Japan and carry out the struggle against aggression and oppression in organizing book clubs in the YMCA, teaching and singing songs of anti-Japanese salvation, disseminating the idea of resisting Japan and saving the people, and inspiring the masses of overseas Chinese to unite against Japan and international friends.
Old photographs in the YMCA building
After the victory of the War of Resistance, the YMCA continued to play an important role. During the Liberation War, the YMCA was an important intelligence stronghold and underground transportation station under the leadership of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, providing strong support for the liberation of Fuzhou.
In 1947, the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China set up an underground secret traffic station in Room 401 of the Youth Association Hostel, and set up a special branch, and Sun Daohua, then secretary of the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee, concurrently served as the secretary of the special branch, and the members of the branch were Fu Sunhuan, Chen Wenlong, Cai Long and others.
Cai Longtong, an underground member of the Communist Party of China, used his status as a commissioner of the US Information Service stationed in Rong to cover up senior party cadres, contact other members of the special branch, support the various activities of the provincial party committee in Fuzhou, and at the same time obtain enemy secrets, thus making great contributions to the party's underground work.
At the same time, as an important underground transportation station, Zeng Jingbing, secretary of the party committee of The Ganqu District of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Xie Xiaodi, head of the Fujian Department of the Social Department of the CPC Central Committee, and others lived in the Youth Association when they came to Fuzhou.
Ye Cheng, Xiu Chun/Photo
After a century of wind and frost, today's youth association has been renovated and renewed, the exterior of the building retains the architectural elements of the early 20th century, and the interior of the building is restored according to the style and original craftsmanship of the original building. Once-glorious arched doors and windows, spacious function halls, chic patio courtyards and high-rise corridors are still visible.
Today's YMCA preserves the old style and personality Lin Hongjie /Photo
The Youth Hall of Fame, located on the first floor of the YMCA, has also been identified as a demonstration base for patriotic education in Taijiang District. The only constant is the purpose of the school engraved on the cornerstone of the school, "to serve and not to serve", which is still clearly visible...
The cornerstone of the YMCA Ye Cheng, Xiu Chun / Photo
The Fuzhou Youth Association leans against the beautiful river that meanders east, faces the noisy and bustling city, as if it is still whispering the songs of the past, the red years...
Jiefang Bridge and youth association Image source: Fuzhou Evening News
The hundred-year journey is magnificent, and the original intention of the hundred-year journey has lasted for a long time. Here is to listen to Fuzhou, welcome to the next issue, continue to follow the red mark with us in Fuzhou.
❖ Later: Lin Yuhan
❖ Design: Ma Huqin
❖ Editor: Wang Jing
❖ Executive Producer: Liu Mengting Shen Zhe
❖ Program Director: Liu Biyong
❖ Chief Planner: Lin Wei
【Editor-in-Charge: Chen Ying】
Source: Fuzhou News Network