Previously, we talked about the historical origin of the Victory Bridge and the fireworks in the city in "Victory Bridge, Victory Bridge, Punching In The Fun". The historical and cultural value of Desheng Bridge lies not only in the long time, but also because of the two heroes of Wuhan's native origin who came out of this small street. One is Yun Daiying and the other is Liu Jiaqi.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > revolutionary pioneer Yun Daiying</h1>
Yun Daiying was a well-known politician, theoretician and leader of the youth movement in the early days of the Communist Party of China, one of the initiators of the Hubei New Culture Movement, organized and led the "May Fourth" patriotic movement in Wuhan, and participated in leading the "August 1st" Nanchang Uprising and guangzhou uprising.
Yun Daiying
On August 12, 1895, Yun Daiying was born at No. 1 Han San Gong, opposite the Sichuan Guild Hall on Wuchang Yubaotang Street (now Chucai Lane). To use a common saying on the Internet today, Yun Daiying is a typical example of "living a very superior life, but having to fight and sacrifice for the broad masses of the people.". His grandfather served as an aide to Zhang Zhidong, and his father was the director of the Laohekou Salt Taxation Bureau, a typical family of officials and eunuchs.
Yun Daiying entered the family school At the age of 6, at the age of 10, he was admitted to the Wuchang Longzheng Elementary School, and at the age of 12, he was admitted to the Wuchang North Road Higher Primary School (the former site of the present-day Wuchang Peasant Movement Training Center). The school originally had a 4-year school system, but Yun Daiying was a super bully, who completed the school curriculum in just over a year and graduated from the school with the good results of "first class first".
According to the regulations on studying abroad in the Laws of the Great Qing Dynasty, the Wuchang East, West, South, North, and North Central Five Roads Higher Primary School are eligible to send staff to study abroad. Yun Daiying's excellent performance made Beilu Higher Primary School recommend him to study in the United States. However, because of his young age, the family still did not let him out.
In 1913, at the age of 18, Yun Daiying was admitted to Wuchang Zhonghua University, and once again showed his true color of academic hegemony, ranking among the "three dingjia" of Chung Hua University.
Wuchang Zhonghua University
In 1917, he edited the Guanghua Journal, which was very influential in academia.
In 1919, he became the young president of the attached middle school of Chung Hua University and led the reform of the education of the attached middle school; it was also from this year that he published more than 40 articles in journals such as "New Youth", "Oriental Magazine", "Guanghua Journal" and so on, becoming a new star in the ideological circles at that time.
In 1920, Yun Daiying founded the Liqun Book Society, which built it into a position for the dissemination of Marxism and new ideas in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and gradually embarked on the road of professional revolutionaries.
Revolutionary books translated by Yun Daiying
Yun Daiying's former residence, now located at No. 50 Desheng Bridge, is related to his touching marriage.
In 1915, Yun Daiying was forced to marry Shen Baoxiu, a "doll relative" he had known since childhood. At first, Yun Daiying was extremely resistant to arranged marriages and slept alone every day. Shen Baoxiu wrote a letter every day, and Yun Daiying replied with a letter the next day. After several months of talking and making up for a love affair, the two finally came together happily.
In 1918, Shen Baoxiu died in childbirth, and Yun Daiying was devastated and moved to No. 50 Desheng Bridge alone, and did not marry for ten years. It was not until 1927, in order to fulfill the last wish of his father-in-law, Mr. Shen Yunju, that Yun Daiying finally married his ex-wife's fourth sister, Shen Baoying, a member of the Communist Party, at No. 50 Desheng Bridge in Wuchang.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Anti-Japanese hero Liu Jiaqi</h1>
No. 148 Desheng Bridge in Wuchang is the former residence of Liu Jiaqi, a heroic anti-Japanese martyr.
Liu Jiaqi
Born in Wuchang in 1894, Liu Jiaqi was influenced by revolutionary ideas during his studies at the Wuchang County Higher Primary School and participated in the Revolutionary Group Day Briefing in Tan Hualin.
In 1911, the Wuchang Uprising broke out, and Liu Jiaqi joined the student army and personally experienced the defense of Wuhan. This adolescent experience laid the trajectory of his subsequent life.
After that, Liu Jiaqi was successively admitted to the Hubei Army Primary School and the Second Preparatory School of the Army, and in 1916 he transferred to the Baoding Officer School, and after graduation, he served in the Northeast Border Defense Army.
In 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in full swing. In early September, Liu Jiaqi led the 54th Division of the Ninth Army to the north to resist the Japanese, and on the way, he returned to the old house of Shengqiao, where he and his family spent less than two hours, ate half a bowl of noodles, and left.
In October, the Fifty-fourth Division reached the front line of Xinkou in Shanxi and participated in the Battle of Taiyuan. Xinkou is the gateway to Taiyuan, a place where the enemy and the enemy must fight. The Japanese army, with its elite unit, the Fifth Division of Itagaki, as the main force, with the help of artillery and tanks, launched a crazy attack on the positions of the Fifty-fourth Division. In the face of a strong enemy, Liu Jiaqi decorated military discipline on the front line, made a speech, boosted morale, led his troops to fight with the Japanese to the death, and repelled many Japanese attacks. The positions changed hands several times, and the two sides even fought with white blades, and the battle was very fierce.
Although the soldiers of the Fifty-fourth Division suffered heavy casualties, under the command of Liu Jiaqi, they still bravely killed the enemy. On October 16, Liu Jiaqi and Hao Mengling, commander of the Ninth Army, went to the front line to supervise the battle, only 200 meters away from the enemy. In the fierce battle, the two were both shot and heroically martyred.
The citizens of Wuhan greeted the coffins of Hao Mengling and Liu Jiaqi
On October 24, the coffins of Hao Mengling and Liu Jiaqi arrived in Wuhan, and representatives from all walks of life went to the station to greet them. On November 15, a memorial meeting was held in Wuhan, and the flag was lowered at half-mast throughout the city.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > postscript</h1>
Yun Daiying and Liu Jiaqi are the pride of Wuhan. Yun Daiying's former residence and Liu Jiaqi's former residence need to be well protected and developed. The tomb of Liu Jiaqi in Zhuo Daoquan is also yet to be repaired. The historical and cultural heritage of the city is just between this house and a tile.
Resources
"Yun Daiying Biography", Journal of Wuhan Normal University, 1981.02
Yun Daiying's Former Residence in Wuchang, Huaxia Jingwei, 2007.03.15
"Remembering Liu Jiaqi, a Hubei Anti-Japanese General", Hubei Archives, 1997.01
"Liu Jiaqi, the First Wuhan General to Resist Japan and Martyrdom", Wuhan Literature and History Materials, 2014.12