Memorial Hall of the Third Regiment of the 13th Red Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

Memorial Hall of the Third Regiment of the 13th Red Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

The Memorial Hall of the Third Regiment of the 13th Red Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army is a municipal cultural relic protection unit in Jinhua, a classic red tourism attraction, and a patriotic education base.

The Memorial Hall of the Third Regiment of the 13th Red Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was built in June 2011. It is located within the Xu Public Ancestral Hall in Fangshankou Village, Zhoushan Town, Yongkang City, covering an area of 990 square meters. It is a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit and a patriotic education base in Yongkang.

The Xu Public Ancestral Hall is the site where the Third Regiment of the 13th Red Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was established. In May 1930, the 13th Red Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was founded in Yongjia County, and later, based on guerrilla forces across Zhejiang Province, three regiments were successively formed. In July, the Yongkang Central County Committee of the Communist Party of China gathered guerrilla units from Yongkang, Jinyun, and Xianju at the Xu Public Ancestral Hall for reorganization, announcing the establishment of the Third Red Regiment. The regiment was led by Commander Cheng Renmo and Political Commissar Lou Qituan, and comprised three battalions and one independent company. The Third Red Regiment mainly operated in the border areas of Yongkang, Jinyun, Xianju, and Dongyang counties, frequently launching attacks and shaking central Zhejiang. At its peak, it had over 1,600 troops, more than 900 various firearms, four homemade cannons, and four submachine guns. It was the best-equipped regiment among the three regiments of the 13th Red Army and was once known as the "Third Red Division." On September 5, the Third Red Regiment suffered a major defeat during a fierce assault on Huzhen, marking its largest and most devastating battle. Subsequently, the Kuomintang launched ferocious military encirclements and retaliatory crackdowns, severely damaging the Third Red Regiment with heavy casualties. In 1935, the First Column of the Advance Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army arrived in Yongkang, where the remaining forces of the Third Red Regiment joined them and together plunged into a new revolutionary struggle. The Third Red Regiment and its parent 13th Red Army were among the 14 officially recognized Red Armies in the sequence of the Central Military Commission, holding an important place in the history of the Communist Party of China.

The Xu Public Ancestral Hall was also the location of Yongkang’s only Soviet government. In May 1930, the Yongkang Central County Committee of the Communist Party of China established the Yongkang Soviet regime here, with Xu Yinghu serving as chairman. This was also the first Soviet regime in the Jinhua region. However, Xu Yinghu was arrested in July, bringing the Yongkang Soviet to an end.

Fangshankou Village, where the Xu Public Ancestral Hall is located, is the home of "Fangshan Persimmon," a renowned local specialty of Yongkang. With beautiful natural scenery, it serves as Yongkang's red tourism attraction themed around the "Red Army."