Former Residence of Martyr Zhu Cheng

Former Residence of Martyr Zhu Cheng

The Former Residence of Martyr Zhu Cheng is a cultural tourism attraction and a classic site of red tourism.

Zhu Cheng (1910–1943), courtesy name Gongxing, was a native of Fanshan Town, Cangnan County. After graduating from elementary school, he studied successively at the Yongjia Private Jianguo Advanced Commercial Vocational School and Xiamen Jimei School. In 1929, he graduated from the sixth class of the Whampoa Military Academy. In 1934, he went to Japan to study, returning to China in May 1937. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, he devoted himself to the anti-Japanese battlefield in Shanxi-Hebei-Henan, serving as the commander of the 11th Regiment of the Hebei Militia. In September 1939, he led his troops to join the Eighth Route Army and was appointed commander of the North China Anti-Japanese Militia, shortly afterward joining the Communist Party of China. In April 1940, he became the commander of the First Brigade of the Anti-Japanese Militia and concurrently the commander of the First Sub-district of the Ji-Lu-Yu Military Region. In the summer of 1943, he was transferred to be the commander of the New Fifth Sub-district in southwestern Shandong. During the six years of the War of Resistance (1937–1943), he led his troops in hundreds of battles of varying scales. On September 28, 1943, he died a heroic death in a fierce battle with Japanese forces at Wangchang, Cao County, Shandong. On November 18 of the same year, the Ji-Lu-Yu Military Region held a memorial service for Zhu Cheng in Anlingji, Heze area, Fifth Sub-district. The military region commander said in the eulogy: “The sacrifice of Comrade Zhu Cheng has cost our Chinese nation a talented general, our border region forces an outstanding commander, and our Party a great Bolshevik!”

The Former Residence of Martyr Zhu Cheng is located in Nanshan Village, Fanshan Town, Cangnan County, where the mountains are high and the forests are dense, offering a beautiful environment. The residence faces south and is a three-room wooden bungalow, with a construction area of about 90 square meters. It was renovated in August 1986, and the exhibition room of the former residence was opened in July 1991. The left room of the residence serves as an exhibition room, covering an area of about 28 square meters. The displayed images, relics, documents, letters, and elegiac couplets showcase the glorious life achievements of the martyr, including handwritten letters from Zhu De and Peng Dehuai to General Zhu Cheng, as well as precious historical materials such as reports from the Ji-Lu-Yu Daily and Comrade Newspaper on Commander Zhu Cheng’s strategic wisdom, military courage, and commanding ability.

The Former Residence of Martyr Zhu Cheng is a patriotism education base in Wenzhou City.

Information source: Party History Research Office of the CPC Wenzhou Municipal Committee

Zhu Cheng (1910–1943), courtesy name Gongxing, was from Nanshan, Fanshan Town. In his early years, he studied at Wenzhou Commercial School and Xiamen Jimei School, then entered the Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou, graduating in the summer of 1929. He served as a probationary instructor at the training unit of a Kuomintang army division in Dezhou. He was arrested for participating in anti-Chiang activities and imprisoned in Nanjing for a year and a half. After his release, he returned home and taught at Aofeng Primary School in Mapu, where he was influenced by the ideas of the Communist Party member Ye Tingpeng and participated in some progressive activities. After Aofeng Primary School was vandalized by local gentry, he went south to Guangzhou. Within two months, he witnessed the actions of the Kuomintang reorganizationists...  More detailed information about Zhu Cheng++