Former Residence of Revolutionary Martyr Lin Huandao

Former Residence of Revolutionary Martyr Lin Huandao

The Former Residence of Revolutionary Martyr Lin Huandao is a cultural tourism attraction and a classic site of red tourism.

Lin Huandao (1904–1940) was from Beiao Town, Dongtou County. While studying at the Zhejiang Provincial Tenth Normal School in Wenzhou, he was influenced by the May Fourth New Culture Movement, embraced Marxism, and actively engaged in revolutionary propaganda. In the spring of 1926, while attending Shanghai’s Jiaotong University, he joined the Communist Party of China. In his early revolutionary years, he became acquainted with key party pioneers such as Zhou Enlai, Deng Yingchao, Li Kenong, Liao Chengzhi, and Lian Guan. In the spring of 1928, he founded Quanzhang Middle School in Longhua, Shanghai, and used the platform to promote revolution. In March 1929, he was sent by the Party organization to serve as the Secretary of the Overseas Chinese Party District Committee in Yangon, Myanmar. He returned to China in 1931, where he published the Reality Weekly in Shanghai and later became the editor-in-chief of the Nansheng Newspaper. In October 1934, he went to Vietnam to carry out anti-Japanese salvation work among overseas Chinese. He returned to China in July 1935 and then served as the head and Party branch secretary of the Children’s Anti-Japanese Salvation Drama Troupe (also known as the “Xiamen Children’s Troupe”) under the Xiamen Youth Wartime Service Corps, engaging in anti-Japanese propaganda and organizing fundraising and comfort activities. In June 1939, he went to Vietnam to serve as the Southern Committee Secretary, working on overseas Chinese affairs. On December 26, 1940, he passed away from overwork at the age of 36 in Fushan Hospital, Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City).

Revolutionary Martyr Lin Huandao was an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, an eminent journalism and education worker, and one of the distinguished leaders of overseas Chinese in Myanmar and Vietnam. He remained loyal to the Party, the people, and the nation, dedicating himself tirelessly to the Party’s journalism, education, and liberation efforts. In May 1964, he was posthumously recognized as a revolutionary martyr by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of China.

The Former Residence of Revolutionary Martyr Lin Huandao is located on Zhuangyuan Lane, Beiao Town, Dongtou County. It is a small quadrangle courtyard consisting of five houses, with a history of nearly 100 years and covering an area of approximately 200 square meters. The family has since moved elsewhere, and the residence is now rented by others. In 2009, it underwent renovation, and the local county government plans to restore it further, displaying photos and belongings related to Lin Huandao’s revolutionary life inside the residence, making it an important base for patriotic education among young people.

Source: Party History Research Office of the CPC Wenzhou Municipal Committee