Former Site of Zhu Hongshan’s “Mansion”

Former Site of Zhu Hongshan’s “Mansion”

The Former Site of Zhu Hongshan’s “Mansion” is a cultural relic protection unit of Haishu District.

In the harsh environment of the Siming Mountain area, the East Zhejiang Guerrilla Unit carried out revolutionary work and affectionately called the challenging places used for underground secret communications as “mansions.” One such location is Pan’ao in Shanxiaczhuang Village, Jishigang Town, Haishu District. Nestled within an east-west oriented, deep and narrow mountain valley, the area features steep, rugged peaks on both sides and lush forests throughout the valley, extending all the way to Pan’ao Reservoir. After crossing the flooded area of the reservoir, heading further west leads to an open woodland where the remnants of an inconspicuous wall foundation made of scattered stones can be found on the ground. This wall foundation marks the site of the secret liaison office used by martyrs such as Zhu Hongshan. It was also near this spot that Martyr Zhu Hongshan lost his life.

According to over 80-year-old veteran revolutionary Wang Chengkang and retired cadre and anti-Japanese veteran Weng Shaochu, this place was originally the guerrillas’ first “mansion.” In September 1946, Zhu Hongshan, who had been appointed as the special commissioner of Yinci County of the Chinese Communist Party, remained behind to carry out underground work when the main force withdrew northward. The Nationalist army conducted brutal “mopping-up” operations in the Siming Mountain region of East Zhejiang. Under his leadership, comrades overcame numerous difficulties and completed the tasks assigned by the Party with distinction. On December 31, the day Zhu Hongshan turned 29, while secretly discussing work with comrade Jin Sheng at this location, they were surrounded by the enemy. Zhu was the first to spot them and immediately fired a warning shot, drawing the enemy’s attention toward himself to cover the retreat of the other comrades. Ultimately, he lost his glasses to branches in a stream, and due to his severe myopia and being outnumbered, he sacrificed his life heroically. The enemy brutally cut off his head and hung it in places such as Liangnong at the heart of the Siming Mountains to intimidate the local populace. His name was later engraved on the Martyrs’ Pavilion at the Yinshan Battle site.

Zhu Hongshan, originally named Zhaowei, was from Genglou, Zhuangqiao, Ningbo. In 1937, he went to Yan’an to join the revolution. In 1938, he returned to Zhejiang and engaged in the anti-Japanese salvation movement in the Cinan area. Later, he served as the deputy director of the logistics department and the director of the political department of the 2nd Column of the New Fourth Army’s Su-Zhe Military Region. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, when the New Fourth Army’s East Zhejiang Guerrilla Column withdrew northward, he became the deputy director of the East Zhejiang Stay-Behind Office of the New Fourth Army and continued to operate in the Siming Mountain area. Pan’ao was one of their secret liaison sites at the time.

This was an ideal hiding place—south of a small stream, north against an ancient path, east leading toward Gaoqiao and Ningbo, southwest through Shuangyin Wangjiayao and Shenxi into the direction of the heart of Siming Mountain, and northwest via Pan’ao Ridge to Huxi Dayao. The stream provided ample water supply, and the paths allowed convenient access. After years of weathering, the secret liaison site has collapsed, leaving only wall foundations of scattered stones less than half a person’s height.

It was designated as the ninth batch of district-level cultural relic protection units of Yinzhou District in 2010 and was placed under Haishu District following the adjustment of Ningbo’s administrative divisions in 2016.

Source: Cultural Relics Management Office of Haishu District

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