The Cheng Family Ancestral House in Hewan (Former Residence of Martyr Cheng Qianli)

The Cheng Family Ancestral House in Hewan (Former Residence of Martyr Cheng Qianli)

The Cheng Family Ancestral House in Hewan (Former Residence of Martyr Cheng Qianli) is a cultural heritage site protected by Anqing City.

The Cheng Family Ancestral House in Hewan (Former Residence of Martyr Cheng Qianli) is located in Hongguang Village, Wumiao Township, Qianshan County, dating back to the Qing Dynasty.

On September 22, 2017, the Cheng Family Ancestral House in Hewan (Former Residence of Martyr Cheng Qianli) was designated as part of the seventh batch of municipal-level cultural heritage protection units in Anqing City.

Cheng Qianli (1895–1927), courtesy name Zaofen, also known as Zhiju, Yun’an, and Angran, was a native of Wumiao Township, Qianshan County. He was a member of the Chinese Communist Party. Before 1919, Cheng Qianli studied at Anhui No. 1 Middle School, Anqing No. 1 Normal School, and St. Paul’s School. In 1919, he left Shanghai Surveying and Mapping School before graduation. In 1924, he worked as a teacher at Dacai Primary School in Wumiao Township. In the spring of 1925, he recruited Communist Party members in Wumiao and established the first Party cell in Qianshan County. That year, he left his hometown for Hubei to join the labor movement.

In 1926, Cheng Qianli worked at the Wuhan Federation of Trade Unions. In 1927, he served as the director of the Fuyuan Coal Mine Workers' School in Daye, Hubei. Due to an attack on Daye by Xia Douyin’s forces, the workers’ school was destroyed, and Cheng Qianli was killed.