Former residences of the Red Fourth Army's Front Committee leaders at Juyi Building and Zhulin Pavilion

The former residences of the Red Fourth Army's Front Committee leaders at Juyi Building and Zhulin Pavilion

The former residences of the Red Fourth Army's Front Committee leaders at Juyi Building and Zhulin Pavilion are protected as cultural heritage sites by Fujian Province.

The former residences of the Red Fourth Army's Front Committee leaders at Juyi Building and Zhulin Pavilion are located in Hekeng Village and Cunzhong Village, Tangbao Township, Yongding District, Longyan City, dating back to 1929.

Description: Juyi Building is located in Hekeng Village. Built during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty (1875–1908), it faces south and is an earth-and-wooden structured, two-courtyard, three-section corridor-style building, covering an area of 1,200 square meters. Zhulin Pavilion is located in Cunzhong Village. Constructed in the 21st year of the Jiaqing reign of the Qing Dynasty (1816), it originally served as a private school. It faces northeast and is an earth-and-wooden structured, courtyard-style building, covering an area of 180 square meters. On May 25, 1929, the Red Fourth Army captured Yongding, and on May 28, they returned to Hulei, then headed toward Tangbao in the afternoon, holding an expanded meeting of the Front Committee in the wing building to the right of Juyi Building in Hekeng Village that evening. That night, Mao Zedong stayed at Juyi Building, while Zhu De stayed at Zhulin Pavilion. In early August and early October of the same year, Mao Zedong, under the alias “Mr. Yang,” visited Tangbao again with his wife He Zizhen. In early August, he stayed at Zhulin Pavilion. The local Party organization arranged teachers and Soviet cadres Lai Dexuan and Kong Jinmei, a couple, to be in charge of receiving them. During one mission escorting Mao and others, Lai and Kong were chased by the Kuomintang and took refuge in a culvert. When a baby started crying, Kong Jinmei resolutely smothered the baby’s mouth with her breast to silence it, resulting in the baby’s death—but enabling Mao’s group to escape danger.

Protective boundary: A 20-meter extension outward from all sides of the buildings.

In 2018, the former residences of the Red Fourth Army's Front Committee leaders at Juyi Building and Zhulin Pavilion were announced as part of the ninth batch of provincial-level cultural heritage sites by the Fujian Provincial People's Government.

Hekeng Village: Located in the northwest of Tangbao Township, Hekeng Village borders Cunzhong Village to the east, Hexi to the west, Cunzhong to the south, and Sanbao to the north. The village covers an area of 21.5 square kilometers, is approximately 1.5 kilometers from the Tangbao Township government, has 780 households, a current population of 2,860, 21 villager groups, 1,500 laborers, 1,101 acres of arable land, and 7,214 acres of forest land. It is a typical mountainous agricultural village primarily focused on grain production, crop cultivation, livestock breeding, and the development of labor resources. In 2010, the village achieved a total social output value of 5.23 million yuan, a 2.1% increase compared to the previous year, including agricultural... Detailed information about Hekeng Village++

Further reading:

· Ninth Batch of Cultural Heritage Sites Protected by Fujian Province