Deng Zihui Memorial Hall

Deng Zihui Memorial Hall

The Deng Zihui Memorial Hall officially opened to the public on December 20, 2013. Covering an area of over 3,000 square meters, the memorial hall has two floors. The first floor features a thematic exhibition that introduces Deng Zihui’s illustrious achievements in nine sections; the second floor mainly displays his office, bedroom, and reception room during his time as Vice Premier of the State Council, reflecting his daily life and living conditions.

In 1987, the Deng Zihui Memorial Hall was established within the Tonggang Academy in Dongxiao Town, covering an area of 300 square meters. A statue of Deng Zihui is placed in the center of the hall. It is divided into 8 exhibition areas, displaying 96 photographs and 76 cultural relics.

The Deng Zihui Memorial Hall, located in the central primary school of Dongxiao Town, Longyan City, Fujian Province, is a celebrity-themed memorial hall set up in the revolutionary site of Bai Tu Tonggang Academy. In 1987, the Deng Zihui Memorial Hall was established within the Tonggang Academy in Dongxiao Town, covering an area of 300 square meters. A statue of Deng Zihui is placed in the center of the hall. It is divided into 8 exhibition areas, displaying 96 photographs and 76 cultural relics.

The Tonggang Academy was built during the Tongzhi era of the Qing Dynasty, facing south with its back to the north. It is a single-story civil-structured building with two wing rooms, covering an area of 1,050 square meters. In the spring of 1921, Deng Zihui, Chen Ming, Zhang Duqi, and others held an progressive reading club called "Qishan Book Society" here. In September 1923, based on this, the first publication in western Fujian to promote Marxism-Leninism, the "Yansheng" newspaper, was founded here, exerting a profound influence on the revolution in western Fujian.

The hall is divided into eight sections, showcasing Deng Zihui’s revolutionary practices and important contributions in establishing the revolutionary base in western Fujian, the three-year guerrilla war, the War of Resistance against Japan, the Liberation War, and the agricultural collectivization efforts after the founding of New China. It offers significant reference and practical guidance for exploring the path of the Chinese revolution and rural work. In June 2001, the Deng Zihui Memorial Hall was listed as one of the first patriotic education bases by the Publicity Department of the Longyan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. The memorial hall displays 120 photographs, 85 cultural relics, and has an exhibition line of 110 meters.

Deng Zihui, originally named Shaogi, was born on August 17, 1896, in Dengcuo Village, Dongxiao Town. His father, Deng Hongbi, was a doctor by profession and later served as the principal of Tonggang Primary School. As a child, Zihui attended Tonggang Primary School and entered Longyan Middle School (later renamed Provincial No. 9 Middle School) at the age of seventeen. In the fourth year of the Republic of China (1915), he organized and gave speeches to protest Yuan Shikai's acceptance of Japan’s humiliating “Twenty-One Demands.” In the same year, he secretly joined the Chinese Revolutionary Party while in middle school.

In the sixth year of the Republic of China, he obtained a government-sponsored scholarship to study in Japan due to his outstanding academic performance. The following May, he participated in the overseas... (Detailed information about Deng Zihui++)

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