Former Residence of Mao Zedong in Xinluo (Xinqiu Cuo)

Former Residence of Mao Zedong in Xinluo (Xinqiu Cuo)

The Former Residence of Mao Zedong in Xinluo (Xinqiu Cuo) is a classic red tourism site and a base for patriotic education.

Xinqiu Cuo was built in the late Ming Dynasty as a single-story house with three halls and two wing rooms. Originally the residence of Wang Mingxuan, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Punishments in the late Ming Dynasty, it was renovated in the 14th year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty. In December 1975, it was designated as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit. The main building follows a central axis and includes structures such as the ash-paved courtyard, main gate, patio, main hall, and rear hall in sequence. The main hall is three bays wide and six meters deep, featuring a post-and-lintel construction. After the victory of the Third Battle of Longyan in June 1929, Comrade Mao Zedong and his wife He Zizhen stayed here and left in mid-July.

Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), courtesy name Runzhi (originally Yongzhi, later changed to Runzhi), pen name Ziren. A native of Xiangtan, Hunan. He was the leader of the Chinese people, a Marxist, a great proletarian revolutionary, strategist, and theorist, as well as the principal founder and leader of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the People's Republic of China. He was also a poet and calligrapher. From 1949 to 1976, Mao Zedong served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China. His contributions to the development of Marxism-Leninism, military theory, and... More details about Mao Zedong++

He Zizhen, female, also known as He Guiyuan, was born in 1904 in Huangzhuling Village, Yongxin County, Jiangxi Province. She graduated from Yongxin Women's Vocational School in 1925, joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1926, and became a member of the Communist Party of China in the same year.

After the failure of the Great Revolution, under the leadership of the Yongxin Party organization, He Zizhen contacted the peasant militias led by Yuan Wencai in Ninggang and Wang Zuo on Jinggangshan. Together with the peasant armies of Ninggang, Suichuan, Anfu, Lianhua, and Yongxin, she participated in the attack on Yongxin to rescue arrested Communist Party members and revolutionary masses. To preserve revolutionary forces, she, along with the cadres and masses who had been freed from prison, relocated... More details about He Zizhen++