Former Site of the Eastern Route Army Command Post on Niutian East Road

Former Site of the Eastern Route Army Command Post on Niutian East Road

The former site of the Eastern Route Army Command Post on Niutian East Road is a Fujian Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit and a classic red tourism attraction.

The former site of the Eastern Route Army Command Post on Niutian East Road is located in Niutian Village, Huaqiao Township, Guangze County, dating back to 1932–1933.

Description: From November 1932 to October 1933, the Central Red Army carried out the fourth and fifth anti-“Encirclement and Suppression” campaigns and established a military command post, supply station, Red Army hospital, and arms workshop in the village. The command post site faces south and is composed of a main gate, front hall, main hall, and upper hall, covering an area of 500 square meters. The eastern wall retains several Red Army slogans, including “Armed Support for the Soviet Union.” The affiliated cultural relic, the Niutian Red Army Pavilion, served as a resting place for Red Army soldiers at the time. It runs north-south, is a single-room structure, measuring 5.3 meters long, 4.2 meters wide, and 3.6 meters high, with a brick exterior wall, beams resting on the walls, and a flush gable roof.

In 2013, the former site of the Eastern Route Army Command Post on Niutian East Road was designated as part of the eighth batch of Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units by the Fujian Provincial People's Government.

Protected area: An additional 20 meters extending outward from all sides of the site.

Niutian Village: Located at the border between Fujian and Jiangxi provinces, Niutian Village is a key base village of the revolutionary old area. It is 69 kilometers from the county seat, about 55 kilometers from the township government seat, and approximately 25 kilometers from Zixi County, Jiangxi Province. From October 1932 to November 1933, the 闽赣 Provincial Committee of the Communist Party was established in Niutian Village. Veteran revolutionaries such as -, -, Mao Zemin, and Xiao Jingguang engaged in revolutionary activities here. The “living fossils” such as the Niutian Red Army Command Camp, Red Army Pavilion, and Red Army slogans bear witness to this history. The total area of Niutian Village is 38 square kilometers, including 37,000 mu of forest land (including 20... More detailed information about Niutian Village++

Further reading:

· Eighth Batch of Fujian Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units