Site of the Ningyuan Township Revolutionary Committee (Soviet Government)

Site of the Ningyuan Township Revolutionary Committee (Soviet Government)

The Site of the Ningyuan Township Revolutionary Committee (Soviet Government) is a classic destination for red tourism.

The Site of the Ningyuan Township Revolutionary Committee (Soviet Government) is located in Ningyuan Village, Lixin Town, Jianning County.

After the victory of the First Anti-Encirclement Campaign in the Central Soviet Area, Red Army forces entered the regions of Jianning, Nanfeng, and Guangchang to collect funds. From January to March 1931, part of the 30th Regiment of the 10th Division of the 4th Red Army separately entered the northwest region of Jianning from Fufang in Nanfeng and Chenzhuang in Guangchang to carry out work there and establish a guerrilla zone in the northwest of Jianning. Among them, the 1st Company of the 30th Regiment (whose company commander had the surname Jiang) entered Ningyuan, Lutian, and Xitoukeng in Jianning, where they developed activists among the poor masses, organized peasant associations and poor peasants' leagues, and also formed the Ningyuan Guerrilla Unit with over 20 members. They elected and established the red political power — the Ningyuan Township Revolutionary Committee, with Ning Maoyun as chairman. Under the leadership of the Revolutionary Committee, Ningyuan Township carried out activities such as fighting local tyrants, distributing confiscated wealth, supporting the army and expanding the Red Army, raising funds and supplies for the Red Army, and many local youths joined the Red Army. In early April, as the 30th Regiment left for Jiangxi to participate in the Second Anti-Encirclement Campaign, the enemy took the opportunity to enter the guerrilla zone and retaliate against the revolutionary masses. The Ningyuan Guerrilla Unit was besieged by the enemy’s defense corps, the guerrillas were scattered, and the company commander Li Xikuo was seriously wounded in battle and later executed at the foot of Lushan Mountain. By the end of May of the same year, the Red Army launched a surprise attack on Jianning County from Guangchang and achieved victory in the Second Anti-Encirclement Campaign. The Soviet government, peasant association, and guerrilla unit were re-established in Ningyuan Township, along with other revolutionary organizations such as the Red Guards, Young Pioneers, and Children’s Corps. Activities such as fighting local tyrants and redistributing land were carried out. In July, the Red Army left Jianning again to join the Third Anti-Encirclement Campaign in Jiangxi. Some guerrilla members joined the Red Army, while others, including cadres and guerrilla fighters, either joined the Nan-Guang-Jian Independent Regiment to carry out guerrilla warfare along the Fujian–Jiangxi border or dispersed and went into hiding.

In October 1932, after the Red Army liberated all of Jianning for the second time, Soviet governments were established at the county, district, township, and village levels across the county, and the Ningyuan Township Soviet Government was reinstated. Before long, Lutian Township and Ningyuan Township were merged into Lutian Township, with the merged township Soviet government stationed in Lutian.

Source: Party History Research Office of the Sanming Municipal Committee

Lixin Town: A town under the jurisdiction of Jianning County. Established as Lixin District in 1956, changed to Lixin Commune in 1958, and upgraded to a town in 1984. It is located in the western part of the county, 25 kilometers from the county seat, covering an area of 253 square kilometers with a population of 20,000. The Fujian–Jiangxi Highway passes through the area. It administers 13 village committees — Lixin, Ningyuan, Lutian, Danan, Shangli, Yanshang, Jing’an, Huapai, Daijia, Wangjia, Xinwei, Tanjiao, and Shuangxi — and one neighborhood committee, Lixin. The main agricultural products are rice, lotus roots, livestock, bamboo, and timber. There are Neolithic cellar site ruins in the area. ... More details about Lixin Town ++