Former Site of the Red Army 101st Regiment Command

Former Site of the Red Army 101st Regiment Command

The former site of the Red Army 101st Regiment Command is a classic red tourism attraction.

The former site of the Red Army 101st Regiment Command is located at Nanmentou, Changxiao Village, Changxiao Town, Qingliu County.

In mid-January 1931, the 101st Regiment of the 34th Division of the 12th Red Army (Commander Yang Yuchun, Political Commissar Lian Xun) was stationed in the Litian and Changxiao areas of Qingliu to support the work of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee’s work team. They assisted in establishing local Party organizations and governments, as well as carrying out land distribution campaigns. Successively, they set up Soviet governments in local townships such as Hekeng, Qiankeng, Liukeng, Xiaxie, Huangshikeng, Changxiao, and Jiangfang. Among them, the Changxiao Township Soviet and the headquarters of the Red Army 101st Regiment were both housed in the residence of brothers Li Richang, remaining there until March 1932 when the 101st Regiment, along with the Red Army’s Left Route Army, departed Qingliu for the eastern campaign on Zhangzhou. Later, other Red Army units, including those from the former Fujian 19th Red Army reorganized into the 34th Division, also used this location as their command post during operations in the area. To this day, over 50 Red Army propaganda slogans (or inscriptions) remain at the site, with 49 still clearly legible, making it the location with the highest number of surviving Red Army slogans in Qingliu.

The former site of the Red Army 101st Regiment Command was originally built in the early years of the Republic of China. It features a single-entry two-courtyard layout, with wing rooms on both sides, a central courtyard, and side rooms—totaling over 20 rooms covering an area of about 400 square meters. The house is surrounded by civilian residences, with an abandoned pond in front and farmland or open fields all around.

Source: Sanming Municipal Party History Research Office

Changxiao Village: Located at the site of the Changxiao Town government, Changxiao Village borders Huangshikeng Village to the east, Jiangfang, Xiakexia, and Qiankeng Villages to the south, and Shaping and Huangkeng Villages to the north. The village has 2,890 mu of arable land and 24,600 mu of forested land. It comprises 31 villager groups, with 796 households and a population of 3,245 in 2012. Except for a few households surnamed Huang or Qiu, nearly all residents are surnamed Li. The Li family moved to Changxiao from Xiaping Village, Zhiping Township, Ninghua County in the third year of the Yuanyou era of the Song Dynasty (1088).

In ancient times, Changxiao Village got its name from “Chang” (meaning “long”) as in Chang’an, and “Xiao” (meaning “school” or “stream”) from the XIAO Stream that flows around the village—hence the name Changxiao. In the 21st year of the Republic of China… More details about Changxiao Village++