Mao Piao’s Former Residence

Mao Piao’s Former Residence

Mao Piao’s Former Residence is a cultural heritage site protected by Dehua County and a classic red tourism destination.

Mao Piao’s Former Residence is located in Mao Cuo Village, Shuikou Town, Dehua.

In 1943, Wu Tianliang, the Special Commissioner for Yongde, came to Mao Cuo Village under the guise of selling second-hand clothes to carry out secret revolutionary work. He successively recruited a group of underground CPC members including Mao Piao. Mao Piao’s former home—Qishan Hall—thus became one of the secret bases where Wu Tianliang conducted anti-Japanese salvation propaganda.

In August 1943, Mao Piao was selected to attend a cadre training class held by the Minzhong Special Committee at Shanghubi, Xianyou. After completing the training, he returned to Mao Cuo with Huang Yi Yu, a member of the Provincial Committee, and Wu Tianliang, the Special Commissioner for Yongde, among others. Following instructions from the Provincial Committee, they established the Qishan Hall underground communication liaison station and then opened an underground communication route from Dehua to Wuling’an in Datian. In November, Wu Tianliang, Mao Piao, and others went to Datian Wuling to bring Lin Dafan’s troops to Mao Cuo. Subsequently, eight comrades including Huang Guozhang and Guo Yongxing also arrived in Mao Cuo. Mao Cuo Village became one of the important bases for revolutionary activities in the Xian, De, Yong, and Da regions, and Qishan Hall also briefly served as an important communication post for the guerrilla forces, laying the foundation for the Provincial Committee’s relocation south to Banli in 1944.

In March 1944, when the Provincial Committee relocated to Banli in Dehua, Mao Piao was responsible for internal and external communication, logistics supply, and guiding tasks.

In June 1945, the Provincial Committee’s guerrilla detachment went into hiding around Mao Cuo. Qishan Hall became one of the main bases where the detachment carried out guerrilla activities. The detachment held two celebration rallies attended by large groups of local people here—one to celebrate the 24th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and another to celebrate victory in the War of Resistance.

In June 1947, Mao Piao was appointed as the captain of the Third Company of the Directly Subordinate Detachment of the Minzhong Daiyun Column. He participated in the Battle of Daiyun Mountain. Familiar with the terrain, he played a significant role in the column’s relocation and breakout. After the battle’s setback, he led a group of breakout guerrillas back to Mao Cuo Village, where they evaded enemy searches under the protection of local villagers.

In April 1949, Mao Piao led some members of the Xian-De Guerrilla Force back to Mao Cuo to continue guerrilla operations. In late April, the General Command of the Yong-De-Xian People’s Guerrilla Force was established at Qishan Hall, with Mao Piao as the commander-in-chief. He subsequently led his troops in attacks on Kuomintang township offices and police stations in areas such as Motou, Fengting, and Xinan in Xianyou County, Fukou and Songkou in Yongtai County, and Nancheng and Shuikou in Dehua, seizing weapons and distributing grain from storage. At the end of July, the “Yong-De-Xian Guerrilla Force Rear Support Command” was established at Qishan Hall to prepare support work.

After liberation, local residents set up the Qishan Hall Memorial Hall. It mainly introduces the activities of the underground communication liaison station of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee in Mao Cuo, the Provincial Committee’s guerrilla detachment in Mao Cuo, and the Yong-De-Xian Guerrilla Force Rear Support Command.

On September 13, 1985, it was listed as a county-level cultural heritage site.

Source: Party History Research Office of Yongchun County Committee

Mao Cuo Village: Mao Cuo Village

Mao Cuo Village is located at the northern foot of Shiniu Mountain in the northeastern part of Shuikou Town, Dehua County, bordering Xianyou and Yongtai counties to the south. The village has 235 households with 812 residents of the Mao, Huang, Liang, and Ye surnames, divided among five villager groups living in the two natural settlements of Mao Cuo and Beishan. The ancestors of the Mao family migrated to Mao Cuo from Hanjiang, Putian during the Northern Song Dynasty, followed by the Huang, Liang, and Ye families who later settled in Mao Cuo.

The total land area of the village is 9.1 square kilometers, including 11,752 mu of forest land (of which 1,859 mu are bamboo forests) and 641 mu of arable land. The villagers have traditionally been engaged in planting water… More details about Mao Cuo Village++