Deng Xiaoping's Former Residence in Huichang

Deng Xiaoping's Former Residence in Huichang

Deng Xiaoping's Former Residence in Huichang is a cultural tourism attraction.

In May 1932, Deng Xiaoping was appointed as the Party Secretary of Huichang County. Between June and July, entrusted by the Party, he successively established the Huixun'an Central County Committee and the Third Sub-district of the Jiangxi Military District in Baduxia, Yunmenling and Furongzhai, serving as the Secretary of the Central County Committee and the Political Commissar of the Third Sub-district. From then on, Deng Xiaoping took command at the southern gate of the Central Soviet Area, leading the southern-front military and civilians in the vigorous struggle of the Agrarian Revolution, and worked and lived in Yunmenling for 10 months.

- After taking up his post on the southern front, based on the realities of the Min-Yue-Gan border region, he adhered to the correct propositions represented by Mao Zedong and opposed Wang Ming’s “Left” adventurism. First, he strengthened the Party and government construction in various counties, developed over 3,000 Party members, and established and improved the Party and government organizations at the county, district, and township levels; second, in response to the needs of the military struggle on the southern front, he expanded and strengthened the Red Guards and guerrilla forces to a total of 13,528 personnel, using the flexible “16-character tactics” to crush the “encirclement and suppression”; third, he deeply engaged in the Agrarian Revolution, implemented the correct land distribution policy, and emphasized economic and cultural development; fourth, he actively expanded the Red Army and supported the frontline, supported the army and prioritized the families of servicemen, maintained close ties with the masses, cared about the people’s hardships, and greatly inspired the revolutionary enthusiasm of the southern-front military and civilians.

- Despite the effective work carried out in Huixun'an, he was ruthlessly attacked by the executors of Wang Ming’s “Left” adventurism and was wrongly labeled as the main representative of the “Jiangxi Luo Ming Line.” In March 1933, he was transferred away from Huichang. However, his working style of proceeding from reality and seeking truth from facts; his revolutionary spirit of self-reliance and hard struggle; his firm revolutionary faith and upholding of truth in adversity; his fine tradition of maintaining close ties with the masses and caring for the people—these are still celebrated among the people of Huixun'an.

The site is a late Qing Dynasty Hakka residential building, with restored exhibits inside including the washbasin and basin stand once used by Comrade Deng Xiaoping. It was designated as a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit by the People’s Government of Jiangxi Province in 1987.

Deng Xiaoping (1904–1997) — A great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist, and diplomat; one of the principal leaders of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, and the People’s Republic of China; the chief architect of China’s socialist reform, opening-up, and modernization; and the founder of Deng Xiaoping Theory.

His ancestral home was in Luling County, Ji’an Prefecture, Jiangxi Province (now Ji’an County, Ji’an City, Jiangxi Province). He was born on August 22, 1904, in Pailancun Village, Xiexing Township, Guang’an County, Sichuan Province. His original name was Deng Xiansheng, and his school name was Deng Xixian. He attended a private school at age five... More detailed information about Deng Xiaoping ++

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