Former Site of the Barracks at Huangyangjie Pass of the Fourth Red Army of China

Former Site of the Barracks at Huangyangjie Pass of the Fourth Red Army of China

The barracks at Huangyangjie Pass of the Fourth Red Army of China was originally an inn that collapsed in the summer of 1923. In the summer of 1928, the Military Commission of the Fourth Red Army decided to rebuild the structure on the site of the former inn to serve as barracks.

Development History

The construction was overseen by Li Shaotan, head of the military barracks construction office, with laborers dispatched by the Fourth District Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' Government of Ninggang County. During the construction, figures such as Mao Zedong and Zhu De visited the site.

In August 1928, the barracks were completed, and a company of the Fourth Red Army was stationed around the barracks, guarding Huangyangjie Pass day and night. After the victory in the Battle of Huangyangjie, the Red Army soldiers adapted the tune of the Peking opera "Empty City Strategy" to compose "Empty Mountain Strategy," performing it by striking basins and bowls with bamboo chopsticks to celebrate the triumph of the people's war.

On March 4, 1961, the State Council designated the "Former Site of the Barracks at Huangyangjie Pass of the Fourth Red Army of China" as a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.