Xiang-Gan Revolutionary Memorial Hall

Xiang-Gan Revolutionary Memorial Hall

Xiang-Gan Revolutionary Memorial Hall, located at No. 14 Shengjiaping, Minzhu Street, Hechuan Town, Yongxin County, Jiangxi Province, postal code: 343400

The memorial hall was initiated in 1959 by the Yongxin County Committee and County Government and completed in 1965 when Comrade Guo Moruo inscribed its name. Located to the south of Yongxin County, it spans 8,700 square meters, housing an exceptionally rich collection of over 1,186 cultural relics. Among them, there are 7 first-class national relics, 39 second-class, and 66 third-class.

The memorial hall was founded on October 1, 1959, and opened its first permanent exhibition to the public on October 1, 1961. Its initial site was inside the Xiang-E Memorial Hall on Xiang-E Avenue.

In 1964, it was relocated to the Xiao Family Ancestral Hall on Shengjiaping Road. During the Cultural Revolution, it was colocated and operated jointly with the “Office for Promoting Mao Zedong’s Revolutionary Activities in Yongxin” and the “Yongxin County Foreign Affairs Office.” The memorial hall was administered by the “Propaganda Office” and the “Foreign Affairs Office” during those times.

In 1979, with approval from the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department, the name and functions of Xiang-E Revolutionary Memorial Hall were restored. It officially separated from the Foreign Affairs Office in 1982, and in 1987, it again shared offices with the Yongxin County Cultural Relics Office while also collecting historical relics of Yongxin County. It was under the administration of the Yongxin County Culture and Education Bureau.

Xiang-Gan Revolutionary Memorial Hall also manages promotional and reception duties for five national key cultural relic protection units and five provincial-level units in the county town, including the Three Bay Reorganization Site, Longyankou Battle Site, and Tangbian, comprising four historical site clusters.

In 1991, on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Xiang-Gan Revolutionary Base Area, the exhibition hall underwent a comprehensive renovation, adopting a glass-wood structure with large display cabinets arranged in a nine-grid formation.

The Xiang-Gan Revolutionary Memorial Hall boasts a relatively rich and high-quality collection. In addition to thousands of cultural relics and historical materials from the Jinggang Mountains and Xiang-E-Gan periods, it also houses hundreds of historical artifacts. Among the revolutionary relics are a complete set of items from the Workers’ and Peasants’ Bank Mint, such as coin-casting copper molds, patterned stones, and currency from the Soviet Area; personal belongings used by veteran revolutionaries; stamps from the Xiang-E Soviet Area; the official newspaper of the Xiang-E Soviet Government “Red Xiang-E”; textbooks and harmoniums from Lenin School. Historical relics include bronze cannons made and used during the Taiping Rebellion, a bronze coffin and glassware unearthed from ancient riverside tombs, and a Yuan Dynasty Dade five-legged iron stove with beast mask design.

Further Reading:

· China's National Third-Class Museum