Former Residence of Wang Ruzhi

Former Residence of Wang Ruzhi

The former residence of Wang Ruzhi is a cultural relic protection unit of Hunan Province, a classic red tourism attraction, and a patriotic education base.

The former residence of Wang Ruzhi is located in Group 2, Xiangyang Village, Taihetang Town, Qidong County, Hengyang City.

Wang Ruzhi, whose given name was Shuquan and courtesy name Ruzhi, was born on January 25, 1903, in what is now Xiangyang Village, Taihetang Town, Qidong County, and remained unmarried throughout his life. In 1915, he began attending primary and middle school in Qiyang County. In 1923, he was admitted to the preparatory class at the Hunan Public Industrial Specialized School, where he actively participated in student movements, graduating from high school in 1925. In 1926, he joined the revolution and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in August of the same year. By the end of that year, he was sent to study at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, Soviet Union. After returning to China in 1927, he went to work with the Fourth Red Army at Jinggangshan, later moving to the Central Revolutionary Base Area and the Fujian-Zhejiang-Jiangxi Revolutionary Base Area, engaging in armed struggle.

In October 1934, he participated in the Red Army’s Anti-Japanese Advance Team heading north, successively serving as Chief of Staff and then Commander of the 19th Division of the 10th Red Army. He was later appointed as a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic. In January 1935, while the 10th Red Army was returning to the Fujian-Zhejiang-Jiangxi Base Area, it was encircled by enemy forces in the Huaiyu Mountain area of northeastern Jiangxi. Wang Ruzhi led over a thousand troops to occupy Huaiyu Mountain, enduring a siege from all sides. Eventually, due to the overwhelming enemy strength, his forces suffered heavy casualties. On January 25, Wang Ruzhi was captured at the mountaintop. In the early hours of August 6, 1935, he was executed by the reactionary Kuomintang regime along with Fang Zhimin and Liu Chuxi at Xiashawo, Nanchang, at the age of 32.

The former residence of Wang Ruzhi was built in January 1903. It is a civil-structured building with blue brick walls and tiled roofing. The main structure consists of two rows, front and back, with wing rooms on both sides. One side of the wing rooms connects to the ancestral hall of Group 2, Xiangyang Village. The residence has a total of 11 rooms, covering a land area of 268 square meters and a construction area of 563 square meters.

In January 2011, the former residence of Wang Ruzhi was designated as a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit by the People's Government of Hunan Province. In April 2012, it was recognized as a Hengyang Municipal Patriotic Education Base by the Propaganda Department of the Hengyang Municipal Committee.

Wang Ruzhi

(1903–1935)

Commander and Political Commissar of the 10th Red Army, Revolutionary Martyr.

A native of Qiyang County (now Qidong County), Hunan Province, Wang Ruzhi was born in January 1903 into a poor intellectual family in Lejia Village, Taihetang Town, Qiyang. He graduated from the high school section of the preparatory course at the Hunan Public Industrial Specialized School in 1925. In 1926, he left his studies to join the Northern Expedition, joining the Chinese Communist Party in August of the same year, and was soon sent to study at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, Soviet Union.

In early 1928, after completing his studies and returning to China, he was dispatched by the Party organization to go to Jing... More details about Wang Ruzhi++

Taihetang Town: Simingshan Township merged into Taihetang Town.

A town under the jurisdiction of Qidong County. In 1995, Sankouwan, Ziyunqiao, and Luokouting townships were merged to form Taihetang Town. Located in the western part of the county, it is 68 kilometers from the county seat, covers an area of 110 square kilometers, and has a population of 54,000. The town government is stationed in Majing’ao. The county-level highway Baitai Road passes through here. It administers two neighborhood committees—Zhengjie and Wanjie—and 20 villages including Xihu, Dingding, Hongri, Tianshen, Chenjiaping, Liujiapai, Wuzhushan, Xiangyang, Majing’ao, Yanzi, Baoshan, Ziyunqiao, Shaonian, Feitangchong, Yinjiapai, Qintang, Yingxian, Shoufushan, Liangcun, Luoxing, and Jiang... More details about Taihetang Town++

Further Reading:

· Ninth Batch of Cultural Relic Protection Units of Hunan Province