Deng Hua’s Former Residence

Deng Hua’s Former Residence

Deng Hua’s Former Residence is a cultural relic protection unit of Hunan Province, a classic red tourism attraction, and a base for patriotic education.

Deng Hua’s Former Residence is located in Beicun Village, Lutang Town, Beihu District, Chenzhou City.

Deng Hua was born on April 28, 1910, into a scholarly family in Beicun Village, Yongning Township (now Lutang Town, Beihu District), Suxian County. He joined the Communist Party of China in March 1927. In January 1928, he participated in the Southern Hunan Uprising and served as an organizational officer in the Political Department of the 7th Division of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army. In April, he followed Zhu De and Chen Yi to Jinggangshan, where he became the company party representative of the 4th Army of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army and attended the Gutian Conference. He took part in the various anti-encirclement battles in the Central Soviet Area and the 25,000-li Long March. After arriving in northern Shaanxi, he participated in the battles of Zhiluo Town, the Eastern Expedition, the Western Expedition, and the Shancheng Fort.

After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he served as the political director of the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. After participating in the Battle of Pingxingguan, he successively held positions such as political commissar of the Independent Regiment of the 115th Division, commander and political commissar of the 5th Sub-district of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, deputy commander and commander of the Shenyang Garrison of the Northeast Security Command, commander of the Liaoxi Military District, and commander of the 44th Army. During the Pingjin Campaign, based on the frontline situation, he proposed the strategy of deploying a small force to monitor Tanggu while concentrating forces to attack Tianjin first, which was adopted by the Central Military Commission of the CPC and the General Front Committee.

After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, he also served as the first deputy commander of the Guangdong Military Region. In 1950, he organized and commanded the Hainan Island Campaign, leading two army corps in large-scale amphibious landing operations using wooden sailboats, breaking through and destroying the Kuomintang’s integrated land, sea, and air “three-dimensional defense” system. In July, he was appointed commander of the 13th Corps.

In October 1950, he participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, serving as the first deputy commander and first deputy political commissar of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army. After the Korean Armistice, he became the commander and political commissar of the Volunteer Army. In 1954, he returned to China and successively served as the first deputy commander, acting commander of the Northeast Military Region, deputy chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, and commander of the Shenyang Military Region.

In 1959, he was dismissed due to his association with the wrongful case of Peng Dehuai. In 1960, he became the vice governor of Sichuan Province. After 1977, he served as vice president of the Academy of Military Science and member of the Central Military Commission of the CPC. He was a member of the First and Second National Defense Commissions, a member of the Eighth Central Committee of the CPC, and an alternate member of the Ninth to Eleventh Central Committees. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of general and received the First Class August 1st Medal, the First Class Independence and Freedom Medal, and the First Class Liberation Medal. In April 1980, the CPC Central Committee rehabilitated him and restored his reputation. He passed away in Shanghai on July 3 of the following year.

The former residence was originally built in the late Qing Dynasty, featuring a brick-and-wood structure with extensive use of wooden materials, most of which are intricately carved with exquisite patterns. It is highly ornamental and artistic, representing the typical architectural style of southern Hunan. In 1983, Deng Hua’s former residence underwent renovation, followed by another major restoration in August 2009.

Deng Hua’s Former Residence was designated as a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit by the Chenzhou Municipal People’s Government in November 2003 and as a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit by the Hunan Provincial People’s Government in May 2006. In August 2005, it was announced as a patriotic education base and youth moral education base by the Propaganda Department of Beihu District Committee, and in July 2006, it was designated as a patriotic education base of Chenzhou City by the Propaganda Department of Chenzhou Municipal Committee.

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Further Reading:

· Eighth Batch of Cultural Relic Protection Units of Hunan Province