Former Residence of Tan Pingshan

The former residence of Tan Pingshan is located in Qishe Village, Mingyang Village Committee, Mingcheng Town, Gaoming District, Foshan City. It was originally built during the Qing Dynasty. The house faces east and has three bays, featuring a single-story flat-roofed structure with plain tile ridges, blue brick foundations, and walls made of lime and sand.

Tan Pingshan was an accomplished and influential democratic revolutionary in modern Chinese history. During the Xinhai Revolution, he followed Sun Yat-sen and joined the Tongmenghui (Chinese Revolutionary Alliance). After the May Fourth Movement, with the help of Chen Duxiu, he established the Communist Party of China’s Guangdong branch. The former residence of Tan Pingshan is located in Qishe Village, Gangtou Village Committee, Mingcheng Town, Gaoming District, Foshan City.

Tan Pingshan was an accomplished and influential democratic revolutionary in modern Chinese history. During the Xinhai Revolution, he followed Sun Yat-sen and joined the Tongmenghui (Chinese Revolutionary Alliance). After the May Fourth Movement, with the help of Chen Duxiu, he established the Communist Party of China’s Guangdong branch. He left indelible historical achievements during the First United Front between the Kuomintang and the CPC, the vigorous farmers' movement, and the famous Nanchang Uprising. Unyielding, he formed the Chinese Revolutionary Party, founded the Comrades' Federation, organized the Chinese Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee, and participated in the New Political Consultative Conference, dedicating his life to the pursuit of national independence and prosperity. Especially in response to the CPC’s “May 1st Slogan” and during the New Political Consultative Conference campaign, his advocacy and influence played a positive role in encouraging the Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang and other democratic parties to accept the leadership of the CPC and participate in the establishment of the People’s Republic through consultation.

Tan Pingshan, originally named Mingqian, with the courtesy name Chengzhai and pseudonym Pinsan, was from Gaoming County, Guangdong (now Qishe, Mingcheng Town, Gaoming District). In 1905, he enrolled at the Guangdong and Guangxi Advanced Normal School in Guangzhou, where he joined the Tongmenghui organized by Sun Yat-sen. In 1917, he entered the Philosophy Department of the Arts Faculty at Peking University. After graduating in July 1920, he returned to Guangzhou, where he served as a professor at the Guangdong Higher Normal School. Together with Chen Gongbo and Tan Zhitang, he founded the Guangdong Qun Bao newspaper in Guangzhou, promoting new ideas and culture and introducing the October Revolution in Russia and socialism.