Former Residence of Martyr Yu Dengren

Former Residence of Martyr Yu Dengren

The former residence of Martyr Yu Dengren is a cultural tourism attraction.

The former residence of Martyr Yu Dengren is located in Baidun Natural Village, Dongquan Village, Xinfeng Town, Raoping County, and is named “Defeng Hall.” Built during the Qing Dynasty, it faces east and has a two-courtyard layout. Inside, there is one main hall with four rooms, corridors on both sides, and small side doors on the left and right. Outside the hall, there are 12 attached cottages and a well. The total area is about 400 square meters.

Yu Dengren (also known as Yu Dingren), originally named Yu Dengying, with the courtesy name Dabai, was from Baidun, Dongquan Village, Xinfeng Town, Raoping County, Guangdong Province. In 1925, while studying at National University in Shanghai, he joined the Communist Party of China. In 1926, he returned to his hometown to organize trade unions and peasant associations, and participated in the establishment of the 14th Regiment of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army’s Eastern Route, serving as Chief of Staff. In 1931, he represented the Raohepu Zhao County Committee at the First National Congress of the Chinese Soviet Republic held in Ruijin. In June 1932, the Raohepu Zhao Soviet government was established in Shixia Village, Zhao’an County, and Yu Dengren was elected as Chairman of the County Soviet. In the spring of 1932, he served as acting Secretary of the Raohepu Zhao County Committee. In August 1934, the Minyue Border Region Special Committee of the Communist Party of China was officially established, and Yu Dengren was elected as a member of the committee. He died a glorious death in August 1936 at the age of 33.

Martyr Yu Dengren was a native of Baidun, Dongquan Village, Xinfeng Town, Raoping County. In 1922, he was admitted to National University in Shanghai and embarked on the revolutionary path. In 1925, he joined the Communist Party of China in Shanghai. After graduation, he returned to Raoping and engaged in revolutionary organization and mobilization work, establishing peasant associations, trade unions, and revolutionary armed forces. He successively served as Chief of Staff of the 14th Regiment of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army’s Eastern Route; Secretary of the Chaochengrao-Ao County Working Committee of the Communist Party of China; Chairman of the Raohepu Zhao Soviet Government; acting and official Secretary of the Raohepu Zhao Central County Committee; and Organization Minister and member of the Minyue Border Region Special Committee of the Communist Party of China. He died a glorious death in 1936 at the age of 33, and was posthumously recognized as a revolutionary martyr in 1957.

Defeng Hall is the birthplace of Martyr Yu Dengren and also an important site where he, along with leaders such as Liu Xisan, Du Shizhe, Zhang Biguang, and Lin Yixiang, secretly gathered during the Great Revolution to discuss revolutionary strategies and carry out revolutionary activities. The hall is well preserved to this day and holds significant historical value for the revolution. It was designated as a Cultural Relics Protection Unit of Raoping County in April 2012.