Former Site of the Military Headquarters at the Red Seventh Army's Bivouac

Former Site of the Military Headquarters at the Red Seventh Army's Bivouac

The Former Site of the Military Headquarters at the Red Seventh Army's Bivouac is a cultural relic protection unit of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and a classic red tourism destination.

Former Site of the Military Headquarters at the Red Seventh Army's Bivouac

Former Site of the Military Headquarters at the Red Seventh Army's Bivouac The Former Site of the Military Headquarters at the Red Seventh Army's Bivouac is located on the street of Hechi Town, 28 kilometers from downtown Jinchengjiang. Originally, it was an ordinary civilian house with three courtyards and two stories, built in 1927 by Mr. Wu Ziruo using earth and wood structures. In March, May, and November 1930, - , Zhang Yunyi, and Li Mingrui led the Third Red Seventh Army of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army to bivouac in Hechi Town on three separate occasions, setting up their military headquarters in this very house. Red Seventh Army leaders - , Zhang Yunyi, and Wei Baqun held multiple important meetings here to discuss issues such as the Red Seventh Army’s northward march, Wei Baqun staying behind to rebuild the 21st Division, and continuing the struggle in the Right River base area. During their time encamped and resting in Hechi, the Red Seventh Army widely promoted revolutionary ideals, organized various revolutionary mass groups, and brought a vibrant and revolutionary atmosphere to the entire town. On the walls of this building—both upstairs and downstairs—55 slogans written in red and 6 cartoons were left behind, covering a total painted area of over 98 square meters. Among them, slogans personally handwritten by Comrade - include: “Fellow poor workers and peasants, unite quickly to establish your own government (Soviet)!” “Brave youths, quickly join the workers’ and peasants’ revolution to create our new world!” “Poor workers and peasants, do not become tools of the White Army, serving the warlords as instruments!” “Fellow poor workers and peasants, our enemies are the - warlords, bureaucrats, despotic gentry, and landlords. Don’t forget—overthrow the despotic gentry, landlords, and bureaucrats!” The slogans and cartoons were written and painted on the mud walls inside the house. After the Red Army departed, the homeowner covered them with lime plaster. Over time, as the lime gradually peeled off, parts of the writing became visible again. In 1962, the former Hechi County Cultural Bureau sent personnel to scrape and restore the slogans. Later, with the homeowner’s consent, the government purchased the house to preserve it as a historical relic. Through continuous restoration and chemical treatment, the site has now largely regained and retained its original appearance. The slogans provide detailed information about the nature and program of the Party, the tasks and targets of the revolution, the prospects of the revolutionary cause, as well as the nature and discipline of the Red Army. The slogan inscriptions on the slogan tower are currently the best-preserved, most complete, and richest in content set of Red Army slogans from the period of the Second Revolutionary Civil War in China. In addition to the original slogans, the building also displays 117 revolutionary relics of the Red Seventh Army (including 31 original items and 86 replicas), along with portraits of 2 Red Seventh Army leaders. There are also 58 relics related to the underground Communist Party organization in Hechi. Since the “Former Site of the Red Seventh Army's Bivouac in Hechi” was opened to the public in 1979, cumulative visitor numbers have exceeded 100,000. In December 1979, it was designated as a Key Cultural Relic Protection Unit of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and in 1995, it was listed as a Patriotic Education Base of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.