Former Site of the Taiyue Third District Committee Office in Chenjiazhuang

Former Site of the Taiyue Third District Committee Office in Chenjiazhuang

The Former Site of the Taiyue Third District Committee Office in Chenjiazhuang is a cultural relic protection unit of Shanxi Province and a classic red tourism attraction.

Chenjiazhuang Village is located more than 20 kilometers west of Wenxi County and is the hometown of Cui Douchen, one of the “Three Loyalists of Southern Shanxi.” During the democratic revolution period, Cui Douchen spread new ideas and culture, exerting considerable influence across Hedong.

From July 1943 to January 1948, the Third District Committee and District Government of the Jiluo Area of the Chinese Communist Party, the Jiluo Anti-Japanese Democratic County Committee and County Government of the CCP, the Taiyue Third District Committee, the Third Special District Government, and the Third Sub-district Command, among other party, government, and military organs, were stationed here. A large number of party, government, and military leaders, including Jia Kangjie, Chai Zemin, Jin Changgeng, and Wang Yong, once lived and carried out resistance activities here. To this day, the village still preserves 32 revolutionary sites. After the liberation of Yuncheng in 1947, the party, government, and military organs gradually moved to Yuncheng, and Chenjiazhuang successfully fulfilled its glorious mission.

Background Information

In July 1945, the Taiyue Fifth District Committee moved from Qifeng Village in the Zhongtiao Mountains to Chenjiazhuang Village. In December 1945, in accordance with the spirit of the meeting of the Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Central Bureau of the CCP, the Taiyue District Party Committee adjusted the administrative divisions of Taiyue, changing the Taiyue Fifth District Committee to the Taiyue Third District Committee. Its working bodies included the Organization Department, Propaganda Department, and Urban Work Department. In July 1947, the Social Affairs Department and the United Front Department were added, with Chai Zemin serving as the District Party Secretary. The Taiyue Third District Committee governed 14 county-level CCP committees, including those of Anyi, Xie, Linjin, Yishi, Wanquan, Ronghe, Jihé, Jiangnan, Wenxi, Xia, Pinglu, Ruicheng, Yongle, and Yongyu, as well as the CCP Yuncheng City Committee. The District Party Committee Office was stationed in Chenjiazhuang Village for a relatively fixed period until it withdrew in the spring of 1948. During this time, the Taiyue Third District Committee led the military and civilians in supporting troop operations, developing agricultural production, carrying out land reform, anti-collaborationist reckoning, reducing rent and interest, and rectifying party organizations at all levels while also recruiting new party members. This enabled the Hedong region to be the first to be liberated, becoming a reliable rear base for supporting the liberation of Southwest and Northwest China, and making significant contributions to the victory of the Liberation War.

Chai Zemin (1916–2010) was born on November 13, 1916, in Dongshe Village, inside Wenxi County. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1933. Starting in 1937, he served successively as the Organization Minister of the Wenxi County Committee of the CCP, the Organization Minister of the Pinglu County Committee, and the Secretary of the Xia County Central County Committee. In May 1942, he became the Secretary of the Tiaoxi District Committee of the CCP. In late 1942, the Tiaoxi District Committee established the Zhongtiaoshan Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, with Chai Zemin serving as commander. In 1943, he was appointed Secretary of the Taiyue Fifth District Committee and Political Commissar of the Fifth Sub-district. In 1945, he became Secretary of the Taiyue Third District Committee and Political Commissar of the Third Sub-district. In 1948… More details about Chai Zemin ++

Guojiazhuang Town: A town under the jurisdiction of Wenxi County. Established as the Guojiazhuang Commune in 1961, it became a township in 1984 and was upgraded to a town in 1989. Located in the southern part of the county in the Sushui River valley, it is 7 kilometers from the county seat. Covering an area of 38.2 square kilometers with a population of 16,000, it is traversed by the Nan Tongpu Railway and the Tai (yuan) Feng (lingdu) and Da (tong) Yun (cheng) highways. It administers 17 village committees: Xisong, Donghan, Xihan, Guojiazhuang, Xifu, Xinzhuang, Kengdong, Jinzhuang, Lianping, Xizhuang, Songdian, Xizhuang'ertou, Cuizhuang, Yangjiazhuang, Guodian, Weijiazhuang, and Xingyangzhuang. The main agricultural products are wheat, cotton, vegetables, melons, and fruits. … More details about Guojiazhuang Town ++

Further Reading:

· Fifth Batch of Cultural Relic Protection Units of Shanxi Province