Former Site of the Taiyue Branch of the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese Military and Political University

Former Site of the Taiyue Branch of the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese Military and Political University

The Former Site of the Taiyue Branch of the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese Military and Political University is a Shanxi Provincial Cultural Heritage site and a classic red tourism destination.

Former Site of the Taiyue Branch of the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese Military and Political University (Fifth Batch of Provincial Protected Sites)

Era: 1943

Location: East of Nanyang Village, Tuwo Township, Qinshui County, Jincheng City

In 1943, the Taiyue Branch of the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese Military and Political University and the Qinnan Township Government were stationed here, where they conducted anti-Japanese activities, leaving the footprints of veteran revolutionaries such as Deng Xiaoping and Chen Geng. In 2006, the Jincheng Municipal People’s Government allocated funds for a comprehensive renovation of the site, setting up exhibitions showcasing labor production, daily life, and anti-Japanese activities during the time of the university and the township government, establishing it as a revolutionary education and propaganda base. The original site was the Nanyang Grand Temple, featuring a two-courtyard layout facing south. Its construction date is unknown, but the extant buildings are in the Qing Dynasty style. Along the central axis are a stage, middle hall, and main hall (newly built), flanked by viewing towers, corridor rooms, and side halls. There are gates on both the east and west sides of the stage, and directly south of the west gate is a glazed screen wall. The middle hall has a stone foundation, a width of three bays, a depth of four rafters, a five-beam roof without corridors, a single-eave suspended gable roof, three-tiered single-raised bracket sets on the column capitals, and modified doors and windows.

The site of the Taiyue Branch of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University used the Nanyang Grand Temple as classrooms and offices, while local residences served as living quarters for students. It is an important physical relic for studying China’s wartime history. The well-preserved grand temple also houses a large number of historical relics from the anti-Japanese period, making it of irreplaceable value for researching that era.

Source: Shanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau

Nanyang Village: Introduction to Nanyang Village

Nanyang Village is located at the foot of Mount Li in the southwestern part of Qinshui County, 35 kilometers from the county seat. The village governs three natural hamlets, covering a total area of 20 square kilometers, with 11,000 mu of forest and 1,688 mu of arable land. It has 230 households and 630 residents, with 200 permanent residents, 74 households receiving subsistence allowances, 15 recipients of the Five Guarantees welfare program, and an average per capita income of 4,400 yuan. It once housed the Qinnan Anti-Japanese County Government, the Taiyue Branch of the Chinese People’s Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, and the Jin-Yu Middle School (now Jincheng No.1 High School). It is known as the “Xibaipo of Qinshui.” In ancient times, Liang Xing resisted the Jin invasion; in modern times, soldiers and civilians fought together… More detailed information about Nanyang Village++

Further Reading:

· Fifth Batch of Shanxi Provincial Cultural Heritage Protected Sites