Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Chengkou Memorial Hall

Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Chengkou Memorial Hall

The Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Chengkou Memorial Hall covers an area of 1,200 square meters and houses a collection of over 300 cultural relics, including Red Army slogans, combat weapons, office supplies, daily necessities, medical equipment used by the Red Army, portraits of figures, images of revolutionary sites and commemorative buildings, as well as illustrations of revolutionary documents. Through five sections — “Sparks Scattered Across the Daba Mountains – Establishing the East Sichuan Guerrilla Army,” “Forged in Blood – The Fourth Front Army in Chengkou,” “Rebuilding the Homeland – The Construction and Development of the Chengkou Revolutionary Base,” “The Bond Between Soldiers and Civilians – The Great Contributions of Chengkou People to the Base,” and “Immortalized in History – Veterans of the Republic Who Fought in Chengkou” — the museum vividly depicts the scenes of the East Sichuan Guerrilla Army and the Fourth Front Army fighting local tyrants, redistributing land, and establishing the county Soviet government in Chengkou during the late 1920s and early 1930s. It also showcases the revolutionary history of over 3,000 Chengkou locals joining the Red Army and guerrilla forces, more than 500 participating in the Long March, and over 470 sacrificing their lives in battle or on the march.

Chengkou is located in the heart of the Daba Mountains and is an important part of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base. It is the only old revolutionary base area in Chongqing that established a complete system of Soviet governments at the county, district, township, and village levels.

In 1929, Wang Weizhou and Li Jiajun led the Gujianba Uprising and established the Cheng (kou)–Wan (yuan) Red Army. In October 1933, the Fourth Front Army marched into Chengkou and established the Chengkou County Soviet Government. Veteran proletarian revolutionaries such as Li Xiannian, Xu Xiangqian, Xu Shiyou, and Wang Weizhou once led troops in battles across Chengkou, leaving behind immortal feats and glorious revolutionary footprints.

To commemorate the revolutionary martyrs, the Chengkou County Soviet Government Memorial Park was built in 1984. In 2009 and 2011, it underwent two large-scale expansions. The park now covers an area of nearly 4,700 square meters and features key attractions such as the Soviet Government Monument, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Chengkou Memorial Hall, the Memorial Square, the Red Army Culture Narrative Wall, and inscriptions by relatives of national leaders and veterans of the Fourth Front Army.

Source: Chongqing Party History Website

Wang Weizhou (1887–1970), originally named Wang Tianzhen, was from Qingxi, Xuanhan County, Sichuan Province. He was a senior commander of the East Sichuan Guerrilla Army, the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. He was the only veteran Bolshevik within the Chinese Communist Party who had met Lenin. In his youth, he participated in the Xinhai Revolution and Sichuan’s National Protection and Constitutional Protection movements.

In May 1920, he joined the Korean Communist Party in Shanghai. After the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921, he was approved to transfer to the CCP. Hence, he is known as the “revolutionary who joined the Party before it was founded.”

He organized armed struggles in East Sichuan for a long time... More details about Wang Weizhou ++

Li Jiajun (1902–1931), from Gujianba, was born into a wealthy family. Intelligent and fond of reading from a young age, he was open-minded. In 1919, he studied at Suiding United Middle School. After the May Fourth Movement, he actively participated in social activities, co-founding the “Eshan Bell” newspaper with overseas students from Wanquan to advocate reform and criticize social ills. He was expelled by the school for “radical speech and rule violations.” In the autumn of 1922, he went to Shanghai and was admitted to Tongji Medical College. In the spring of 1923, believing that neither studying nor medicine could save the nation, he dropped out and traveled to Shanghai, Beijing, Shandong, and other places... More details about Li Jiajun ++