Former Site of the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee

Former Site of the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee

The Former Site of the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee is a cultural tourism attraction.

Former Site of the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee

The Former Site of the Chinese Soviet Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou Revolutionary Committee is located at No. 19 Baihua Road in the urban area. It was originally built in the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924 AD). It is now a national-level cultural relic protection unit. After comprehensive renovation in 1985, the two revolutionary memorial sites — the “Former Site of the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou Revolutionary Committee” and the “Former Site of the Political Department of the Second and Sixth Corps of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army” — were turned into the Bijie Regional Museum, covering an area of 2,200 square meters.

In January 1936, the Second Front Army and the Second and Sixth Corps, following orders, entered Guizhou to crush Chiang Kai-shek’s “encirclement and suppression” campaign and establish a revolutionary base in northwestern Guizhou. On February 3, they crossed the treacherous Ya Chi River and occupied Qianxi; on February 6, they took control of Dading; and on February 7, under the leadership of Comrade Ren Bishi, the Chinese Soviet People’s Republic Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee was established in the Gospel Church of Dading. Ren Bishi and acting chairman Chen Xiyun gave speeches explaining the aims, responsibilities, and tasks of the Party, the Red Army, and the Revolutionary Committee. To better combat the enemy, on February 17, the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou Provincial Revolutionary Committee relocated to the Gospel Church at Baihua Mountain in Bijie City.

The site currently houses nearly a thousand cultural relics. The regional museum now has departments for exhibition, archaeology, interpretation, security, and fire safety, and features three exhibition halls covering a total area of over 260 square meters. The exhibitions are divided into three sections: revolutionary relics from the Red Army’s Long March in the Bijie region, historical documents on the Communist Party in the Bijie region, and historical relics from the Bijie region. These exhibits, through detailed archaeological materials, collected artifacts, objects, and photographs, narrate the long history of Bijie. They display hundreds of unearthed relics, heirlooms, and revolutionary relics from the Paleolithic Age to the modern era. Especially notable are the revolutionary relics from the Anti-Japanese War period, which vividly document the glorious history of the Red Army’s Long March through Bijie. This is a multifunctional, multi-faceted exhibition that combines both historical relics and stories of revolution. It now serves as an important site for revolutionary tradition education in the Bijie region and has been listed as a provincial-level “Patriotic Education Base.”

Further Reading:

· First Batch of Guizhou Provincial Cultural Relic Protection Units

· Sixth Batch of National Key Cultural Relic Protection Units