Former Residence of Martyr Cui Jingyue

Former Residence of Martyr Cui Jingyue

The Former Residence of Martyr Cui Jingyue is a cultural tourism attraction and a classic red tourism site.

Cui Jingyue, a native of Dongguan Village, Chengguan Town, Xunyi County (also known as Cui Tingru), joined the Communist Party of China in 1927 and participated in the Xunyi Peasant Uprising in May 1928. He successively served as Secretary of the Party Branch of Dongjian Village, Organization Committee Member of the Xunyi County Special Branch, Secretary-General of the Provisional Provincial Committee of the CPC in Shaanxi, Military Commission Secretary of the Northwest Army Work Committee, Member and Secretary-General of the CPC Shaanxi Provincial Committee, Secretary of the Southwest Special Committee and District Committee, and Secretary of the Ningxia Provincial Working Committee. In April 1941, he was martyred in Yinchuan at the age of 30.

The Former Residence of Martyr Cui Jingyue is located in Dongjian Village, east of the county town, covering an area of approximately 2.5 mu, consisting of two courtyards of earthen and wooden structures. The first courtyard covers about 1.05 mu, with three gate rooms and twelve wing rooms; the second courtyard spans 1.5 mu, featuring three earthen cave dwellings. The southernmost cave dwelling originally served as a traditional Chinese medicine shop, which was used as a front to transmit intelligence to the Party organization and secretly provide medicine, weapons, and ammunition to guerrilla forces; the second cave was the office of the County Party Committee; the third cave was Cui Jingyue’s living quarters.

Source: Xunyi County Cultural Relics and Tourism Bureau

Cui Jingyue (1911–1941), originally named Tingru with the childhood name Yunqian, also used aliases such as Cui Hao, JIAN Ren, and Zhuo Wen. He was from Sanshui (now Xunyi), Shaanxi.

At the age of 14, he was admitted to Baota Higher Primary School in the county town. Influenced by his teacher and Communist Party member Xu Caisheng, he embraced revolutionary ideals and participated in revolutionary activities.

In 1926, he joined the Communist Youth League of China and took part in activities such as protesting against the Nationalist Xunyi County Government. During that summer vacation, he also attended a study session hosted by Xu Caisheng under the guise of English lessons, where he studied works such as Introduction to Capital and Materialist Conception of History...  More details on Cui Jingyue++

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