Red Army slogans and ballads in Meiling Town

Red Army slogans and ballads in Meiling Town

The Red Army slogans and ballads in Meiling Town are designated as a cultural relic protection unit of Nanxiong City and a classic red tourism site.

Red Army slogans and ballads in Meiling Town

(1) are preserved on the wall of the public hall in Weitou Village at the end of Meiguan Street in Meiling Town, Nanxiong. Measuring 1.1 meters in height and 2.3 meters in width, with characters approximately 10×15 cm in size, investigations suggest that this slogan was written in the summer of 1932.

The content is:

Establish a Soviet government

Overthrow the Kuomintang government

Organize workers’ and peasants’ Red Guards

Eliminate the gentry and the Peace Preservation Corps

Dear workers, unite spontaneously

Join the workers’ and peasants’ armed forces

Eliminate the armed forces of the gentry and landlords

March onto the battlefield

Wipe out the White Army in southern Jiangxi

Capture Yu Hanmou alive

Made by Red Star Bing, Youth Group One

Another one reads:

The Red Army does not kill enemy soldiers who surrender (6) Fourth Army of the Red Army

Support the Provisional Central Soviet Government !

(2) are preserved in the building walls of Chen Fulin’s residence in Zhongzhan Village, Meiling Town, Nanxiong County. There are two slogans here. One says “The Red Army does not kill enemy soldiers who surrender,” written in black ink, stretching 6 meters in length with characters 55×60 cm in size, ending with the number six and signed “Fourth Army of the Red Army.” The other reads “Support the Provisional Central Soviet Government,” written in red ink, 6.6 meters long with characters 55×70 cm in size, but the signature at the end is unrecognizable.

(3) are preserved in Jiaowan Village, Meiling Town, Nanxiong. The first one, “Tiao Shi Ma -” (Call to Scold -), is located on the outer wall of the entrance to Nie Bangying’s residence. It is 2.2 meters wide and 1 meter high, with lyrics in characters about 4×5 cm in size. The second one, “The Kuomintang Four-Character Scripture,” is on the outer wall of Xiao Shuzhen’s residence entrance. It is 70 cm wide and 60 cm high, with main text characters about 4 cm in size. Jiaowan Village was a place frequently passed through by the Red Army. From early 1929, spring 1930, and summer 1932, main Red Army forces passed through the village, staying there twice. On both occasions, the Red Army wrote numerous slogans and poems.

Call to Scold -

(In the style of Song to a Departing Husband)

First scold - The Kuomintang, warlords, gentry, and hooligans, oppressing the poor and making them suffer, - the workers and peasants truly pitiful. Slaughter ah kill ye ! - the workers and peasants truly pitiful.

Second scold - In Guangdong, deceiving soldiers to charge ahead, fighting all the way to Hunan-Jiangxi and Wuhan, with countless soldiers killed or wounded. Sol diers ah ! Countless soldiers killed or wounded.

Third scold - Attacking Nanjing, taking Nanjing - , surrendering to the imperialists, - the workers and peasants show no mercy. Repeat line...

Fourth scold - Wang Jingwei, colluding with Tang, Huang, and Zhang Fakui, holding a loot-sharing meeting on Mount Lu, causing Zhu Peide great misfortune. ...

Fifth scold - Their power runs rampant, the 369th Army disarmed, He Long and Ye Ting march to Guangdong, supporting the Chinese Communist Party. Sup port ah ! ...

Six Curses - Against He Yao Ye (He Long and Ye Ting), He and Ye's military strategies are unfathomable, □ over 0 Haifeng and Lufeng, sparking a great uprising of workers and peasants. …

Seven Curses - Besieging Jing (Jinggang) Mountain, Jiangxi’s two Yangs suffered defeat, 0 cannons were all □ confiscated, Yang □ Weixuan was wounded. …

Eight Curses - Against Chiang Kai-shek, leading troops to attack Beijing, after capturing Beijing he planned to downsize the army, every soldier wept bitterly. Chiang, you thief, do not let soldiers fight soldiers.

Nine Curses - Oppressing soldiers, unable to distinguish friend from foe, the proletariat must unite greatly, do not let the poor fight the poor. Soldiers, oh soldiers, do not let soldiers fight soldiers.

Ten Curses - □□□, Zhang, Gui, Yan, and Feng fought against the bandit Chiang, leaving Chiang with no way out, when the snipe and the clam grapple, the fisherman profits—quickly eliminate them. Warlords, oh warlords, quickly end the warlord chaos.

The Kuomintang Four-Character Scripture

The Kuomintang faction, mistaken, mediocre, and stubborn. The Nationalist government, a pack of wolves and tigers.

No party within the party, an imperial mindset. No factions within factions, all manner of oddities.

Governing the nation through the party, a policy to fool the people. Loyal party members, only care about money.

-, nonsense 0. During the military government period, warlords acted on a whim.

During the tutelage government period, bureaucrats had good fortune. - period, living carefree and fearless.

The Outline for Nation-Building, nothing but official rhetoric. The Program for National Reconstruction, deceptive □□.

Nationalism, colluding with Japan and America. Democracy, not □□□.

People’s Livelihood, harsh taxes and levies. The Late Premier’s Testament, mere "Amitabha."

The Red Army's Four-Group Language System

In 1982, the Nanxiong County People's Government designated it as a cultural relics protection unit.