Former Residence of Cai Ruping

Former Residence of Cai Ruping

The former residence of Cai Ruping is located at No. 3, Lane 5, South She, Zhengda Street, Xiaobian Community, Chang’an Town. GPS coordinates: 22°48'19.1"N, 113°48'38.9"E, elevation 10 meters.

The structure was originally built in the late Qing Dynasty, later destroyed by the Kuomintang, and reconstructed in 1974 on the original site as a small courtyard enclosed by a two-story building and a single-room, two-courtyard structure.

Cai Ruping (1888–1948), originally named Zuyin, courtesy name Xifan, also known as Geming, was born in 1888 in Xiaobian Village, Chang’an. In 1923, he went to Guangzhou to work as a laborer. In early 1924, he was appointed as a special envoy of the Peasant Department of the Kuomintang Central Committee. He returned to his hometown to carry out peasant movement activities. In the autumn of 1924, he transitioned from a member of the Socialist Youth League to a member of the Chinese Communist Party, becoming one of the first CCP members in Dongguan. In May 1925, he served as the Executive Director of the Dongguan County Peasants’ Association. In January 1926, he became a member of the Peasant Affairs Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CCP, overseeing peasant movement work in the Pearl River Delta region. In May of the same year, he was elected as an executive committee member of the Second Guangdong Provincial Peasants’ Association. In the winter of that year, he served as a member of the Beijiang Regional Committee of the CCP and as the Director of the Beijiang Office of the Guangdong Provincial Peasants’ Association.

On April 12, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched a coup in Shanghai. Communist organizations across Guangdong were disrupted, and many Communists and revolutionary masses were killed. In the autumn of the same year, Cai Ruping returned to Dongguan, reorganized the Dongguan County Committee of the CCP, and served as the County Party Secretary. He quickly reorganized the party structure, resumed activities, established workers’ and peasants’ armed forces, and resisted the massacre carried out by the Kuomintang reactionaries. In October, he was elected as an alternate member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CCP. In November, he became the Commander-in-Chief of the Dongbao Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army Headquarters, planning an armed uprising. In the winter of 1928, he was relocated to Hong Kong by the Party organization.

After the fall of Hong Kong on December 12, 1941, Cai Ruping returned to his hometown to organize the Youth Anti-Japanese Alliance, cooperating with guerrilla forces to fight against Japanese invaders. In June 1943, he was elected as the head of the democratic government of Xiaobian Township. In the summer of 1944, he served as the district head of the New Fifth District of Dongguan County under the Dongbao Administrative Guidance Office of the democratic government. In April of the following year, he became the Chairman of the Dong (guan) Bao (an) Peasants’ Association.

In early 1946, while receiving medical treatment in Hong Kong, he organized the Huizhongbao People’s Anti-Civil War Conference, denouncing the crimes of the Kuomintang reactionaries for launching the civil war, and did significant work to help Hong Kong youth return to the mainland to join the liberation cause. He passed away in the autumn of 1948. In 1957, he was posthumously recognized as a revolutionary martyr by the Dongguan County People’s Government.

Xiaobian Community: Located in the eastern part of Chang’an Town, adjacent to Songgang in Shenzhen, Xiaobian Community covers a total area of 8 square kilometers, with a registered population of 3,456 and approximately 60,000 new residents of Dongguan. It comprises 13 villager groups.

Xiaobian is a veteran revolutionary base area. Throughout various historical periods of revolution, it produced a large number of martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the cause. Before the reform and opening-up, Xiaobian remained a small agricultural village. However, after the reform and opening-up, it underwent tremendous changes and rapidly developed into a modern industrial community.

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