The Former Site of the Longchuan County Soviet Government is located in Shangyin Village, Sanyin Village, Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County. In the spring of 1928, Huang Ke, an early member of the Communist Party in Longchuan, a second-term student at the “Guangzhou Peasant Movement Institute,” and a young man from Sijia, returned to his hometown upon orders from the Guangdong Provincial Committee to organize revolutionary activities after participating in the Guangzhou Uprising. Upon returning to Longchuan, Huang re-elected the Special Branch of the Communist Party in Longchuan...
Longchuan Confucian Temple is located in Qianxue, Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County. Originally built in the seventh year of the Kangxi reign during the Qing Dynasty (1668), it consists of a screen wall, corridors, the Lingxing Gate, the Pan Pond, an arched bridge, east and west side halls, the Dacheng Hall, the Minglun Hall, and the Zunjing Pavilion. Due to years of neglect, parts of it have been damaged. The surviving structures include the Dacheng Hall, Minglun Hall, and Zunjing Pavilion. The Dacheng Hall faces…
The Tang–Song Dynasty Longchuan Zhengxiang Pagoda is located on a small hill in Taxi Village, Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County. Locals call it the "Old Pagoda." It is named after the ancient temple at its base, called Zhengxiang Temple. In the 53rd year of the Kangxi reign during the Qing Dynasty (1714), a local resident named Xu Chen found a fallen brick from the pagoda bearing the inscription "Kaiyuan Third Year," hence it was also named...
The Kengzaili Site is located on Kengzili Mountain in the southwest of Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County. It dates back to the Shang Dynasty. Discovered in 1956, the site has been re-examined multiple times since then. The cultural layer is 0.6 meters thick. A large number of pottery and stone artifacts were unearthed. The pottery includes folded-shoulder concave-base jars, shallow-dish cups with slender handles, cups, ring-foot chicken-shaped pots, spinning whorls, etc., with grid patterns as the main decorative motif, as well as...
The former site of the Longchuan Tieshang Branch of the Guangdong New Students’ Society is located at Tieshang Primary School in Tieshang Town, Longchuan County. On June 17, 1923, an peripheral organization of the Socialist Youth League—the Guangdong New Students’ Society—was established in Guangzhou. At that time, Huang Jurén, a young man from Longchuan who was studying at the Guangdong Provincial First Specialized Industrial School, joined the Guangdong New Students’ Society through the introduction of fellow Dongjiang progressive students such as Ruan Xiaoxian and Liu Erzong...
The former headquarters of the Farmers' Army in Longchuan County is located at the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall on Baishou Street, Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County. In mid-May 1926, after the establishment of the Longchuan County Peasants' Association, in order to meet the needs of the peasant movement, the County Peasants' Self-Defense Army Corps was established at the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall in the county seat in early June. Its purpose was to protect the various revolutionary groups in the county town and ensure the smooth implementation of the "25% rent reduction"...
The former site of the Longchuan County Peasant Movement Training Institute is located at the Zheng and Ye Family Ancestral Halls on Baishou Street in Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County. Under the influence of the Guangzhou Peasant Movement Training Institute, in January 1927, Huang Ziqiang, a graduate of the fifth session of the Guangzhou institute, founded the county’s Peasant Movement Training Institute at the Zheng Family Ancestral Hall in Longchuan. Luo Junchao, the head of the county, concurrently served as the head instructor, while Huang was the deputy instructor in charge of day-to-day operations...
Former Salt Storage Site for Transportation in the Central Soviet Area The Former Salt Storage Site for Transportation in the Central Soviet Area is located in Xiaocan Village, Xie’ao Town, Longchuan County. Originally built in the mid-Qing Dynasty, the site covers an area of approximately 3,000 square meters and was once the ancestral home of the Li family’s Qichang branch in the village — the Longjing House. The site was restored to its original appearance in 2010 and 2013 respectively...
The former site of the Rear Dongguang Special Committee of the CPC and the Provincial Party Committee Transport Station is located in the Huang Ancestral Hall in Shuibei Village, Laolong Town, Longchuan County. In February 1941, the Rear Dongguang Special Committee of the CPC (historically known as the “Rear Dongguang Special Committee”) was established in a joint building in Shuibei Village, Laolong. Its secretary was Liang Weilin, and it governed the CPC committees of Zijin, Wuhua, Heyuan, Longchuan, Heping, and Xinfeng...
The former site of the command post for the rescue of Hong Kong cultural figures refers to the Fujian Guild Hall, located at No. 39 Huaxin Road, Huaxin Neighborhood Committee, Old Long Town, Longchuan County. Built during the Qing Dynasty, the Fujian Guild Hall faces northwest and is situated to the southeast. It was constructed as a guild hall by merchants from Fujian who were based in Longchuan during the Qing period. The structure follows a three-courtyard layout, featuring walls made of rammed lime-sand, a flush gable roof, gray tiles, and...
The former site of the Soviet Government of Wuxinglong County is located in Datangdu Village, Huilong Town, Longchuan County, Guangdong Province. In March 1929, the “Soviet Government of Wuxinglong County on the Border of Fujian, Guangdong, and Jiangxi” was established here, leading the people of the border region in revolutionary struggles. The site displays a bronze statue of Comrade Gu Bai, the “Scene of Comrade Gu Bai Giving a Lecture,” as well as two stone carvings titled “Overcoming the ‘Five Barriers’” and “Abiding by the ‘Ten Rules.’” It also features meticulously curated 16 exhibition panels with over 23,000 words and more than 30 images, including “The Revolutionary Banner of Datang Red,” “Mountain Songs Singing the Praises of ‘Wuxinglong’,” “Establishing Systems with Integrity at Heart,” “Fine Conduct of Cadres in the Soviet Area,” “Central Care Remembered,” “Remarkable Achievements of the Soviet Revolution,” and “Generations Uphold the Spirit of the Soviet Area.” Through these displays, the revolutionary sentiments of figures such as Gu Bai and Liu Qinxī, as well as Soviet cadres, are vividly presented through text and imagery. The panels also detail historical materials about revolutionary leaders like Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai, Gu Bai, and Liu Qinxī guiding the revolution in Longchuan, as well as the Soviet Area’s approaches to education, institutional development, oversight, and severe anti-corruption measures. They elaborate on the early, relatively mature clean governance principles of the Party, such as “Overcoming the Five Barriers” and adhering to the “Ten Rules,” along with the emphasis on saving resources and pursuing effectiveness. Moreover, the site showcases the exemplary conduct of Soviet leaders—officers and soldiers being equals, unpaid service, diligence and thrift, integrity in public service, and sharing weal and woe with the people. It also introduces the firm revolutionary beliefs and clean, uncorrupt stories of Longchuan-born veterans like Lǐ Tóngjūn, who “refused official positions three times.”
The so-called examination shed, also known as a Gongyuan, was the site of imperial examinations during ancient China’s civil service selection system, usually established only in major prefectures or counties. The Longchuan Examination Shed was built in the second year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty (1876), located at the west gate of Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County. It features a two-courtyard, quadrangle-style layout with a brick-and-timber beam structure, covering an area of approximately 6,000 square meters. Currently, only remnants of the Tuocheng Examination Shed remain…
Longchuan New Pagoda, also known as Shengli Village Pagoda, is located in Shengli Village, Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County, Heyuan City, standing atop a small hillside. It is a provincial-level key cultural relics protection unit. Longchuan New Pagoda was built in the second year of the Tianqi era of the Ming Dynasty (1622). It is an octagonal seven-story pavilion-style structure made of blue bricks, with double eaves on each level and a pagoda gate on each floor. One side of the base of the pagoda has...
The Longchuan Temple of the King of Nanyue is located on Zhongshan Street in Tuocheng, Longchuan County. Historical records do not indicate when the temple was built. The temple originally housed a stele from the eighth year of the Chongzhen era in the Ming Dynasty (1635), but this stele has long been destroyed and cannot be examined. The *Longchuan County Annals* state: “The Temple of the King of Nanyue is situated to the right of the county government office, originally the Pingguan Shrine. In the 61st year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1722), Magistrate Zang Cong renovated it, and…”
The former battle site of annihilating the remaining forces of Hu Lian is located at Xia Ping Fort in Shang Ping Town, Longchuan County. The remnants of Hu Lian’s corps originally belonged to the 12th Corps of the Kuomintang ruling group during the Chinese Civil War. After suffering defeat in the Huaihai Campaign in January 1949, Corps Commander Hu Lian led the surviving troops in a retreat to Nanchang, Jiangxi. In early July, the southern remnants infiltrated the Longchuan Shang Ping area via Xunwu...
Huang Juequn (1879–1943), originally named Bingjie, also known as Junping, used the alias Rian. A native of Oujiang in Huangbu, Longchuan County, he was a pioneer of the workers' and peasants' revolution in Longchuan and the founder of the local Communist Party organization. In his early years, he worked in Guangzhou, where he joined the Socialist Youth League and later the Communist Party of China. In October 1925, he returned to Longchuan with the Second Eastern Expeditionary Army...
The Maoxue Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is located on Nanyue Mountain in Maoxue Village, Tiechang Town, Longchuan County. It was first built in 2002. The monument faces northeast from the southwest. It has a square obelisk shape, with three tiers constructed from blue bricks and finished with cement mortar, standing approximately 8 meters tall in total. The base of the monument is 1.3 meters on each side and 0.35 meters high. The second tier is 1 meter on each side and 1.4 meters high. The front...
Yong'an Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is located on a small hilltop in Yong'an Village, Xixian Town, Longchuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. It was built in December 1957 and underwent two renovations, on August 1, 1982, and January 4, 2006. The monument faces south and has a square, pointed shape. The base is square with sides 2.5 meters long. The upper part is divided into two sections, with the lower section...
The Ye Bu Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is located on a hillside in Ye Bu Village, Tuocheng Town, Longchuan County. It was built in 1956. The monument faces southwest and is situated on a northeast-oriented square base that is 0.45 meters high with side lengths of 2.5 meters. On top of the base stands the main stone tablet. The monument itself is made of bricks with an outer layer of cement finish. It has the shape of a four-sided prism, wider at the bottom and tapering toward the top, with a pointed spire. The monument is about 5 meters tall…
The Huilong Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is located at Hengganggen, Dongbeicun, in Huilong Town, Longchuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. Built in 1962, the monument faces southeast and is situated to the northwest. It has a square obelisk shape, constructed from blue bricks and finished with cement stucco. The base is square-shaped with each side measuring 3 meters. The entire monument is approximately 10 meters high and consists of three sections. The first...