Site of the Gutian Congress

　　The site of the Gutian Congress is located in Xibei Village, Gutian Town, Shanghang County. Originally the ancestral hall of the Liao family, it was built in the 28th year of the Daoguang reign (1848) and was renamed "Dawn Primary School" after the Fourth Red Army moved into Gutian. The ancestral hall consists of a front and rear hall and left and right wing rooms, covering a construction area of 826 square meters. In December 1929, the Ninth Congress of the Fourth Red Army, presided over by Comrade Mao Zedong, was held here, during which the historically significant Gutian Congress Resolutions were adopted. Currently, the main hall of the site has been restored to its original appearance during the congress. Portraits of Marx and Lenin, delegate seats, the conference banner, the podium, and the party flag on the wall are all arranged as they were originally. To the left of the site is a lotus pond, to the right is the Red Army review stand, and behind it stands eight red characters reading “The Spirit of the Gutian Congress Shines Forever,” with dense woods behind them. Opposite the site is the Gutian Congress Memorial Hall, newly built in the 1960s. It houses many precious revolutionary relics from western Fujian and is one of the most comprehensive and largest memorial halls in Fujian Province in terms of revolutionary relic collections.

　　Mao Zedong (1893～1976)　　Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), courtesy name Runzhi (originally Yongzhi, later changed to Runzhi), pen name Ziren. A native of Xiangtan, Hunan. He was the leader of the Chinese people, a Marxist, a great proletarian revolutionary, strategist, and theorist, as well as the principal founder and leader of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and the People's Republic of China. He was also a poet and calligrapher. From 1949 to 1976, Mao Zedong served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China. His contributions to the development of Marxism-Leninism, military theory, and theoretical contributions to the Communist Party are collectively known as Mao Zedong Thought. Because Mao... Details+