Linjiang Building

　　The picturesque Linjiang Building was originally the site of the “Guangfulong” freight warehouse and also served as the villa of a trading business owner. It had previously housed a hotel and been used for trading in oil, salt, rice, and beans. The building covers an area of about 300 m² and has three floors (three stories externally, two internally). During the Agrarian Revolutionary War, veteran proletarian revolutionaries such as Mao Zedong and Zhu De visited Shanghang multiple times to carry out revolutionary activities. Mao himself came to Shanghang nine times.

　　In October 1929, Mao came to Shanghang once again and stayed in the east wing room on the second floor of Linjiang Building. At that time, Mao was suffering from severe malaria and was carried on a stretcher by several Red Guards all the way from Yongding Hexi to the newly liberated Shanghang. The next morning, Mao stood at the front of the central hall on the second floor of Linjiang Building, facing the strong autumn wind, gazing at the chrysanthemums blooming all over the mountains on the opposite bank and the flowing waters of the Ting River. Reflecting on the battle experiences of the Fourth Red Army in Fujian over the past half year and the fervent scene of the land revolution in western Fujian, he was moved by the scenery and composed the poem "Picking Mulberries · Double Ninth":

　　Man ages all too easily, not Nature: Year by year the Double Ninth returns. On this Double Ninth the yellow blooms on the battlefield smell sweeter. Each year the autumn wind blows fierce, unlike spring’s splendor, yet surpassing spring’s splendor. See the endless river, the boundless sky, a vast expanse of frost.

　　Mao stayed at Linjiang Building for about twenty days and left Shanghang in late October, passing through Shuixi Ferry, General Bridge, and Baisha on his way to Sujiapo, the site of the West Fujian Special Committee of the Communist Party of China, to guide work there.

　　Because it miraculously hosted such a great figure, Linjiang Building was designated as a second batch provincial-level cultural relics protection unit by the People’s Government of Fujian Province in October 1985.

　　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 a 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 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... More+