Former Residence of Mao Zedong in Xinluo (Xinqiu Cuo)

　　Xinqiu Cuo was built in the late Ming Dynasty as a single-story house with three halls and two side wings. Originally the residence of Wang Mingxuan, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Punishments in the late Ming Dynasty, it was renovated in the 14th year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty. In December 1975, it was designated as a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit. The main building is arranged along a central axis and consists of a gray-paved courtyard, main gate, patio, main hall, and rear hall in sequence. The main hall is three bays wide and six meters deep, featuring a post-and-lintel timber frame. After the victory of the third battle for Longyan City in June 1929, Comrade Mao Zedong and his wife He Zizhen stayed here, leaving in mid-July.

　　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 the theoretical foundations of the Communist Party are collectively known as Mao Zedong Thought. Because Mao... Details+

　　He Zizhen (1904～1984)　　He Zizhen, female, also known as He Guiyuan, was born in 1904 in Huangzhuling Village, Yongxin County, Jiangxi Province. She graduated from the Yongxin Girls' Vocational School in 1925 and joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1926, the same year she became a member of the Communist Party of China. After the failure of the Great Revolution, under the leadership of the Yongxin Party organization, He Zizhen coordinated with peasant militias led by Yuan Wencai from Ninggang and Wang Zuo from Jinggangshan. Together with peasant armies from Ninggang, Suichuan, Anfu, Lianhua, and Yongxin, they attacked Yongxin to rescue arrested Communist Party members and revolutionary civilians. To preserve revolutionary forces, she relocated with the released cadres and civilians to Ninggang and Jinggangshan to continue the struggle, for Mao... Details+