Wuping County Museum

　　The Wuping County Museum was founded in 1986 and is located within the former site of the Red Fourth Army Front Committee Headquarters — Liangshan Academy, a county-level cultural heritage site. It covers an area of 746 square meters, with a building area of 485 square meters. The museum currently houses 1,232 cultural relics, including 1 first-grade relic, 33 second-grade relics, 747 third-grade relics, 243 general relics, and 208 specimen materials and unidentified relics. The collection preserves relics unearthed in Wuping, such as well-preserved bronze swords from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, as well as various copper and ironware from different dynasties. There are also stone and pottery artifacts from the Neolithic Age to the Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties. Among the heirloom relics are exquisitely crafted jade pendants, jade thumb rings, and jade ornaments. There are also finely carved lacquered wood carvings and wooden sculptures with vivid depictions of historical figures and stories. The collection includes porcelain pieces from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, ancient coins from the Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing periods, as well as coins from Japan and Annam (Vietnam). Revolutionary relics include the “Manifesto of the Party Department of the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army” distributed by the Red Fourth Army in Wuping during the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the “Soviet Organization Law” issued by the Political Department of the Red Fourth Army, seals of the Soviet government, red flags, and red armbands. There is also a stone epitaph for Xiao Qizhang, a revolutionary martyr from Wuping who participated in the Xinhai Revolution.

　　The museum's collection includes bronze swords from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods that were unearthed within the county and are relatively well-preserved, along with various copper and ironware from different dynasties. There are also stone and pottery artifacts from the Neolithic Age to the Shang, Zhou, Qin, and Han periods. Among the heirloom relics are finely made jade pendants, jade thumb rings, and jade ornaments. There are also intricately carved lacquered wood and wood carvings with lifelike depictions of characters from historical stories. The collection features porcelain from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, ancient coins from the Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing periods, as well as coins from Japan and Annam (Vietnam). Revolutionary relics include the “Manifesto of the Party Department of the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army” distributed by the Red Fourth Army in Wuping during the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the “Soviet Organization Law” issued by the Political Department of the Red Fourth Army, seals of the Soviet government, red flags, and red armbands. There is also a stone epitaph for Xiao Qizhang, a revolutionary martyr from Wuping who participated in the Xinhai Revolution.

　　The museum has exhibition rooms dedicated to the revolutionary history of Wuping, as well as storage rooms for relics, offices, and duty rooms. The exhibition rooms are open daily and warmly welcome visitors. Guests come from other counties, provinces, overseas Chinese communities, and even foreign scholars. The museum receives an average annual visitation of over 18,000 people. Since 1991, the museum has organized a revolutionary relics outreach team every year, creating image displays that are toured to rural areas, factories, mines, and schools. Exhibition images include “Eight Little Red Devils,” “Records of Veteran Red Army Soldiers and Cadres from Wuping,” “Welcoming Hong Kong’s Return,” “Welcoming Macao’s Return,” and “Exhibition on the Achievements of Wuping’s Socialist Economic Construction.” Over the years, the museum has signed contracts for patriotic and revolutionary tradition education with 17 primary and secondary schools, helping them establish revolutionary tradition education rooms. In 1997, it was listed by the county party committee and county government as a base for revolutionary tradition education in the county. In 2001, it was named a Longyan City Patriotic Education Base by the Propaganda Department of the Longyan Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China.