Red Four Gate

　　　　The “Red Four Gate” and its city wall are located in Nanjiang Town, Nanjiang County. The “Red Four Gate” lies on the key eastern route from the town center to Shanghe Street and institutions such as Nanjiang Middle School, serving as an open-air exhibition hall accessible around the clock. In April 1991, the “Red Four Gate” and its city wall were designated as cultural relics protection units by the People’s Government of Sichuan Province.
　　In February 1933, the Fourth Front Army of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army entered the city through the eastern gate of Nanjiang’s city wall, liberating the county and establishing the County Soviet Government. At the invitation of the County Soviet Government, Chen Changhao, the Political Commissar of the Red Army, personally inscribed the three characters “红四门” (Red Four Gate). The lettering team replaced the original “迎晖门” (Welcoming Sunshine Gate) plaque with the new inscription as a permanent commemoration of the Red Army’s liberation of Nanjiang. Various political departments of the Red Army subsequently carved 15 propaganda slogans both inside and outside the gate. Located on a major eastern thoroughfare of the city and frequented daily by tens of thousands of pedestrians, the Red Four Gate serves as an excellent site for patriotic education among the public.