Former Site of Mingming Bookstore Communication Station

　　The former site of Mingming Bookstore Communication Station is located in Lane 2 of Zhengjie, Donglong Town, present-day Guigang City. It was the shop premises of Mei Zhugong, an underground member of the Communist Party of China. The building is a two-story brick-and-wood structure with a gable roof, featuring a longitudinal rectangular floor plan. The shopfront faces west onto the street. There are two sets of wooden beams at different heights between the upper and lower floors, with the lower beam supporting a partitioned three-bay layout with lattice screens. From 1939 to 1944, it served as an underground communication station established and used by Huang Zhang, a member of the Guangxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. During the Liberation War period, the underground party operated the “Mingming Bookstore” here, secretly selling publications by the Party and democratic movements, and using the location as a communication hub for guerrilla forces in Guixian and Wuxian counties.

　　Huang Zhang 　　Huang Zhang, also known by his courtesy name Wenbo, used the aliases Huang Yuan, Lü Er, Lü Shanshou, and Lin Ai. He was born on October 20, 1901, into a poor farming family in Xishan Township, Guixian County, Guangxi. Huang Zhang was intelligent and quick-witted from a young age. After graduating from elementary school, he was unable to continue his education and successively worked as a shop assistant in medicine and grocery stores in Luzhai Town, Binyang County, and Nanning. Known for being diligent, skillful, and clever, he earned the praise of his employers. An elderly traditional Chinese medicine practitioner who owned a medicine shop even decided to train him as a doctor. Although deeply grateful, Huang Zhang declined the kind offer. To him, curing the ills of society was more urgent than treating physical ailments. Soon after, he bid farewell to the old doctor and resolutely embarked on the path of revolution.... Details+