The Memorial Hall of the Thirty Li Pu Meeting of the Minzhou Conference

　　In August 1936, the Second and Fourth Red Armies of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army crossed snow-capped mountains, traversed grasslands, and broke through the perilous Lazi Pass, arriving in Min County, Gansu Province from northern Sichuan. Under the leadership of veteran proletarian revolutionaries such as - , Ren Bishi, - , and He Changgong, the Northwest Bureau of the Central Committee carried out the “Minqian-Taoxi Campaign.” On Erlang Mountain south of the city, they fought a bloody battle against the warlord Lu Dachang’s defending troops for five days and nights. Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the Red Army (a traditional courtyard home of Ge Shengde, a local farmer in Thirty Li Pu, Min County), the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Gansu Soviet Government were established. These were the first provincial committee and regional government established by the Central Committee in Gansu Province.

　　The Red Army persisted in the struggle in Min County for 57 days and held the famous Northwest Bureau Minzhou Conference of the Central Committee, which rejected Zhang Guotao’s erroneous proposal to march westward into Qinghai, unified the thinking of the Red Army, and reaffirmed the strategy of advancing northward to resist Japan. They successively established the County Soviet Government with Zhang Mingyuan as chairman in Min County, as well as 34 township and village Soviet governments in Xichuan, Nanchuan, Mazichuan, and Chabu. They led impoverished peasants in caring for wounded Red Army soldiers, mobilized the masses to raise grain, funds, and supplies to ensure the Red Army’s provisions, and recruited over 3,000 young people to join the Red Army, forming the Newly Enlisted Independent Regiment with Zhang Mingyuan as the regimental commander.

　　Given the significant role that Thirty Li Pu played in the great historical event of the Long March and the major contributions made by the people of Min County to the Chinese revolution, in order to commemorate the actions of the martyrs, ensure future generations always remember them and this important historical period, and continuously inspire patriotic fervor, the Min County Party Committee and County Government renovated the Long March Memorial Hall on October 1, 1997, in Thirty Li Pu Village — the site that encompasses the former headquarters of the Red Army, the former site of the Gansu Soviet Government, and the former site of the Northwest Bureau Minzhou Conference of the Central Committee. The memorial hall was inscribed by - and mainly consists of three historic sites, a collection of some Red Army relics, and an exhibition room featuring inscriptions by veterans of the Long March. Existing structures include the east wing room, the north room, and the main gate. In 2001, it was designated as a provincial-level national defense education base, and in April 2004, it was named a provincial-level patriotic education base by the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department.