Hong'an Qiliping Revolutionary Sites

　　Dating back to 1926–1927, these sites are situated on the southern slopes of the Dabie Mountains, in Qiliping Town and Tanshugang Township, Hong'an County, Hubei Province. They were an important revolutionary base during the Second Revolutionary Civil War period.

　　In September 1927, the Huang'an County Committee of the CPC held a meeting at Wenchang Palace in Qiliping to convey the spirit of the August 7th Meeting of the CPC Central Committee and organized the "September Uprising." Later that November, revolutionaries Wu Guanghao, Dai Kemin, Cao Xuekai, and others established the Huang–Ma (Huang'an–Macheng) Uprising Command here, leading armed uprisings of peasants from both counties. They successfully captured Huang'an County town, established a peasant revolutionary government in Huang'an, and formed the Hubei–Eastern Revolutionary Army of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army. From 1928 to 1929, three revolutionary bases—the Eyu Border Region, Southeastern Henan, and Western Anhui—were successively established, and land reforms were carried out. In April 1930, the three bases merged to form the Hubei–Henan–Anhui Revolutionary Base, and Qiliping was renamed “Liening City,” becoming an important part of the base. That autumn, the First Workers’, Peasants’, and Soldiers’ Congress of the Eyu-An Border Region was held here, electing members of the Soviet government. The government offices of the Eyu-An Special District Soviet were located in Qiliping. In November 1931, the Fourth Front Army of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army was established in Qiliping, with [Commander] appointed as the commander-in-chief. Today, over 40 preserved revolutionary sites remain, including the Eyu-An Special District Soviet, the Revolutionary Tribunal, the Labor Union, the Bank, and the Lenin Primary School. There are also commemorative sites and related relics such as “Peng Pai Street,” “Yang Yin Street,” “Guanghao Gate,” “Nan Yi Gate,” and the square where the Fourth Front Army was founded.

　　In 1988, the State Council designated these sites as part of the third group of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites.