Fengyu Zhuanzuizi

　　   Back in the day, on a slope in a place called Zhuanzuizi within Liyuan Fort in Nanliang, there was a serene courtyard nestled against the hillside with three cave dwellings, three wing rooms to the north, three wing rooms to the south, and an open space to the west that served as a playground of about two acres. The sound of children reciting books could be heard from the cave dwellings, while folk songs floated from the wing rooms. This place was none other than the first red school in the Shaan-Gan Border Region, the Zhuanzuizi Lenin Primary School, founded in 1934 by the government of Nanliang.

　　   In the 1930s, revolutionary veterans such as Liu Zhidan and - spread the seeds of revolution and promoted revolutionary ideals in the Nanliang area of the Shaan-Gan Border Region, eventually establishing the Soviet Government of the Shaan-Gan Border Region. After the founding of the border region government, Cai Ziwei, the head of the education committee, and Zhang Jingwen jointly established the first red school in the Shaan-Gan Border Region—the Lenin Primary School—in 1934. The school was initially located at a place called Laozhuanghe in Sihe Tai Village, today’s Linzhen Township, and moved to Zhuanzuizi in Liyuanbao Village, Nanliang Township (today’s Nanliang Township) shortly before the establishment of the Soviet Government of the Shaan-Gan Border Region. The founding of Lenin Primary School marked the first time education reached ordinary families in the border region. Today, this school with 75 years of proud revolutionary tradition has weathered the storms, much like the two ancient elm trees growing together in the courtyard—still lush and vibrant after enduring the test of time, bearing witness to history and the future.

　　   Before the establishment of the Nanliang Soviet Area, the local people suffered under the exploitation and oppression of feudal landlords and warlords, living in poverty with a stagnant economy. Within dozens of miles, there was only one private school, Liu Laozhuang, and cultural education was extremely backward. After the establishment of the Revolutionary Committee of the Shaan-Gan Border Region, in order to develop cultural and educational initiatives, eliminate illiteracy, and ensure that the poor masses had the right to education, visionary leaders such as Liu Zhidan and - founded both the Lenin Primary School and a military-political cadre school in the Nanliang area.