The Long March of the Red Army Memorial Hall

　　The Long March of the Red Army Memorial Hall is located at No. 8 Dongjie, Chengxiang Town. The building was constructed during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, with a construction area of 404.32 square meters. It has a brick-and-wood structure and a three-courtyard layout. When the Red Army passed through Mianning during the Long March, it served as the headquarters of the Red Army’s General Command. On May 3, 1935, the First Front Army of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army, under the leadership of comrades such as Mao Zedong, crossed the Jinsha River via the Jiaopingdu crossing point and entered Liangshan. During their 31-day stay, the Central Red Army established the first revolutionary political power in Mianning since entering Sichuan—the Mianning County Revolutionary Committee—and also formed the first revolutionary armed force—the Late-stage Mianning County Anti-Taxation Army. On May 23, 1935, Mao Zedong met here with Yi ethnic representatives, including Gogu Danye, and underground party representatives from Mianning.

　　In 1965, the site was converted into the Long March of the Red Army Memorial Hall. To this day, the original layout of the hall where Mao Zedong met with Yi representatives and underground party members has been preserved. The museum displays nearly 200 pieces of documents, cultural relics, and photographs. Among the exhibited artifacts is the “Proclamation of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army,” issued under the name of Commander-in-Chief Zhu De after the Red Army entered Mianning. This proclamation marked the first use of the term “Long March of the Red Army.” Since then, the term “Long March” spread from Mianning throughout Liangshan, across China, and eventually around the world. On July 7, 1980, it was designated as a Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit by the People’s Government of Sichuan Province. After the launch of the National Red Tourism Project, it was listed as one of China’s hundred classic red tourism scenic spots.