Zhangpu Red Building

　　On April 20, 1932, the Central Red Army’s Eastern Route Army captured Zhangzhou. On April 24, 1932, following Chairman Mao Zedong’s directive to establish a Soviet base in southern Fujian, the 3rd Army of the Central Red Army’s Eastern Route Army liberated Zhangpu. They launched struggles such as overthrowing local tyrants and redistributing land across the city and countryside of Zhangpu, and established the Zhangpu County Revolutionary Committee and township Soviet governments, forming the Jinghepu Revolutionary Base. At that time, the headquarters of the 3rd Army was stationed in this building. The army commander was Xu Yangang, and the political commissar was Ge Yaoshan. Nie Rongzhen, who was then the political commissar of the Eastern Route Army, also came to Zhangpu to guide the struggle for establishing the Soviet area and stayed here.

　　The former headquarters of the 3rd Army of the Central Red Army’s Eastern Route Army, the Xinluwei Church, was built in the early 19th century. Originally a school building for girls run by the Christian church, it was constructed with red bricks and thus nicknamed the Red Building. It is a two-story brick-and-wood structure with a floor area of 598 square meters. After the liberation, the Xinluwei Church was nationalized. Following the implementation of religious policies during the reform and opening-up period, it was returned to the church. In 2007, the government allocated funds for its renovation and leased it from the church to establish the Zhangpu County Revolutionary History Memorial Hall. The memorial hall consists of thematic exhibition areas including “Great Figures of the Chinese Revolution,” “Famous People and Zhangpu,” “Pioneering Southern Fujian’s Jinggangshan,” “Mao Zedong and the Jinghepu Soviet Area,” “Southern Bastion of the Central Soviet Area,” “Reorganizing Armed Forces to March North Against Japan,” and “Carrying on the Struggle, the Red Flag Never Falls.”

　　The Zhangpu Red Building was designated as a Zhangpu County Cultural Relics Protection Unit by the Zhangpu County People’s Government in April 1984, and as a Fujian Provincial Party History Education Base by the Fujian Provincial Party History Research Office in June 2011. On January 28, 2013, it was listed as an Eighth Batch Provincial-Level Cultural Relics Protection Unit by the Fujian Provincial People’s Government.

　　 ------ Source: Zhangpu County Party History Research Office