Former Site of the Establishment of the Zhangpu County Committee

　　0 After the failure of the Great Revolution, a group of 0 members in Zhangpu, including Li Lianxing (then a member of the 0 Minnan Special Committee and an executive member of the 0 Fujian Provisional Committee), Chen Yuancai, and others, used teaching as a cover at the Maping Yucail School in Houxian Village, Maping Town, to propagate revolutionary ideas, reorganize the peasant association, develop farmer Party members, and establish a Party branch. The enthusiasm of peasants for participating in the revolutionary struggle rapidly surged, resulting in a scene described by the Fujian Provincial Committee as “Zhangpu peasants swarming together in the dark of night seeking the 0, eager to join.” On January 10, 1928, under the leadership of the 0 members, the Maping Peasant Association launched an armed resistance against the 11th Army’s exactions, marking the beginning of the new phase of the Fujian peasants’ armed struggle against the warlords. The resisting peasants were suppressed, with several killed or injured. Following the “January 10 Incident,” the 0 Fujian Provisional Committee Special Committee sent a letter to the Zhangpu Party organization. Upon receiving the directive from the Provincial Committee, Party branches were successively established in Dakeng, Danjing, Maping, and Guanshun. On this basis, in the spring of 1928, under the guidance of a delegate from the 0 Fujian Provisional Committee, the 0 Zhangpu Provisional County Committee was established at the Maping Central School. In March, the 0 Zhangpu County Committee was officially formed, leading the armed forces of the peasant associations across Zhangpu in an armed struggle to expel the 11th Army from southern Fujian. Zhao Yisong, then a central inspection officer of the 0 Central Committee, once guided the revolutionary struggle in southern Fujian while also serving as the acting secretary of the Zhangpu County Committee.

　　0 The former site of the establishment of the Zhangpu County Committee, Maping Central School, was originally built in the early 20th century with funds donated by overseas Chinese Chen Zhaixin from Maping Town. Originally named Maping Yucail Primary School, it is a building with a fusion of Chinese and Western architectural styles and a structure made of earth and wood, covering an area of 600 square meters. The former site of the establishment of the Zhangpu County Committee, Maping Central School, was designated as a cultural relics protection unit of Zhangpu County by the Zhangpu County People's Government in June 2004, and was also recognized as a patriotic education base of Zhangpu County by the Zhangpu County People's Government in May 2001.

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