Nanpu Grand House

　　On April 20, 1932, the Red Army's Eastern Route Army captured Zhangzhou. Comrade Mao Zedong, after hearing reports from comrades such as Deng Zihui (who had been elected as an executive committee member of the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic and as the People's Commissar of Finance), who was leading the establishment of a revolutionary 0 base area in Zhangpu, Luo Ming, Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee, and Wang Haiping, Executive Committee Member of the Provincial Soviet, among others, made the decision to consolidate and develop the rural revolutionary 0 base area centered around Longxi Market, Xiaoshancheng, and Longling in Zhangpu, expand guerrilla warfare into the five counties of Nanjing, Pinghe, Zhangpu, Yunxiao, and Longxi, create a small Red Army, and establish small Soviet areas. He also sent a telegram regarding decisions on the revolutionary struggle in southern Fujian. On April 22, during a meeting with officers of the Eastern Route Army at the rank of company commander and above, he delivered the report “On the Current Political Situation and the Second Campaign,” outlining the operational plan to establish a new Soviet area centered on Longxi Market in Zhangpu and expanding into the five counties of Nanjing, Pinghe, Zhangpu, Longxi, and Yunxiao. On April 24, 1932, the 3rd Army of the Red Army's Eastern Route Army captured Zhangpu. In accordance with Chairman Mao’s decision to establish a Soviet area in southern Fujian, the Jinghepu Soviet Area, centered on Zhangpu, was established. Originally, there were plans to set up a special committee directly under the command of the Central Soviet Area, but it was later changed to the 0 Zhangzhou Central County Committee. The County Committee Secretary was Cai Xieming (who also served as the Commander-in-Chief of the 3rd Red Army), with committee members including Zeng Zhi (also serving as Secretary-General), Wang Zhanchun (also serving as Political Commissar of the 3rd Red Regiment), and Feng Yifei (also serving as Commander of the 3rd Red Regiment). The headquarters was located in the Nanpu Grand House in Nanpu Village, within the surrounding villages of Longxi Market.

　　The former site of the 0 Zhangzhou Central County Committee headquarters, the Nanpu Grand House, still has slogans written on its walls by the Central Red Army and the Guard Battalion of the Minnan Revolutionary Committee, among others. The Nanpu Grand House is a century-old earthen building covering an area of 500 square meters. It once served as the office of the Nanpu Commune and later as the office of the village committee. Due to years of neglect and lack of maintenance, it has gradually fallen into disrepair.

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