Former Site of the Central Post Office

　　The Central Post Office was under the jurisdiction of the Central People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs, with departments including the Postal Affairs Section, the Censorship Section, the Telephone Switchboard Room, and the Messenger Unit. The office had over 50 staff members in total.

　　The Postal Affairs Section was mainly responsible for distributing letters, newspapers, and similar items; the Censorship Section primarily reviewed mail for any deviations and sometimes dispatched personnel for inspection work; the Telephone Switchboard Room was formed based on the telephone team that moved here in September 1931 along with the headquarters of the First Front Red Army. On the eve of the First National Soviet Congress, they installed wired telephone lines connecting various offices in Yeping. The Messenger Unit was in charge of delivering letters, documents, orders, and newspapers. At that time, there were four main postal routes: Central Post Office — Hupi — Pingshangang; Central Post Office — Ruijin County Town; Central Post Office — Dabaidi; Central Post Office — Rentian. The messengers were mostly from poor farming or working-class backgrounds. Due to the poor transportation conditions at the time, they relied entirely on walking and carried around 100 jin (approximately 50 kg) of mail in baskets on their shoulders. Their work was extremely arduous and dangerous—some even fell victim to assassination.

　　On May 1, 1932, the Central Postal Administration was established on the foundation of the Central Post Office, with Yang Yuebin, Lai Shaoyao, Wang Xingcai, Zhang Shanchu, and Wang Qifeng serving successively as its directors. After its establishment, the Central Postal Administration relocated to Zhongshi Village in Yeping.

　　This former site was built in 1766 and is commonly known as “Weiyuan Tingxia.” It is now a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.