The Former Site of Xuxiang Farmers' Club in Wuxi. [Photo/wxrb.com]
Wuxi's six red landmarks were included in the first batch of 100 red landmarks recognized by Jiangsu province, according to an official announcement made on June 3.
Marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, related government departments in Jiangsu organized the event to promote red landmarks with historic and cultural connotations of the country's revolutionary spirit.
The event was held in February to release the first 100 red landmarks that with stories during the New Democratic Revolution period or are important to Party leaders, heroes and model figures who have made outstanding contributions to the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
The six listed red landmarks in Wuxi were Zhaimen, the Former Site of Xuxiang Farmers' Club, the Memorial Hall of the Jiangnan Volunteer Army's Move to the East of the New Fourth Army, Jiangyin Fortress (Huangshan Fort), Huaxi Village, as well as the Memorial Hall of the Taihua Mountain's New Fourth Army and the South Jiangsu Base.
The Former Site of Xuxiang Farmers' Club was started by Xu Mengying, the first member of the Communist Party of China in the rural areas of Wuxi during the First Revolutionary Civil War (1924-1927). Xu led the peasants to fight against the landlords and tyrants, launching a powerful peasant revolution.
Zhaimen was the division of the Sixth Division of the New Fourth Army during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45). Tan Zhenlin's troops were stationed here and carried out works on the military, united front, finance, culture, education, and democracy movement, which inspired the public to support China in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
