Southern Sichuan: The Moon Shines on the Long March Cultural Relics, Reflecting on the Brilliance

On September 30th, the Martyrs' Memorial Day, the thin mist of Jialing River has not dissipated, and the stone road of Changpingshan Red Education Research Base in the southern part of Nanchong City, Sichuan Province has been dyed warm gold by the morning light. More than 100 teachers, students, party members, cadres, and volunteers gathered here, sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Southern County Party Committee and the County Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film, and Tourism, organized by the County Cultural Relics Protection Institute, and co organized by the County Party History Research Office and the County Veterans Affairs Bureau. The "Bright Moon Shines on the Long March: Revolutionary Cultural Relics Story Conference" is bringing dormant cultural relics down the display cabinet and bringing back the red memories of 89 years ago in autumn.

At 10:30 am, with the guidance of the guide, the team walked along Red Army Street, gradually progressing through the process of "visiting, telling, and interacting". The green stone slabs under their feet were imprinted with Red Army grass shoes, and the horse lanterns with missing cores in the display cabinets once illuminated the path of guerrilla soldiers marching at night. Inside the glass display cabinet, the rust stains on the spear are still sharp, and the yellowed salt tax stamps are illegible. These exhibits are not cold objects, but rather the "time key" that connects 1935 and 2025.

On the night of November 25, 1932, in Shengzhong and Baocheng Mountain valleys, more than 5000 farmers followed Zhang Youmin and Qin Wen to raise the banner of the 'Chuanbei Workers' and Peasants' Red Army! "Yong Xiaoyang, the president of the County Shengbao Uprising Red Culture Research Association, recalled with emotion, pointing to a replica of the uprising plan:" One night, 180 guns were seized, and the main grain books were burned. This not only shook the reactionary rule of the district and township, but also restrained the enemy forces, tearing open a gap for the Red Fourth Army to cross the Jialing River. "The elementary school students in the audience clenched their fists, their eyes full of admiration.

Cheng Xiaobo, former deputy director of the County Party History Research Office, added: "The southern part is an important part of the Sichuan Shaanxi Soviet Area. Two county-level Soviet governments, eight district Soviet governments, 55 township Soviet governments, and 255 village level Soviet governments were established, contributing more than 7 million kilograms of salt to the Soviet Area. Three Red Army teams also emerged. In the martyrs' stele forest of the Sichuan Shaanxi Soviet Area in Bazhong, the names of 1760 southern martyrs are still clear. They paved the revolutionary path with their lives, and this sacrifice is worth remembering forever

When the story turns to Li Mingke, the "hidden front sharp knife", Li Fei, the president of the County Red Research Association, holds an old photo and the scene instantly quiets down. In the photo, Li Mingke from the fourth phase of the Huangpu Military Academy in 1927 is wearing a Zhongshan suit with a firm gaze. He was the commander of the Guard Battalion of the Enemy Committee before the Nanchang Uprising, and used his body to protect the party's documents. Later, he worked underground as a businessman in Shanghai and Sichuan to defend the central organs, "Li Fei's voice choked up." On April 18, 1930, before he became the commander of the Red Sixth Army, he was arrested to eliminate the traitor Yi Jue. The next day, he died at Chaotianmen in Chongqing. At the age of 31, he shouted 'Long live the Communist Party' and even preached revolutionary truth to the masses before his execution

During the War of Resistance Against Japan, the southern region used abacuses to calculate the 'national ledger' and unicycles to promote national hope. "Bai Gang, the director of the County Cultural Relics Protection Office, brought the '1936-1945' Anti Japanese War Ledger for a small town in northern Sichuan: '7.24 million stones of military grain can fill 140000 train skins, 16 million yuan in taxes can be used to offset the ten-year finance of a first-class county, and under the roadbed of more than 200 kilometers of highways, there may be bones of road construction workers buried.' He pointed to the red seal land deed of 'destroying families to relieve difficulties' and told the story of He Bochao, a villager from Dingshui Temple, donating 40 acres of ancestral land:' He said, 'If the land is gone, we can plant it again. If the country is gone, we will become slaves to the fallen country.' There were also women who melted silver Sending cloth shoes to cowherd children - these details are more indicative of the southern people's responsibility of 'one out of every seven young people on the expedition' than numbers

The attendees wrote their wishes on colored paper and pasted them all over the "Moonlight Message" wall: "Protect the Red Salt Well", "Let the Cultural Relics Speak", "May the Jialing River Remember the Heroes"... As the wind blew by, the colored paper fluttered like a miniature five-star red flag, reflecting the bright moon in the sky.

The bright moon shines on the Long March, illuminating both the past and the future, "said Tao Lijun, Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Southern County Committee. The county will continue to dig deep into red resources and turn the" Revolutionary Cultural Relics Story Club "into a normalized" walking ideological and political course, "allowing the red genes along the Jialing River to be passed down from generation to generation. (Bai Gang, Feng Zilin)