Tonggu Memorial Museum of the Autumn Harvest Uprising
The Tonggu Memorial Museum of the Autumn Harvest Uprising was completed and opened to the public in August 1977. Its inscribed name was written by Comrade Song Renqiong, a founding father of the People’s Republic of China.
The museum is located at No. 489 East Dingjiang Road, Tonggu County, right next to the Former Site of the Front Enemy Committee of the Autumn Harvest Uprising on the Hunan-Jiangxi Border (Regimental Headquarters of the 3rd Regiment, 1st Division, 1st Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army) — the Xiao Yongweng Ancestral Hall.
The Tonggu County Museum was established in December 1994. The two institutions share the same office and staffing.
The museum covers a total land area of 5,000 square metres, with a construction area of 4,400 square metres and an exhibition area of 2,200 square metres. The total length of exhibition routes reaches 130 metres. It is a three-storey brick-concrete building.
In 2007, the People’s Government of Tonggu County invested more than 3 million yuan to renovate the interior exhibitions and repair the exterior building. The museum reopened on September 11 under the administration of the Tonggu County Bureau of Culture.
Honours
- Listed as a National Demonstration Base for Patriotic Education by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee in 2001.
- Named one of the Top Ten Red Tourist Attractions in Jiangxi Province in 2004.
- Designated as one of the first batches of National Demonstration Bases for National Defense Education in December 2009.
- Approved as an On-site Teaching Site by the China Executive Leadership Academy Jinggangshan in 2010.
- In 2013, the Xiao Yongweng Ancestral Hall was included in the Seventh Batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level. In the same year, Tonggu County Museum was rated a National Third-Class Museum by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.
Permanent Thematic Exhibition
The exhibition is divided into five chapters, vividly recreating the magnificent revolutionary activities led by Comrade Mao Zedong with the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops in Tonggu:
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Fluttering Military Banners
It introduces the historical background that made Tonggu one of the birthplaces of the Autumn Harvest Uprising on the Hunan-Jiangxi Border.
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Military Review on the Sandbar
It recounts the glorious course of the Autumn Harvest Uprising personally led by Comrade Mao Zedong with the 3rd Regiment and local people of Tonggu.
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Deep Reflection in Paibu
After the uprising suffered setbacks, Mao Zedong led the 3rd Regiment back to Paibu of Tonggu to deliberate on the future direction of the troops.
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Marching toward Jinggangshan
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Regiments of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army successfully joined forces in Wenjiashi, Liuyang. Comrade Mao Zedong led the troops to the Jinggang Mountains and founded the first rural revolutionary base area, charting the course for China’s revolutionary cause.
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A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire
It tells the story of this revolutionary army reorganized in the Sanwan Reorganisation. The troops went through the whole course of China’s armed revolutionary struggle and made indelible contributions to the liberation of the Chinese people and the development of socialism.
In accordance with the circular issued by four central government ministries, the museum took the lead in opening free of charge to all visitors on January 30, 2008. According to incomplete statistics, it has received more than 2 million visitors from home and abroad since its opening.
Precious Cultural Relics
1. Wooden Water Bucket
On September 11, 1927, Comrade Mao Zedong led the 3rd Regiment, 1st Division, 1st Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army to set off from the big sandbar at Tonggu Bridge, marched via Shiqiao and launched an attack on Baisha.
This wooden bucket was used by farmers from Shangzhuang to send tea to the regiment. It embodies the deep bond between the military and local civilians.
2. Hurricane Lamp
This lamp belonged to Li Chengqing, a soldier of the Liuyang Workers’ and Peasants’ Volunteer Corps stationed in Tonggu during the Autumn Harvest Uprising.
3. Military Insignia
In 1992, a unit of the distinguished 1st Red Regiment was reorganized into the Hong Kong Garrison Infantry Brigade, writing a new chapter in safeguarding the prosperity and stability of Hong Kong. This insignia was donated by the Hong Kong Garrison Infantry Brigade in July 2007
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