Ciping Revolutionary Sites · Nanshan Park
Ciping was the hub of the Jinggangshan revolutionary base: the Fourth Red Army headquarters site cluster and Mao Zedong's former residence are well preserved
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Ciping was the hub of the Jinggangshan revolutionary base: the Fourth Red Army headquarters site cluster and Mao Zedong's former residence are well preserved; Torch Square in Nanshan Park holds the "Single Spark" themed sculpture, and from the summit you can look out over the whole of Ciping and Yicui Lake. This route pairs the revolutionary site cluster with the town's green lung — an evening stroll by the lake makes a relaxed finish to the red-tour day.
Getting there: Ciping
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More in Jinggangshan
- Jinggangshan Scenic Area
National 5A-level scenic area: In 1927 Mao Zedong led the Autumn Harvest Uprising forces up Jinggangshan, and in April 1928 they joined forces with Zhu De's Nanchang Uprising remnants, establishing China's first rural revolutionary base — the "cradle of the Chinese revolution"
- Jinggangshan Revolutionary Museum
China's first local revolutionary-history museum, built in 1959: a panoramic exhibition of the Jinggangshan revolutionary struggle — from leading the troops to Jinggangshan through the Zhu-Mao meeting of forces, carrying grain up the mountain, and the counter-"joint suppression" campaigns
- Huangyangjie
Foremost of Jinggangshan's five great sentry posts, at 1,343 m above sea level: in August 1928 the Red Army used the terrain to win the Battle of Huangyangjie against overwhelming odds, prompting Mao Zedong to write "Guns thunder on Huangyangjie, announcing the enemy's flight by night"
- Maoping Octagonal Building · Join-up Square
The Maoping Octagonal Building is the earth-and-timber building where Mao Zedong then worked and lived, named for its octagonal skylight — under "the lamp of the Octagonal Building" he wrote works such as Why Is It That Red Political Power Can Exist in China?
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