Holy Land — Mao Zedong in Shaoshan, Jinggangshan, Zunyi, Yan'an, and Xiangshan

Author: Meng Qingchun (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: In the turbulent course of the Chinese Revolution, the names of Shaoshan, Jinggangshan, Zunyi, Yan'an, and Xiangshan are closely linked with the great Mao Zedong and also with the fate of the Chinese Revolution, making them places of aspiration. Mao Zedong's glorious years in Shaoshan, Jinggangshan, Zunyi, Yan'an, and Xiangshan composed a series of magnificent chapters in his life. Shaoshan was his birthplace, where he grew up and embarked on the journey across China to become a young proletarian revolutionary; on Jinggangshan, he arduously dispelled the gloom of the failure of the Great Revolution and reignited the flame of hope for the Chinese Revolution; in Zunyi, he turned the tide and saved the Red Army and the Party; in Yan'an, he led the whole Party in hard struggles, overcame various difficulties, achieved great development, and made the Communist Party and the people's army in the base areas an important force capable of changing the course of China's destiny, laying the foundation for the victory of the Chinese Revolution; in Xiangshan, he directed the victorious advance of the liberation war and planned the founding of the new China. These five places naturally became sacred sites in the hearts of the Chinese people. These five places became sacred sites because Mao Zedong lived, worked, and fought there.