Eternal Friendship - The Long March and Ethnic Minorities

Author: Miao Xiaoping
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: During the world-famous Long March, the Red Army had to fight fierce battles against fierce enemies while also conducting work among ethnic minority groups to gain their support. In a short time, it left behind many unforgettable and deeply moving stories. Liu Bocheng, the commander of the Red Army vanguard, drank blood with Xiao Yedan, the leader of the Yi people, which not only ensured the smooth passage of the Red Army through Yi areas but also sowed the seeds of revolution. He Xiong, the commander-in-chief of the Second and Sixth Corps of the Red Army, presented white hadas to the eight elderly monks of the Tibetan Buddhist temple in Yunnan Guhuasi, the misunderstanding of the monks towards the Red Army, and the Tibetan people held an early "jumping spirit" ceremony for the Red Army in the temple. Yang Chengwu, the Political Committee Secretary of the Fourth Regiment, issued the "Code for Ethnic Minority Areas" in Hada, educating officers and soldiers to seriously implement the Party's ethnic policies.