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

Author: Meng Qingchun
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Mao Zedong's glorious years in Shaoshan, Jinggangshan, Zunyi, Yan'an, and Xiangshan have composed a series of magnificent chapters in his life. Shaoshan, his birthplace, was where he grew up and from where he embarked on the journey across China as 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 entire Party in hard struggles, overcame various difficulties, achieved significant development, and made the Communist Party and the people's army in the base areas an important force that would change 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.