Joint exhibition of cultural relics commemorating the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March was unveiled at the National Museum of China

China News Service, Beijing, October 30 (Reporter Ying Ni and Li Chun) A few dry weeds, a yellowed cloth coin from the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area, a multi-lingual version of "Red Star Shines on China"... The "Famous Names Live Forever, Fire Songs - A Joint Exhibition of Cultural Relics to Commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March" opened at the National Museum of China on the 30th, using more than 400 exhibits to build a dialogue between history and contemporary times.

Through the five units of "Bloody Journey", "Forging the Soul of the Army", "Spreading the Praise", "Inheriting the Fire" and "Guarding Innovation", the exhibition writes about the past of the Red Army breaking through the blockade and fighting thousands of miles away. It focuses on the tempering of ideas and the condensed faith on the Long March to strengthen the army, and restores the vivid process of the spread of the Long March story at home and abroad.

The dried weeds on display were picked by soldiers of the Fourth Red Army on July 1, 1936, the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Yang Chao, associate research librarian and exhibition content designer of the National Museum of China, said that this small herb with yellow flowers is originally poisonous. After repeated cooking, the toxicity weakens. People will become weak after eating it, but it is not life-threatening, so it became a food for soldiers to satisfy their hunger. 90 years ago, soldiers picked these grasses to satisfy their hunger and specially kept these few plants in memory of their comrades who died during the Long March.

A yellowed cloth coin from the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area was left to his mother by Yang Shicai, the 12-year-old "Red Little Ghost" before setting off on the Long March in 1935. After that, the mother and son were separated for 15 years. No matter how hard it was, the mother was not willing to spend it. She kept it as a souvenir until the mother and son reunited after the liberation of Sichuan. The cloth coin returned to Yang Shicai's hands and was later donated to the museum.

Jiang Lin, a research librarian and curator of the National Museum of China, said that the exhibition shows the practice of successive generations of cultural relic donors, site conservators, researchers, and teenagers protecting red relics, constructing a dialogue narrative between history and contemporary times. For example, the compass used by Lin Boqu during the Long March and the straw sandals given to civilian Li Deyun by the Red Army. These donations carry the memory of the Long March and become precious evidence of the times and national memory.

It is worth mentioning that for the first time, the exhibition systematically sorts out the overseas communication context and international impact of the Long March, integrating overseas reports of the Long March and foreign personal experience records, etc., to fill the gaps in similar exhibition content. A batch of original works have been translated into multiple languages ​​and disseminated overseas to help overseas readers understand the vivid historical picture of the Long March. The exhibits include French, German, Russian, Spanish and other versions of "Red Star Shines on China" and English, French, Russian, German, Japanese and other versions of "Reviewing the Long March".

The exhibition is jointly organized by the National Museum of China and the Martyrs Memorial Facility Protection Center of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and will last until March 15, 2027.