Today (29th), the History Exhibition Hall of the Communist Party of China launched two themed exhibitions to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March.
Among them, the "Great Expedition - Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army Long March Archives Exhibition" displays more than 230 precious Long March archives mainly from the collection of the Central Archives, some of which are exhibited to the public for the first time;
"Snow Mountain Grassland - Special Exhibition of Cultural Relics to Commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March" focuses on the Red Army's crossing of snowy mountains and trekking through grassland, with 273 exhibits (sets) on display.
Both exhibitions will be on view free of charge until the end of the year.
The Great Expedition - Archives Exhibition of the Long March of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army
"The Great Expedition - The Long March Archives Exhibition of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" is jointly sponsored by the Central Archives and the History Exhibition Hall of the Communist Party of China. It displays more than 230 precious Long March archives, mainly from the collection of the Central Archives. Many of the archives are displayed to the public for the first time.
The exhibition is divided into five units:
The first to third units focus on the history of the Central Red Army's Long March, showing historical scenes such as the Central Red Army's departure from Ruijin, breaking through the four blockades, moving to Guizhou, holding the Zunyi Conference, crossing Chishui four times, crossing the Jinsha River skillfully, flying to capture the Luding Bridge, crossing the snowy mountains, trekking through the grassland, and arriving at Wuqi Town in victory. It highlighted that the Zunyi Conference achieved a life-and-death turning point in the history of the Party, in fact established Comrade Mao Zedong's leadership position in the Party Central Committee and the Red Army, began to establish the leadership position of the Marxist correct line with Comrade Mao Zedong as the main representative in the Party Central Committee, began to form the first generation of central leadership collective with Comrade Mao Zedong as the core, opened a new stage for the Party to independently solve practical problems in the Chinese revolution, and saved the Party, the Red Army, and the Chinese revolution at the most critical moment.
The fourth unit focuses on the battle footprints of the Fourth Front Army, the Twenty-fifth Red Army, and the Second and Sixth Red Army, telling the historical facts of strategic responses such as the brave victory over Baozuo, the fierce battle at Dushu Town, and the move to Wumeng Mountain.
The fifth unit revolves around the victorious rendezvous, showing that the Shaanxi-Gansu base area was the only complete revolutionary base area left in the country in the late period of the Agrarian Revolutionary War. It provided a foothold for the Party Central Committee and the Red Army's long march, and a starting point for the main force of the Eighth Route Army adapted from the Red Army after the outbreak of the National Anti-Japanese War to rush to the anti-Japanese front line.
The exhibition also specially sets up special sections such as "Twenty-five Thousand Miles", "How did the world know about the Long March?" and "The Long March in Versions" to display the international community's reporting and research results on the Long March. Among them, the 1937 "Red Army's Long March" transcript was shown to the audience for the first time. The exhibition adheres to archiving to establish history and uses archives to narrate history, and excavates archival text and transforms it into distinctive visual language, vividly showing the great journey of the Red Army overcoming numerous difficulties and dangers and completing strategic shifts.
Snow Mountain Grassland - Special Exhibition of Cultural Relics to Commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army’s Long March
The "Snow Mountain Grassland - Special Exhibition of Cultural Relics to Commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March", which opened on the same day, was jointly sponsored by the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau and the History Exhibition Hall of the Communist Party of China. It was also the first time that an original special exhibition of Sichuan's Long March cultural relics was displayed in Beijing.
Sichuan was an important route of the Long March. Major events such as the fourth crossing of Chishui, the formation of the Yihai Alliance, and the flying capture of the Luding Bridge took place here. The Red Army climbed over snow-capped mountains and crossed grasslands on the western Sichuan Plateau, embarking on the road to victory northward. The exhibition takes climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands as the main narrative line, and is divided into three units: "climbing snow-capped mountains", "crossing grasslands" and "casting monuments". It insists on "let cultural relics be the protagonist" and brings together 273 exhibits (sets) from 17 cultural and museum archives units, including 38 precious cultural relics (sets). The Red Army's nailed cloth shoes, half belts, pocket party flags, wheat-cutting certificates and other physical objects, together with memoirs and oral historical materials, visually restore the Red Army's arduous struggle in extremely harsh environments. A batch of latest research results and cultural relics, including the Jiajin Mountain ruins, Baozuo Battle site survey specimens, and the certificate of female Red Army Wang Quanying living in the Red Army, are on public display for the first time. The exhibition innovates the display format, adhering to the concept of returning cultural relics to the historical scene, creating immersive scenes of climbing over Jiajin Mountain and crossing Songpan Grassland, restoring the Jiajin Mountain pass and the real scene of the high-altitude Red Army Martyrs Tomb, achieving a deep integration of cultural relics, scenes, and narratives. Touching stories such as "Red Horse Lanterns" leading the way, old Red Army Feng Yuanting chiseling and protecting monuments, fully demonstrate the heroic spirit of "the majestic pass and the road are as real as iron", and vividly interpret the lofty belief that "revolutionary ideals are higher than the sky".
The "Great Expedition" and "Snow Mountain Grassland" exhibitions have been selected into the list of themed exhibitions to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army's Long March announced by the Central Propaganda Department, the Central Cyberspace Affairs Office, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. They use archival documents and revolutionary cultural relics as the core carriers. The case restores historical details, touches the historical temperature with cultural relics, and reproduces the heroic epic of the Red Army's Long March from multiple dimensions. It guides the audience to look back on the prosperous years, remember the revolutionary heroes, draw strength from them, inherit the spirit of the great Long March, and strive to walk the Long March in the new era.
