China News Service, Yudu, Jiangxi, October 13th. Title: Recalling the original intention by the Yudu River and starting again on the new Long March road
China News Network reporters Liu Zhankun and Cheng Chunyu
On the morning of October 13, the Long March Grand Theater in Yudu County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province was full of seats. The online theme promotion event "Red Star Shines on China and the New Long March Starts Again" was held here.
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army’s Long March. This event was co-sponsored by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Central Party History and Documentation Research Institute, Xinhua News Agency, and the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee Cyberspace Affairs Commission. Through scenario interpretation, narration, chorus and other forms, the event looked back at the history of the Long March and focused on the strugglers of the new era.
On the banks of the Du River, looking back at the departure
At about 9:30, the creative opening song "Seven Rhythms·Long March" was sung. Du Huan, winner of the 27th Chinese Drama "Plum Blossom Award" and director of the Jiangxi Song and Dance Theater, led the singing, and 80 members of the Yudu Changzhengyuan Chorus sang in unison. Founded in 2010, the Yudu Changzhengyuan Chorus is composed of descendants of the Red Army from all walks of life in the county. It has performed more than 700 charity performances.
The previous article "Departure·Long March" used six programs to connect the key historical nodes of the Long March. Actor Yu Hewei recounted in "That Road": "In the autumn of 92 years ago, right next to us, by the Yudu River, more than 86,000 Red Army commanders and soldiers bid farewell to their elders in the Soviet area and began a near-death and desperate counterattack expedition." In October 1934, more than 86,000 people, including the main force of the Central Red Army, gathered by the Yudu River and crossed the river at night from eight major ferries. At that time, there were only more than 300,000 people in Yudu County, of which more than 68,000 Yudu's children joined the Red Army, and 100,000 people came forward to participate in the war.
"Ninety Years of Waiting" is narrated by actor Fan Zhibo. In 2019, Duan Guixiu, who was over 100 years old, found the name of her husband "Wang Jinchang" on the wall of famous names in the Yudu County Martyrs Memorial Park. On August 23 this year, Duan Guixiu passed away at the age of 108. She was the last widow of a Red Army martyr in the Soviet Area of southern Jiangxi. In "The Last Drop of Blood", actor Bao Jianfeng and Zhou Yunliang, director of the Red Army's Long March Xiangjiang Campaign Memorial Hall, jointly tell the story of Chen Shuxiang's "broken heart and clear ambition". In November 1934, the Central Red Army fought a bloody battle with nearly 300,000 enemy troops on the banks of the Xiangjiang River. Almost all of the more than 6,000 commanders and fighters of the Red 34th Division died.
In "Three Generations of Faith", Kong Xia, the granddaughter of Kong Xianquan, the first director of the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall, and actor Wang Lei took the stage. Kong Xia said that she has been telling red stories on a voluntary basis at the Zunyi Conference Memorial Hall for 33 years. Three generations of her family have been tellers of red stories and disseminators of the spirit of the Long March.
The new Long March, moving forward in relays
The next article, "New Long March, Starting Again" focuses on the present. "It's You Always Thinking of Me" welcomes three narrators-Sun Guanfa, Sun Lixin, and Zuo Weibo. Sun Guanfa is a descendant of the Red Army martyrs in Tantou Village, Yudu County. After 2019, more than 200 selenium-rich vegetable greenhouses were built in Tantou Village. The total output value of the selenium-rich industry chain reached 180 million yuan. The village's collective income jumped from less than 80,000 yuan before 2019 to 3.55 million yuan in 2025.
"Because There Are People Over There" brings together strivers from different fields. Yuan Shougen, the first person to introduce navel oranges in southern Jiangxi, started with 156 navel orange seedlings more than 50 years ago. In 2025, the planting area of navel oranges in southern Gansu will reach 1.94 million acres, and the brand value will reach 69.294 billion yuan. Huasheng, a descendant of the "Seventeen Pines" martyrs in Ruijin, Jiangxi, brought pine cones picked from the pines. On September 6 this year, the G3998 Fuxing train departed from Ruijin Station and headed for Yan'an. Ruijin and Yan'an were directly connected by high-speed rail. Hua Sheng said: "The pines bear witness that our predecessors have not finished the journey, and we have walked it for them."
In "My Long March", Shandong retired submarine veteran Zhang Zhizheng, Long March No. 10A aerodynamic and thermal environment general designer Xu Haonan, Chinese male gymnast Zhang Boheng, and Chinese female swimmer Cheng Yujie successively took the stage to tell their respective "Long March" stories.
After the theme performance, projects and results were released on-site. Many companies and institutions released industrial projects to help the high-quality development of Jiangxi’s old revolutionary areas. After the launching ceremony, all the actors took the stage and sang "Red Star Song".
From Yan'an to Yudu, from the victory of the Long March to the new Long March, this red star that illuminates the Chinese revolution is guiding the strivers of the new era to continue moving forward on their respective "Long March Roads."
