Gutian Conference Site
The Site of Gutian Conference is at the foot of Bijia Mountain, Caimeiling, Gutian Village in Shanghang County of Fujian Province.
The Site of Gutian Conference was originally Liaojia Ancestral Temple built at the end of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The site was once the location of the Hesheng Primary School after the Republic China (1912-1949) was founded. It was a group of brick-and-wood structure consisting of the front and back halls and the wing rooms.
Out of the temple, there is a well on the left and a parade platform for the Red Army on the right. Behind the temple, there are tall firs and cypresses. The back hall, which used to be the schoolhouse for the higher grades, was where the Gutian Conference was held. Now the rostrum, the conference logo, the Party flag, the portraits of Marx and Lenin, the seats for the delegates are restored. In the left wing room, there was the office of Mao Zedong during the conference. Near the site there are some exhibition halls for the conference.
In December 1929, the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army held the ninthCongress of the Communist Partywhich summarized the experiences for building the Party and the army ever since the Nanchang Uprising. The articleRectifying the Wrong Thoughts of the Party Membersdrafted by Mao Zedong was passed in the conference, which was the famous resolution of Gutian Conference. The resolution stipulated the basic principles for building the Party and the army, making Gutian Conference an important conference in the history of the Chinese Communist Party.
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