The former site of the Red 2 and 6th Corps Headquarters is located in Chaoyang School in Chaoyang New Village, Liuduzhai Town. It is an early building of Chaoyang School, also known as Chaoyang Old District School. It was built in 1928 and was the location of Zhonghe Township Office during the Republic of China. It is a well-preserved physical witness in the Long March of the Red Army in , a place in Longhui County, .
front photo of Chaoyang School
From December 13 to 20, 1935, the Red 26th Army passed through 15 townships and 210 villages in Longhui County, with a journey of more than 500 miles. From December 16 to 17, after winning the Yatian battle, in the early morning of the 18th, the main forces of the Red Second and Sixth Legions marched from Simen, Jinshiqiao and Yatian to Liuduzhai (also known as Saishi and Zhaishi). He Long, Ren Bishi, Guan Xiangying, Xiao Ke, Wang Zhen and others set up the headquarters in Chaoyang School. The main forces of the Red Second Legion are located in the Shuangjiangkou of Liuduzhai, Hongjiang , Chaoyangpu, Maping to Feigetan, and the main forces of the Red Sixth Legion are located in the areas of Akita, Hanjiangping and Shetang in Hetian Township. Red Army Traveling Liuduzhai for three days, fighting against local tyrants, punishing bullies, promoting revolutionary ideals, expanding recruitment of the Red Army, and helping the poor, leaving behind many touching stories.
Chaoyang School side
Wang Enmao Long March records: On December 18, he set out from Wuluo (Luo), passed by Longhuisi and Liuduzhai, and was very popular with the people along the way, especially on Liuduzhai Street, where firecrackers were fired, and "Welcome" flags and slogans were written, such as " Workers' and Peasants' Red Army is an army that relieves the pain of the workers' and peasants' masses", "Long live the Soviet government" and other words. Arrived at Chaoyangpu camping at 3:30 pm. During the Long March, Wang Enmao served as the Secretary-General of the Communist Party of China's Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou Provincial Committee. Chaoyang School was the headquarters of the Red Second and Sixth Corps headquarters in Chaoyangpu.
Shot on the back of Chaoyang School
The moving deeds of the Red Second and Sixth Army Road Regiments passing through Liudu Village. The army loves the people, supports the army, and the army and the people are as close as a family have been passed down to this day. The Red Army strictly adhered to the "three major actions and eight major attention". Even if we take a long way to march, we would not trample crops, and we would not take a needle or thread from the masses, or even drink a bowl of water. The Red Army borrowed things and borrowed them back, and borrowed them back more. Whenever they left the camping site, they lay the grass and tied it back, and the place was cleaned up. During the Long March, the Red Army fought more than 20 local tyrants in Liuduzhai Commune, confiscated the rice from the landlords Liu Jihan, Liu Hongkui, Guo Lizhi, Liu Yuchun, Liu Hucheng and others, killed the pigs of the landlords Zhao Laoma, Liu Zhaonan and others, dried Liu Xunzhi's fish pond, and ordered Liu Zaofang to hand over 100 yuan in silver and a crock of copper yuan... The ruthless attack on the landlords made them frightened and ruined their might, like a dog that was strayed from a family, hurriedly fled the deep mountains; while the poor peasants were excited and proud. Part of the rice and property confiscated by the Red Army was used as military supplies and part of it was distributed to the poor.
Ren Bishi's former residence Chen Zhan's "The former site of the Red Second Army at the Chaoyangpu Station in Longhui"" Historical photo
The Red Army influenced the local people with action education, and many people were competing to do things for the Red Army. Some sacrificed themselves and served as guides for the Red Army; some ignored their personal safety and detected the enemy situation for the Red Army and conveyed information; some raised food, clothing, and money to provide supplies for the Red Army; some washed and mended the Red Army, made straw sandals, etc.; some were not afraid of causing disasters, and they were placed and covered in the fallen Red Army at home to recover and return to the troops. There was a big hole in front of Liao Xi's house in Furong Brigade of Dingshan Commune. The two of them were afraid that the Red Army would fall at night and then they created a fire next to the hole. After the mother and son burned all the firewood in the house, they removed the fence and continued to burn it. The fire continued until dawn. The mother and son also guarded the snowy night for a night, allowing all the Red Army to pass safely. When Chen Guang's central chasing the Red Army to Liudu Village, he captured two small Red Army soldiers, one named Xi Yizi, 11 years old, from Changde; the other named Shi Qianjiui, 15 years old, from Li County. The two little Red Army soldiers were paid by tailor Yang Haicong to avoid being harmed by the bandits. Xiaoyizi later joined the revolutionary team and returned to his hometown after ten cents in Liuduzhai Town several years later.
The Red Army sowed the spark of revolution here, and many people signed up to join the Red Army. For example, the poor farmer Yang Fugui, the poor farmer Liu Decai, the poor farmer Yang Longfa (Yang Yichang's son), and the local Fangzhike who made tiles all followed the Red Army's Long March.During the Long March, six Red Army soldiers were sacrificed, buried by local people, and guarded the tombs of the Red Army martyrs for generations.
The early construction of Chaoyang School is also a testimony to the development of early education in Longhui County. During the Republic of China, the imperial examinations were abolished and new schools were established everywhere, while Zhonghe Township only had junior high school and no senior high school. In the 17th year of the Republic of China (1928), Zhonghe Township planned to build a primary school, and publicly recommended Ouyang Zhu, who was then the academic affairs committee member of Shaoyang County, as the preparatory director of the school, and the gentry Liu Xunzhi as the deputy director. At that time, Longhui had not yet established a county, and it was under the jurisdiction of Shaoyang County. It was a district under the county and a township under the district. At that time, Liuduzhai belonged to District 35, and later changed to District 7, so the school was called District School. The school broke ground that year and took three years to complete it. It was named Zhonghe Township High School, and it was the first complete primary school in central Longhui County. After liberation, the "district school" was further developed as Chaoyang School, which means that the school is like the rising sun. After the Cultural Revolution, the school's school scale reached its peak, enrolling more than 20 classes and more than 1,000 students each year. After the reform and opening up of , the middle school department was abolished and reorganized to complete primary schools has been resolutely held. The first principal Ouyang Shu once wrote an inscription on the school's founding and early development.
The school faces west and east, covers an area of 4725 square meters and has a construction area of 2987 square meters. It is a brick and wood-structured courtyard building with three floors and the remaining two floors. Three typical buildings from the Republic of China period are now retained. The first floor of the exterior wall is made of blue bricks to create Western arched windows and doors; the second floor is equipped with a traditional Chinese-style wooden structure corridor inside and outside, and is connected to the first floor of the inner eaves corridor. There is no need to hold an umbrella to change shoes when traveling in rainy and snowy days, and the layout is very scientific and reasonable. It was announced in November 2011 as a municipal cultural relics protection unit in Shaoyang City.