The place name story of "Mulan Mountain" won the second prize of the Ministry of Civil Affairs "Red Place Names * Praise for a Hundred Years"

Top: Li Xiannian titled Mulan Mountain; Bottom: Overlooking view of Yuhuang Pavilion of Mulan Mountain

On September 10, the Civil Affairs Bureau of Huangpi District, Wuhan received a notice: Mulan written by Chinese Writers Association member Pei Gaocai The story of mountain red place names ""Lofty Mulan Mountain, where the revolutionary spirit survives"" won the second prize of the "Red Place Names · A Hundred Years of Praise" Place Name Stories Collection by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. This is also the only recipient of this honor in Hubei Province. Earlier, another story of Mulan Mountain place names written by Pei Gaocai was selected as the "Most Ecological Place Name" of the "Most Beautiful Place Names" in Hubei Province.

"Autumn Harvest Uprising on Jinggangshan, Jute Uprising on Mulan Mountain." This red place name story ""Lofty Mulan Mountain, the Revolutionary Prosperity"" mainly tells the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jute Uprising, Mulan Mountain Revolutionary Base The founder of Wu Guanghao, a martyr, founded the Seventh Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants Revolutionary Army (the predecessor of the Red Fourth Army) in Mulan Mountain, Huangpi, Hubei, and opened up a touching story about the revolutionary base centered on Mulan Mountain.

Mulan Mountain is only 582.1 meters above sea level. It is difficult to compare with the famous mountains all over the country. Why did it stand out in this national red place name collection event? The general answer can be found in the first paragraph of the "Mulan Mountain" place name story: the moving legend of Mulan Mountain using Mulan to serve in the army on behalf of his father, the religious dojo where the Buddhism and Taoism in the thirty-six halls of the Seven Palaces and Eight Views, and The birthplace of the 7th Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, and is well-known at home and abroad. World-famous educator and scientist Tian Changlin splashed ink after visiting the scenic spots of Mulan Mountain: "Mulan is a scenic spot, and the world is magnificent!" 黄陂 and other provinces, prefectures, and counties recorded multiple evidence, describing the source of Mulan Mountain. For example, it has been discovered so far that the earliest record of the National Geographic History of Mulan Mountain was " Taiping Huanyu Ji " thousands of years ago. "Tai Ping Huan Yu Ji" "Huangzhou·Huangpi County" article stated: "Mulan Mountain is in the county boundary." There is also the intangible cultural heritage " Mulan Legend ", which has been passed down through the ages. Du Mu Poems and famous articles written in Mulan Temple on Mulan Mountain.

As the story of the red place name, the title of "Mulan Mountain" directly borrows the ten characters of the great man Li Xiannian's inscription for Mulan Mountain, "The towering Mulan Mountain, the revolutionary spirit exists", which is both straightforward and present; Mulan Mountain is the seventh of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army The cradle of the birth of the army is closely related to the religious characteristic of Mulan Mountain-the cover of the revolutionary leader Wan Zhaoxu.

On December 29, 1927, Wu Guanghao, deputy commander-in-chief of the Jute Uprising, who had experienced war in Ye Ting, led 72 backbone forces including , Dai Kemin, Cao Xuekai, and Dai Jiying, carrying 53 long and short guns, and broke through to the Huangpi Mulan Mountain. . After going up the mountain, the enemy carried out several rounds of encirclement and hunting. It was Wan Zhaoxu, Taoist Chief of Yuhuang Pavilion of Mulan Mountain, who used a secret tunnel (also known as "Baiyun Cave") under the Yuhuang Pavilion Taoist Temple to cleverly conquer Wu. Guanghao, Dai Kemin and others have successfully transferred many times. Therefore, the Mulan Mountain Wind Tunnel became a meeting place where the Seventh Army of the Workers’ and Peasants Revolutionary Army often met and a shelter for guerrilla warfare. Hence the name "Red Army Cave".

"The revolutionary flames of Mulan Mountain burned all over and Dabie Mountain ." Comrade Xu Xiangqian's inscription during his lifetime was a high-level summary of the role of the Mulan Mountain Revolutionary Base as a link between the past and the spark. The Jute Uprising was the predecessor of the Mulan Mountain Revolutionary Base, and the move to the Jute Uprising in Mulan Mountain was its predecessor. It was the continuation of the Jute Uprising and the starting point of the Hubei, Henan and Anhui base areas. The Huangma Uprising and the shift to Mulan Mountain were the largest and most influential armed uprisings led by the Communist Party of China in Hubei; it laid the foundation for the second largest Soviet area in the country-the Hubei, Henan and Anhui base areas; the fire sown was later the New Five Division On the border of Hubei and Henan, the army of Liu and Deng advancing into the Dabie Mountains played a huge strategic role during the War of Resistance and the War of Liberation. (Xiao Yan, Chen Chuang)

Editor: Hu Jing

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