In the summer of 1938, Su Yu and Zhang Dingcheng led the advance detachment and the first and second brigades of the New Fourth Army, respectively, advancing from southern Anhui to the enemy’s rear in southern Jiangsu to carry out anti-Japanese guerrilla warfare. On November 7, 1939, the New Fourth Army Jiangnan Command was publicly announced at Shuixi, with Su Yu as the deputy commander, leading the first and second brigades and local anti-Japanese forces in southern Jiangsu. By the following July, Su Yu led the Jiangnan Command and its main forces to cross the Yangtze River to the north. During this period, Su Yu resolutely carried out the correct directives of the Central Committee of the Party and creatively applied the Party’s three great treasures based on the actual anti-Japanese struggle in southern Jiangsu, establishing, consolidating, and developing the anti-Japanese base in southern Jiangsu with Shuixi Village as the command center, laying the foundation for the anti-Japanese base in central China and writing a glorious chapter in the history of our Party and our army. Wang Bicheng, the commander of the second regiment of the New Fourth Army and a lieutenant general at the founding of the nation, said: ‘Without Shuixi Village, there would be no Maoshan base, no eastward advancement, no base in northern Jiangsu, and no victory in the Huangqiao Battle!’ The New Fourth Army Jiangnan Command Headquarters Memorial Hall is a revolutionary memorial hall established based on the significant historical fact of the New Fourth Army Jiangnan Command, featuring the site as its characteristic. The restoration of the former site of the Jiangnan Command began in 1979, and it was officially opened to the public in 1984. Its responsibilities include protecting and managing the former site of the New Fourth Army Jiangnan Command, collecting, researching, and promoting revolutionary cultural relics and historical materials related to the event. After years of construction, the memorial hall covers an area of 50,000 square meters, with an exhibition area of 10,000 square meters. It is divided into the core area, the former site group in Shuixi Village, and the former site group of the first brigade command of the New Fourth Army in Song Lane. The core area covers an area of 40,000 square meters and has six visiting points, which are the former site of the New Fourth Army Jiangnan Command headquarters, the historical exhibition hall of the New Fourth Army Jiangnan Command, and the New Fourth Army’s integrity and ideological education hall; there are four visiting points in Shuixi Village, which are the former sites of the deputy command office, the communication squad, the political department’s field service group, and the printing office; 2 kilometers away from the core area is the former site group of the first brigade command of the New Fourth Army in Song Lane and the Iron Army Square. The memorial hall has six permanent special exhibitions and five restored exhibitions, focusing on the ‘Bending the Bow to Shoot the Sun to Jiangnan’ historical exhibition of the New Fourth Army Jiangnan Command, fully reflecting the great achievements of the New Fourth Army Jiangnan Command as the front command in the Anti-Japanese War. The Jiangsu Province Youth Civilization Number, the former site of the first brigade command of the New Fourth Army in Song Lane, is a key cultural relics protection unit in Jiangsu Province. Opening hours: All year round, Tuesday to Sunday 08:30-16:30; all year round, Monday closed; New Year’s Day, Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day 08:30-16:30. Service facilities WiFi: Account: Scan the QR code inside the official public account of the scenic spot to connect; Password: Scan the QR code inside the official public account of the scenic spot to connect; Range:
New Fourth Army Jiangnan Command Headquarters Memorial Hall
In the summer of 1938, Su Yu and Zhang Dingcheng led the advance detachment and the first and second brigades […]
