Former site of Xiamen prison breaking struggle

The former site of Xiamen prison breaking struggle is located at 451 Siming South Road, Siming District. The former site was built in 1765, the thirtieth year of Qianlong reign in Qing Dynasty. It was the prison of Xiamen coast defense department. In 1912, when Siming county was set up in Xiamen, it was changed into Siming County prison.

Former site of Xiamen prison breaking struggle

The former site of Xiamen prison breaking struggle is located at 451 Siming South Road, Siming District. The former site was built in 1765, the thirtieth year of Qianlong reign in Qing Dynasty. It was the prison of Xiamen coast defense department. In 1912, when Siming county was set up in Xiamen, it was changed into Siming County prison.

Brief introduction of cultural relics

After Chiang Kai Shek launched the "April 12" counter revolutionary coup in 1927, the KMT carried out white terror throughout the country and brutally suppressed the revolutionary activities of Communists and progressives. In March 1930, to commemorate the March 18th massacre in Beijing, the Xiamen anti imperialist alliance led by the Xiamen municipal Party committee held a commemorative meeting. The Kuomintang authorities arrested nearly 20 Communists and progressives, and the number of "political prisoners" in Siming prison increased to more than 40, including Liu Duansheng, Secretary of the Xiamen municipal Party committee and Chen Baisheng, Secretary of the Fujian provincial Party committee of the Communist Youth League.

In order to rescue these comrades who were in danger of being killed, the Fujian provincial Party committee of the Communist Party of China decided to take armed prison breaking action. In March of that year, the Fujian provincial Party committee of the Communist Party of China established the following organizations: Luo Ming (secretary of the Fujian provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China), Wang de (secretary of the Fujian provincial Party committee of the Communist Youth League), Wang Haiping (propaganda minister and Secretary of the Military Commission of the Communist Party of China), Xie Jingde (Organization Minister of the Fujian provincial Party committee of the Communist Party of China), Tao Zhu (secretary of the Fujian Tao Zhu and Wang de served as the captains of the armed forces and the reception team respectively. A total of 11 members of the armed forces are responsible for the armed operations of breaking the prison. At the same time, the comrades in prison also actively cooperated and established a temporary Party branch with Liu Duansheng as secretary.

After more than a month's careful investigation and careful preparation, the Special Committee on prison break carried out the plan of prison break at 9:00 a.m. on May 25, 1930, taking advantage of the lax guard of the prison on Sunday. Under the leadership of Tao Zhu, some members of the armed forces cheated open the iron gate of the prison in the name of visiting the prison, killed the guards, cut the iron lock with iron tongs, released the imprisoned comrades, and the other group suppressed more than 30 guard members with firepower. The prison breaking operation successfully completed the scheduled plan in just ten minutes. More than 40 comrades who rushed out of the prison were led by a reception team. They took two wooden boats to pengcuo in Tong'an for temporary concealment and rest. After that, they secretly moved to the revolutionary base in Western Fujian. Xiamen prison breaking struggle shocked both at home and abroad, and wrote a glorious page in Fujian party history. Gao Yunlan, a famous writer, wrote the famous novel spring and Autumn Annals of a small city against the background of this event.

The existing prison part of the site, the Siming county government building on the left side has been demolished. The current site covers an area of more than 800 square meters. Except for the two-story building in front of the prison which was demolished and built into a dormitory, the rest of the building is basically complete. There are five existing cells, all of which are brick and wood structure, double slope, cloth tile roof flat houses.

In 1982, it was announced by Xiamen municipal government as the second batch of municipal cultural relics protection units.

In 1985, it was announced as the second batch of provincial cultural relics protection units by Fujian provincial government.

In 2006, the State Council announced it as the Sixth Batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Scope of protection

The original scope of Siming prison.

As the scope of Protection announced is too small, Liu Xifen and other martyrs' martyrdom and the former site of Jiangcuo are included in the scope of protection. 1. Strictly protect the buildings on the former site of the prison and the adjacent buildings with the style of Jiangcuo.

2. The Hongshan mountain where the prison is located and the martyrdom sites of Liu Xifen and other martyrs on the left side are strictly protected.

3. When maintaining cultural relics, we should strictly abide by the principle of not changing the original state of cultural relics.

Construction control zone

East to Chenggong Avenue, West and south to Siming South Road, north to railway line.

Protection points:

1. There are plans to demolish the chaotic buildings around the prison, renovate the surrounding environment of the old site, and improve the display and education functions of the old site.

2. Deal with the relationship between the surrounding new buildings and the old site.

Address: 451 Siming South Road, Siming District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province

Longitude: 118.0871234

Latitude: 24.4442235