Former site of the central organ of the Communist Youth League of China

Former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League

synonym

The former site of the central organ of the Communist Youth League of China generally refers to the former site of the central organ of the Socialist Youth League of China

The former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League is located at No. 6, Lane 567, Huaihai Middle Road, Shanghai, covering an area of 779.8 square meters

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The former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League, facing south, is a two-story brick and wood structure Shikumen building

. The remains of the former central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League include the Youth League fund raising notice, Yu Xiusong's single iron bed and Shi Cuntong's collection of books

. The former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League is one of the earliest places for the Communist Party of China to cultivate reserve forces, which has important historical value for inheriting and carrying forward the spirit of the May 4th movement

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On March 4, 1961, the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League was announced by the State Council of the people's Republic of China as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units

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Historical evolution

In late August of 1915, yuyangli (the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League) was built

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In 1919, yuyangli was built and rented by Dai Jitao

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In the spring of 1920, when Dai Jitao moved out of yuyangli, the representative of the Communist International and Yang Mingzhai, a member of the Shanghai Communist group, set up the Sino Russian news agency (later renamed the Sino Russian news agency) in yuyangli. When they discussed with Chen Duxiu about the establishment of the Communist Party of China, the Sino Russian news agency became one of the important venues for Shanghai Communists before the founding of the Communist Party of China

In April, the Chinese Russian news agency made preparations for Shanghai's first celebration of May 1 International Labor Day; on April 29, the Chinese Russian news agency was raided by the French Concession patrol house and confiscated the publicity materials of the Preparatory Committee for commemorating the labor day; in May, the activities of the Socialist Youth League were suspended because Yu Xiusong went to Russia to attend the second National Congress of the juvenile Communist International; on August 22, he was the leader of the early organization of the Communist Party of China Under the initiative of Chen Duxiu, leader of the Shanghai Communist group, Yu Xiusong, Li Hanjun, Chen Wangdao, yuan Zhenying, ye Tiandi, Jin Jiafeng, Shi Cuntong, Shen xuanlu and other eight youths initiated the establishment of China's first Socialist Youth League Shanghai Socialist Youth League in yuyangli. Yu Xiusong served as secretary, and yuyangli became the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League (China Youth League) Former site of the central organ of the Socialist Youth League

In September, the Shanghai Communist group set up a "foreign language society" in yuyangli as a cover, and a "foreign language society" sign with white background and black characters was hung at the door

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From 1920 to 1921, under the cover of the "foreign language society", a group of progressive youths, such as Liu Shaoqi, Luo Yinong, Ren Bishi, Xiao Jingguang, Xu Zhizhen, Wang Yifei, Wang Shouhua and Ke Qingshi, grew rapidly in the central office of the Chinese Socialist Youth League, and later joined in the early work of the Communist Party of China

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In 1921, yuyangli changed its name to mingdeli. From February to may, the foreign languages Society (the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League) sent young students to study in Moscow Oriental University of Soviet Russia, and selected dozens of them.

On August 1, 1925, the Foreign Language Society (the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League) was closed

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Architectural features

The former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League faces south, covering an area of 779.8 square meters. It is a two-story brick and wood structure Shikumen building, reflecting the style of integration of Chinese and Western cultures. The East and West pavilions on the upper floor are the bedrooms of Yu Xiusong and Yang Mingzhai respectively. The bedroom of Yang Mingzhai is also the office of the Chinese Russian news agency. The guest hall building is the central office of the Chinese Communist Youth League, and the guest hall downstairs is the foreign language social education The kitchen and dining room are behind the classroom

The second floor is the spire of the Shikumen building. The corridor near the window is a long row of wooden shutters. There are entrances and exits in the north and the south. In the south, the patio wall and the wing gable are made of clear red brick and lime. In the middle, the stone is used as the door frame, and the black lacquer solid thick wood is used as the door leaf. The lintel is made of traditional Chinese brick carving and blue tile coping door style. In addition, the gable lintel on the upper part of the doors and windows of western buildings is used Decoration

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Cultural relics

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The remains of the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League include the Youth League fund raising notice, Yu Xiusong's single iron bed, Shi Cuntong's book collection, New Youth magazine, which publishes translation manuscripts of progressive youth, and clothes used by revolutionaries

 

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Youth League fund raising notice

"Youth League fund raising notice" is a small regular script calligraphy art, written by Yu Xiusong in the early days of the founding of the Chinese Socialist Youth League. Yu Xiusong is not only the first Secretary of the Shanghai Socialist Youth League, but also a member of the founding group of the Communist Party of China

 

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Yu Xiusong's single iron bed

Yu Xiusong's single iron bed, donated by Yu Xiusong's stepson Yu Min and stepdaughter Yu Yan, is placed in the exhibition hall on the second floor of the former central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League

 

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Shi Cuntong's collection of books

Shi Cuntong's collection is placed in the "youth pioneer Shanghai Construction Group" section of the exhibition hall on the second floor of the former central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League. It is a collection of 24 books collected by Shi Cuntong in his early years, which were collected by collector Wu Jingjian. Two of them have Shi Cuntong's personal signature.

Research value

The former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League is closely related to the May 4th New Culture Movement and the founding of the Communist Party of China. It is one of the earliest places where the Communist Party of China cultivated its reserve forces. It has important historical value for the collection, collation and protection of the historical materials and cultural relics of the May 4th movement, as well as the inheritance and development of the May 4th spirit for future generations

 

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protective measures

In 1957, the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League was restored according to its original appearance, and mingdeli was restored as yuyangli

 

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On May 26, 1959, the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League was announced by the Shanghai Municipal People's government as a municipal cultural relics protection unit

 

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In March 1961, the State Council of the people's Republic of China officially named No. 6 new yuyangli as the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League

 

On March 4, the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League was announced by the State Council of the people's Republic of China as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units

 

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In 1987, the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League was further renovated

 

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In 2001, relying on the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League, the memorial hall of the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League was built

 

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In 2004, the memorial hall of the former central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League was completed and opened, and the Shikumen complex at No. 1-6, Lane 567, Huaihai middle road was included in the scope of the memorial hall

 

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In August 2018, the memorial hall of the former central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League started the overall transformation

 

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On April 29, 2019, the memorial hall of the former central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League was completed and reopened

 

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History and culture

Chen Wangdao's first translation of Manifesto of the Communist Party

In February 1848, the Manifesto of the Communist Party written by Marx and Engels was finalized and officially published. In the spring of 1920, Chen Wangdao began to translate the Manifesto of the Communist Party. At the end of April, Chen Wangdao rushed to Shanghai with his finished translation. In August, the first full Chinese version of the Manifesto of the Communist Party was printed in Shanghai

 

. Chen Wangdao began to explain the Communist Manifesto to the progressive youth in yuyangli (the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League), and carried out foreign language teaching

 

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Tourism information

geographical position

The former central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League is located at No. 6, Lane 567, Huaihai Middle Road, Shanghai, adjacent to yuyangli square

 

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Opening Hours

The opening hours of the former central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League are 09:00-11:00, 13:00-16:00 (closed on Mondays)

 

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traffic

There are Shanghai Metro Line 1, Shanghai bus No. 146, Shanghai bus No. 911, Shanghai bus No. 920 and Shanghai bus No. 926 passing through the former site of the central organ of the Chinese Socialist Youth League.

Address: No.1-6, Lane 567, Huaihai Middle Road (near Chengdu South Road)

Longitude: 121.468078

Latitude: 31.224105

Tel: 021-53823370