Former residence of Zhao Shiyan

Former residence of Zhao Shiyan

Zhao Shiyan's former residence is a cultural relic protection unit in Chongqing. It is also called Zhaozhuang. It is located in Longtan ancient town of Youyang County. It covers an area of 1605 square meters and a construction area of 710 square meters. The building is a brick and wood quadrangle in Qing Dynasty, with 32 houses. The courtyard door faces east, the main house faces north and south, and the surrounding houses are small and elegant. East Hall is Zhao Shiyan's bedroom. Above the gate of the former residence, there is the handwriting of "former residence of Comrade Zhao Shiyan" written by Deng Xiaoping on the spot, and there is a statue of Comrade Zhao Shiyan in the courtyard. There are two small patios in the hospital, one in front of the other behind. On the convex screen wall of the main entrance, there is a magnificent mural of pine and crane, which just reflects the gilded plaque of "Qin and he family" hanging in the middle hall.

On June 25, 2001, Zhao Shiyan's former residence, as a 1904-1914 building, was approved by the State Council to be listed in the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

On April 13, 2010, the renovated Memorial Hall reopened. The museum can receive 800 tourists from all over the country every day, with an annual capacity of more than 250000.

Historical development

Zhao Shiyan's former residence, formerly known as Zhaojiazhuang house, was built in 1902. As early as 2001, Zhao Shiyan's former residence with a history of more than 100 years was listed in the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

From August 2013 to August 2013, Youyang began to build a security system for the memorial hall of martyrs Zhao Shiyan in the south of his former residence, including intrusion alarm subsystem, video security monitoring subsystem, electronic Patrol subsystem and UPS electronic supply system. In addition, the fire protection system built in 2008 will be upgraded, including the installation of infrared dual detector, automatic fire alarm system, fire broadcast and fire telephone.

architectural art

The building is a brick and wood quadrangle in Qing Dynasty, with 32 houses. The courtyard door faces east, the main house faces north and south, and the surrounding houses are small and elegant. East Hall is Zhao Shiyan's bedroom. Above the gate of the former residence, there is the handwriting of "former residence of Comrade Zhao Shiyan" written by Deng Xiaoping on the spot, and there is a statue of Comrade Zhao Shiyan in the courtyard. There are two small patios in the hospital, one in front of the other behind. On the convex screen wall of the main entrance, there is a magnificent mural of pine and crane, which just reflects the gilded plaque of "Qin and he family" hanging in the middle hall.

background information

Zhao Shiyan (1901-1927) was named Qinsheng, Guofu, and his pen name was Shi Ying. Sichuan Youyang (now Chongqing) people. He was an outstanding proletarian revolutionist in the early days of the Communist Party of China, an outstanding disseminator of Marxist theory, one of the founders of the Communist Party of China, and a famous leader of the workers' movement. Zhao Shiyan was born in Youyang, Sichuan Province on April 13, 1901. He died in 1927 at the age of 26. Zhao's family is one of the largest in Longtan, which is known as little Nanjing. They are engaged in tung oil and other businesses. Zhao Shiyan's father, Zhao dengzhi, and his wife have nine children, ranking eighth. The Zhao family invited a private school teacher to teach them, and urged nine girls to study.

Zhao Shiyan loved reading when he was young. He liked to listen to stories like "Youyang teaching plan" told by adults. The seeds of anti imperialism and anti feudalism were sown since childhood. In the autumn of 1912, Zhao Shiyan enrolled in Longtan senior primary school. His geography teacher was Wang Boshan, a member of the alliance. He often publicized anti imperialist and anti feudal ideas. One day in a geography class, Wang Boshan talked about Hong Kong being cut off, Kowloon and Macao being rented, Chinese territory being carved up by the great powers, and the great rivers and mountains being fragmented. At that time, many students were infected by the teacher's patriotism and cried bitterly. Zhao Shiyan was angry and silent. After class, he repeatedly sang Yue Fei's Manjianghong: "the strong men eat the meat of the Hu Lu, laugh and drink the blood of the Huns "

Later, under the influence of his elder brother Shijue, Zhao Shiyan cut off the long braids on his head and decided to break with the rulers of the Qing Dynasty. Under his influence, many little boys in Longtan school also cut their long braids, and many little girls threw away their foot binding. For Zhao Shiyan's deviant act, at that time, his mother panicked, but his father Zhao dengzhi praised his son with a smile.

After graduating from Longtan high school in 1915, he went to Beiping to study and was admitted to the high school attached to Beijing Normal University. In 1917, he met Comrade Li Dazhao, the revolutionary pioneer of our party, and joined the young China society under the introduction of Li Dazhao

In 1919, when the May 4th Movement broke out, Zhao Shiyan took an active part in the movement and became the Secretary General of the student union of the affiliated middle school

In May 1920, he went to France to work and study

In the spring of 1921, Zhang Shenfu, Zhou Enlai and others initiated the establishment of the early organization of the Communist Party of China in France and became a member of the Communist Party of China

In 1922, he and Zhou Enlai initiated the establishment of the Youth Communist Party of China in Europe. He served as the Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee, and then as the member of the general branch of the Communist Party of China in Europe and the Secretary of the French section of the Communist Party of China

On March 8, 1923, Chen Yannian and Wang Ruofei led a group of young people to study in the Communist University of Oriental laborers in Moscow, and they were selected as members of the Communist Party branch in Mozambique

In July 1924, at the request of Li Dazhao, Zhao Shiyan returned to work. He successively served as chairman of the local executive committee of the Communist Party of China in Beiping, director of the Propaganda Department of the Executive Committee of the Communist Party of China's northern region, and director of the workers' Movement Committee

In October 1925, Zhao Shiyan was elected Deputy Secretary of the Central Committee of the great alliance at the Congress of the great alliance of agriculture, industry and soldiers in Inner Mongolia.

In 1926, Shi Ying, a pseudonym, launched more than 100 strikes in Shanghai.

From October 1926 to March the following year, Zhou Enlai, Luo Yinong and other organizations led the three armed uprisings of workers in Shanghai

On July 2, 1927, Zhao Shiyan was arrested for betrayal. On July 19, he died bravely at Fenglin bridge in Longhua, Shanghai, at the age of 26.

Address: No.129, Zhaozhuang community, Longtan Town, Youyang County, Chongqing

Longitude: 108.97693634033

Latitude: 28.760818481445

Tel: 023-75312067

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