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The Maoshan (Mount Mao) Memorial of the New Fourth Army&#160;is located in Maoshan Township of Jurong County 句容县, which is part of the Prefecture-City Zhenjiang 镇江. Built in 1985, the Memorial was renovated in 1998 and underwent expanding constructions between 2005 and 2008. Now occupying a total area of 16,000 square meters, the Memorial consists of a memorial hall and a&#160;monument commemorating the victory of the Anti-Japanese war in Sunan 苏南抗战胜利纪念碑 (featured image), the latter was built in 1995 on the fiftieth anniversary of the end of WWII. The Memorial boasts&#160;more than 2,000 historical documents and objects as well as its technologically savvy presentation of them.&#160;The Memorial Hall of the New Fourth Army, covering an area of more than 3,700 square meters, houses the permanent exhibition of the History of the New Fourth Army’s Resistance against Japanese Aggression in Sunan&#160;新四军苏南抗日战争历史陈列. Many of the New Fourth Army soldiers were guerrilla veterans of the Red Army in South China, who were then rebadged as the New Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army 国民革命军陆军新编第四军 in October 1937.&#160;In the summer of 1938, Su Yu&#160;粟裕&#160;(1907-1984), Chen Yi&#160;陈毅(1901-1972), and Zhang Dingcheng&#160;张鼎丞&#160;&#160;(1898-1981) brought their New Fourth Amy soldiers to the area of the Mount Mao to establish the resistance base, one of the earliest rear-area bases that the Communists built.&#160;The Memorial also holds temporary exhibitions such as the Exhibition of the Marshals 将帅馆,&#160;which&#160;mainly commemorates Chen Yi and Su Yu, and&#160;the Exhibition of the History of the New Fourth Army Fighting Against Corruption 新四军廉政建设史实馆. They have been open to the public since, respectively, 2007 and 2013.&#160;Sponsored by the Communist Propaganda Department of Zhenjiang&#160;中共镇江市委宣传部, the Memorial offers a&#160;virtual tour&#160;that allows the web user to have a panorama view of its exhibition rooms and the monument area. It is part of the virtual tour program of the&#160;Red Culture in Zhenjiang&#160;网游红色镇江&#160;that includes patriotism education bases at different levels.&#160;&#160;Picture 1:&#160;&#160;A screenshot of the virtual tour (accessed on 22-05-2020). Note that the web user can click on the low right&#160;大厅&#160;to move into the next hallThe Memorial was selected as a national-level demonstration base for patriotism education&#160;全国爱国主义教育示范基地&#160;in 2001 and a heritage site of Jiangsu province江苏省文物保护单位 in 2006.&#160;&#160;It entered&#160;the list of the national-level Red Tourism classical destinations&#160;全国红色旅游经典景区&#160;in 2017.BibliographyBenton, Gregor (1999):&#160;New Fourth Army: Communist Resistance Along the Yangtze and the Huai, 1938-1941. Berkeley: University of California Press.Department of Culture and Tourism of Jiangsu Province 江苏省文化和旅游厅:&#160;&#160;Official website:&#160;http://www.jstour.com/scenic/483.html.List of PicturesFeatured image:&#160;Monument to the Victory of the Anti-Japanese War in Sunan. Source: Department of Culture and Tourism of Jiangsu Province 江苏省文化和旅游厅&#160;official website:&#160;http://www.jstour.com/scenic/483.html;Picture 1: Screenshot by the author on May 22, 2020:&#160;http://www.jsw.com.cn/wyhszj/xsjjng/.