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The Memorial of Xiang-E-Chuan-Qian Revolutionary Base&#160;consists of three spots that used to be the locations of the headquarter of its soviet government: in today’s Yongding district&#160;永定区 within the prefecture-level City Zhangjiajie&#160;张家界市, in the&#160;Tawo Town&#160;塔卧镇 of Yongshun County&#160;永顺县, and in Longshan County&#160;龙山县.&#160;The most visited and the largest part of the memorial is that in the Tawo Town, hailed as “Yan’an in the south of the Yangtze River&#160;江南延安.”Memorial of Xiang-E-Chuan-Qian Revolutionary Base in TawoIn November 1934 the revolutionary committee and military headquarter of the Xiang-E-Chuan-Qian revolutionary base were established in Dayong County 大庸县, located in today’s Zhangjiajie, indicating the birth of the Soviet base area. It is notable that this base area was established shortly after&#160;the&#160;First/Central Red Army&#160;abandoned the&#160;largest&#160;Jiangxi-Fujian&#160;Soviet base area&#160;to embark on the Long March in October 1934. In December 1934 the headquarter of the revolutionary base and all its institutional units moved to Tawo and later to Longshan. By 1935 the base area had had a population of over one million under its rule. In November 1935&#160;He Long,&#160;Ren Bishi, and Guan Xiangying&#160;关向应(1902-1946) led the red army to join the Long March and the base ended officially in February 1936, when a new Chuan-dian-qian 川滇黔 revolutionary base was founded in Dading&#160;大定&#160;(today’s Dafang&#160;大方) in Guizhou province.&#160;The memorial in the Tawo Town, which occupies an area of about 6,000 square meters, is considered as one of the best-preserved revolutionary bases. In addition to a memorial hall and a monument to commemorate revolutionary martyrs, it consists mainly of houses of local gentry, voluntarily offered or forcefully confiscated, that used to accommodate the soviet base institutions, including the base area government, the revolutionary committee, the military headquarter, the Party school, the radio station, the hospital, the arsenal, etc. In the Party school party members were trained to learn official policies and laws, how to determine social classes, etc. It is said to have cultivated thousands of party members. Open to the public since 1993, the memorial now offers special programs, such as red culture performance (e.g. revolutionary songs), revolutionary education courses for pupils, teenager camping, and the oath-taking ceremony of new communist party members. It has also developed picture books, books as well as souvenirs of revolutionary culture. The memorial was categorized as a province-level base for patriotism education 湖南省爱国主义教育基地 in 1995, as nation-level demonstration base for patriotism education 全国爱国主义教育示范基地 in 2001, and one of the 100 Red Tourism classical destinations (100个红色旅游经典景区) in 2004. Since 2006 it has been a national key heritage site 全国重点文物保护单位.Bibliography:&#160;&#160;Chen, Jerome (1986/online 2008): “The Communist movement 1927-1937”. In: The Cambridge History of China. Vol. 13: Republican China 1912-1949, part. 2. Cambridge UP. pp. 168-229.Central Research Institute for Party History and Literature 中共中央党史和文献研究院&#160;(2013):&#160;湘鄂川黔革命根据地旧址(湖南篇)&#160;http://www.dswxyjy.org.cn/n/2013/0806/c222137-22463555.htmlFeatured image by&#160;Lu Mingyong 鲁明勇: (Sources: “永顺湘鄂川黔革命根据地塔卧唱红红色文化”（July 7 2018），搜狐：https://www.sohu.com/a/239887277_785861)&#160;