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After the CCP Central Committee had been forced to abandon its base at Phoenix Mountain 凤凰山 due to a Japanese air raid in November 1938, Mao Zedong 毛泽东 (1893-1976) and his followers had to find a new safe haven for the party leadership and the Politburo.&#160;At Yangjialing 杨家岭, located 3km in the northwest of Yan’an City 延安市, a new headquarter was established where Mao himself, the People‘s Liberation Army marshal Zhu De 朱德 (1886-1976) and other high ranking party officials found their new homes in the years between 1938 and 1943 (Denton 2012: 267). &#160;However, the Yangjialing Old Revolutionary Site 杨家岭革命旧址 was more than just a new combat base of the CCP. In 1942, the Yan’an Symposium of Literature&#160;and Arts 延安文艺座谈会 (Yan’an Talks) was organized here that defined&#160;the function of literature and art for the Chinese communist movement (For more information to the Yan’an Symposium see: Mc Dougall 1980) . An important result of these talks was the official propagation of the “Yan’an Rectification Movement 延安整风运” in whose process, “Mao increased his prestige as a party and national leader” (Seldan 1971: 198). By initiating this movement, Mao emphasized the importance of both his leading abilities and his own interpretation of Marxism for the communist revolution. According to Mark Selden, both the “Hundred Flowers Campaign 百花齐放“ (1956/57) and the Cultural Revolution 文化大革命 (1966-1976) were not conceivable &#160;without &#160;the Yan’an Rectification Movement, why it is often equated with the Yan’an Period as a whole.In addition, the Seventh National Party Congress was organized in Yangjialing in June 1945.&#160;Both events took place in the Central Auditorium, which represents one of the main attractions of the Yangjialing site. According to David Apter and Tony Saich, this brick meeting hall was constructed during 1940 and 1942. Picture 1: The Outside of the Central Auditorium It includes two pictures of Mao Zedong and Zhu De, as well as&#160;24 red flags symbolising the 24-year-struggle of the CCP (1921-45) (Apter and Saich 1994: 189). Furthermore, two quotes can be found on both sides of the wall, namely “Preserve the truth 坚持真理 “and “Correct mistakes 修正错误“(Zhang Yun 2011).&#160; Picture 2: The Central Auditorium Another important building at Yangjialing Site is the Central Office Building, which has been renovated in 1956. According to the website “Red Tourism”, it was built in 1941 and can be divided into three levels. The first level consists of a conference room and of the combat research room, whereas the second floor represents the offices of Central Committee member Li Fuchun 李富春 (1900-1975) and other important CCP- officials. The third level was used as the conference site of the Politburo.&#160;Picture 3: The Central Office Building Beside the Central Auditorium and the Central Official Building, Mao’s former home between 1938 and 1943 was in Yangjialing. The Chairman’s former residence consisted of three caves near the Central Auditorium. The left cave served as Mao’s bedroom whereas the middle cave was used as an office. The cave on the right side was utilised by Mao’s staff (Red Tourism). Picture 4; Mao Zedong's former home at Yangjialing Also, the former home of marshal Zhu De can be found at Yangjialing.&#160;Picture 5: The former home of Zhu De at Yangjialing Next to Wangjiaping 王家坪, the headquarter of the Eight Route Army 八路军 and the&#160;Central Revolutionary Military Commission中共中央革命军事委员会, Yangjialing can also be ranked among the most important revolutionary sites at Yan’an. The&#160;base at&#160;Yangjialing seemingly was significant both for the party administration (base of the of the Central Committee) and for the ideological development of the party doctrine (Yan’an Talks).&#160;Bibliography:&#160;Apter, David and Saich, Tony (1994): Revolutionary Discourse in Mao's Republic. Cambridge M.A.: Harvard University Press.Denton, Kirk A. (2012): “Yan’an as a site of memory in socialist and postsocialist China”. In: Matten, Marc Andre (Ed.): Places of Memory in Modern China – History, Politics and Identity. Leiden: Brill. Pp. 233-283.&#160;Mc Dougall, Bonnie S. (1980): Mao Zedong's "Talks at the Yan'an Conference on Literature and Art": a translation of the 1943 text with commentary. Ann Arbor: Centre for Chinese Studies.&#160;Selden, Mark (1995): The Yenan Way in Revolutionary China. Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press.&#160;Snow, Edgar (1946): Red Star over China. London: Gollancz.张军 Zhang Jun (2011): „Yongyuan gaoyang de qizhi – ji dang de qi da queding mao zedong sixiang wei dang de zhidao sixiang 永远高扬的旗帜——记党的七大确定毛泽东思想为党的指导思想 (The flag is held forever over the seventh party congress over the&#160; party’s guiding ideology of Mao-Zedong-Though)”. In: Renmin ribao 人民日报 (23. 05. 2011).&#160;Websites:&#160;www.redtourism.com.cn/tris/front/zh_CN/spot_340.htmlList of Pictures: Featured Image: The Yangjialing Revolutionary Site (author: Marc Matten)Picture 1: The Outside of the Central Auditorium (author: Marc Matten) Picture 2: The Central Auditorium (author: Marc Matten) Picture 3: The Central Office Building (author: Marc Matten) Picture 4: Mao Zedong's former home at Yangjialing (author: Marc Matten) Picture 5: The former home of Zhu De at Yangjialing (author: Marc Matten) 