On July 16th,1966, Chairman Mao, at his 73 ages at that time, swam again in Yangtze River.Since then, people called this day as the Memorial Day of Chairman Mao Swimming in the Yangtze River. In order to memorize Chairman Mao, Jingzhou citizens setup a folk Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. What’s in it?
The Memorial Hall, located at the Purple Palace, consists of ten exhibition halls, whichwere knew as High Aspirations, Chinese Creation Myth, Army Establishment, RedArmy's Long March, and etc. The life of Chairman Mao is introduced by photosand texts on boards. The Chinese Creation Myth Hall showcases the AutumnHarvest Uprising which was launched by Chairman Mao in the boundary betweenHunan and Jiangxi on September 9th, 1927 and owing to this uprising,armed struggle was triggered at this vast land on the east Hunan and westJiangxi.
Long Marchis a great miracle in the history of human beings while the Memorial Halldisplays rich materials about it thus. In the anti-Japanese war, the army led by Chairman Mao obtained remarkable victory and defeated invaders with great success.
Besides, inthe China's War of Liberation, materials of the Liaoxi-Shenyang Campaign, theHuai-Hai Campaign, and the Peiping-Tianjin Campaign were also showed comprehensively in the hall.
The hall is free and open to the public. Principal who set up this Chairman Mao Memorial Hallhopes that all people can memorize the history and learn the spirit of revolutionaries.
