Remembering history's turning point

Museum built to honor the 1927 uprising keeps alive the spirit of the revolutionaries, Wang Ru reports in Liuyang, Hunan.

A small town in the mountainous area at the border of Hunan and Jiangxi provinces is a place that witnessed a turning point in the history of the Communist Party of China more than nine decades ago. Today, people still mark the significant event and strive to share the revolutionary spirit.

The Autumn Harvest Uprising Memorial Garden in Wenjiashi town, Liuyang, in Hunan is a complex built in memory of the event. Covering about 6.99 hectares, it includes the site of military gathering of the Autumn Harvest Uprising and a memorial museum, which has been listed as a top-tier museum in China.

According to Gan Wu, an official with the museum, the site was originally a local school called Wenhua Academy built in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and later renamed Liren School.