More than 30 archives have been made public for the first time to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Shanghai. The Red Archives Document Exhibition opens
Today, the launch ceremony of "The Glorious People's City - Red Archives and Documents Exhibition to Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Shanghai" and the launch ceremony of the archives and documents atlas "The People are the Country - Red Treasures Witness the Centennial Struggle of the Communist Party of China" were held in Shanghai Municipal Archives Hall held.
This exhibition selects multiple groups of landmarks related to the liberation of Shanghai and the construction of the people's city, such as Yuepu-Wusong, Gaoqiao, Nanjing Road, Fangua Lane, Yangpu Riverside, etc. By mining the red archives related to these landmarks, with the help of numerous archival documents, Pictures, objects and video materials look back on the magnificent history of the liberation of Shanghai, show the glorious history of Shanghai's construction and development, and show Shanghai's vivid practice of implementing the important concept of the People's City.
According to reports, in addition to the archives collected by the Shanghai Municipal Archives, the exhibits also bring together red treasures from the People's Liberation Army Archives, the city's district archives, relevant university archives, the Shanghai Audiovisual Archives, and the Shanghai Liberation Memorial Hall. Among them, "Letter written by Huang Bingqian, an underground member of the Communist Party of China, to his parents in prison", "Materials on the meritorious deeds of members of the People's Security Team of the Fuzhou Road Branch of the Shanghai Telecommunications Bureau", "The Kuomintang's Songhu Garrison District Headquarters' Notice on the Explanation of Zhou Baoxun, Yan Gengchu, Jiao Borong, Zheng Xianzhi, More than 30 files, including the tickets Lu Feixun and Huang Bingqian gave to the Penglai Police Station, have been made public for the first time.
In addition, the Municipal Archives Bureau and the Municipal Women and Children's Working Committee Office jointly launched the "People's City in Children's Eyes" painting collection activity, collecting a total of 429 paintings, and finally selected 75 works for centralized display in a special exhibition area in the exhibition hall. These works depict and record every detail of urban development from the perspective of children, interpret the concept of "a people's city built by the people for the people", and show a beautiful picture of children participating in urban construction in the new era.
The launch ceremony of the new book "The People Are the Country - Red Treasures Witness the Hundred Years of Struggle of the Communist Party of China" was held on the same day. The atlas is based on the content of the archive exhibition "The Country is the People and the People Are the Country - Red Treasures Witness the Centenary Struggle of the Communist Party of China" jointly organized by the Municipal Archives Bureau, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Party History Research Office in 2021. Based on this, through more than 150 red treasures and more than 300 photos, it provides a panoramic view of the struggle of the Communist Party of China and the people, who share life and death together through thick and thin.