The Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China has added new collections: These precious objects have witnessed the hidden front and smoke front | Liu Zhao | Collection
On the afternoon of July 14th, the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China held a ceremony to donate precious relics of underground workers on the hidden front. Many descendants of revolutionary predecessors on the hidden front, including Liu Zhao, Wang Yawen, and Tian Yunqiao, donated 17 precious relics to the memorial hall.
"After several moves, this pair of scissors has been well preserved." Ms. Liu Zhenhong donated the old-fashioned scissors used by her father Liu Zhao to handle documents and intelligence. Liu Zhao used to be a staff member of the Central Special Administrative Department and took on the custody of the Central Library in 1939. Liu Zhenhong introduced that during the period of storing the library materials, Liu Zhao managed to move and transfer more than 20000 documents, and cleverly hid, cut, repaired, and air dried them. "My father used the scissors in front of him back then. Although it looked ordinary, it has now rusted, but the story behind it has always infected the younger generation of us."
Wang Yawen has been engaged in the intelligence work of the Communist Party of China for a long time, and was also appointed as the leader of the Shanghai Rebellion Working Group. During the revolutionary era, he formed friendships with the older generation of party and state leaders such as Dong Biwu. In a letter donated by Wang Ji, the son of Wang Yawen, Dong Biwu expressed gratitude to Wang Yawen for congratulating him on National Day and encouraged him, "It is completely correct and necessary for you to say that you are willing to combine work, study, and labor together to work for the Party and socialism." In addition to the letters exchanged between Wang Yawen and Dong Biwu at different times, Wang Ji also donated letters exchanged between his father and leaders such as Song Shilun and Teng Daiyuan. He said that as a younger generation, we should not forget our original intention, forge ahead, and inherit and carry forward the great spirit of building the Party.
At the ceremony, a pipe engraved with traces of time witnessed the hidden struggle without gunpowder more than 70 years ago. The former owner of this pipe, Tian Yunqiao, a member of the Shanghai Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's Counterplot Work Committee, participated in the campaign to liberate Shanghai and conspired against Nationalist military officers. When engaged in secret work in Shanghai, Tian Yunqiao was holding this pipe in his hand, using a company manager as a cover, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and circling the upper echelons of society for intelligence and counterintelligence work.
In addition, the password book used by Zhou Wen, who had previously served as the Minister of the Left Alliance Organization, and the teapot cover used in Yan'an, the main prototype of the protagonist "Little Boss" in the movie "Station 51", the brush and pen used by Martyr Sheng Mulai during his lifetime, as well as the Shanghai People's Congress briefcase used by musician Meng Bo, were also included in the commemorative hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Tibet.
This donation event is the 18th in the "solid accumulation" series of donations to the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China Memorial Hall. According to the museum, since the launch of the series of activities, various sectors of society, including revolutionary predecessors, descendants of martyrs, red collectors, artists, and entrepreneurs, have been very supportive and have donated precious relics and red collectibles to the memorial hall. The museum stated that it will collect, protect, and make good use of red resources, effectively play their historical value and educational role, tell good red stories, promote the revolutionary spirit of our predecessors, and inspire the vast number of Communist Party members to remember their original mission and forge ahead.
