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Eighth Route Army Xi'an Office Memorial Hall 八路军西安办事处纪念馆Bālùjūn Xī'ān Bànshìchù Jìniànguǎn
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Xi'an, Shaanxi
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xi'an
- Region
- Shaanxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Eighth Route Army Xi'an Office Memorial Hall
This row of brick courtyard houses at Qixianzhuang on Beixin Street served the Chinese Communist Party as a covert liaison post from 1936, first in a rented dental clinic, and from 1937 to 1946 as the Eighth Route Army's open office in Xi'an during the wartime united front with the Nationalists. Its staff sent young volunteers on to Yan'an and bought and shipped supplies to the Communist base area; Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Deng Xiaoping were among those who worked or stayed here, as did the Canadian doctor Norman Bethune and the American journalist Agnes Smedley. A memorial hall since 1959, it shows the restored offices, radio and cipher rooms and living quarters across four courtyards.
How to get to Eighth Route Army Xi'an Office Memorial Hall
On Beixin Street in the north of the walled city, under 2 km north of the Bell Tower by taxi or on foot. From November to April it is closed on Mondays except public holidays.
Nearby
- Muslim Quarter 回民街 under 10 km
Halal street food and a temple-style mosque in the lanes north of the Drum Tower - Bell Tower and Drum Tower 钟楼·鼓楼 under 10 km
Two Ming towers at the heart of the walled city, where bell and drum once marked the day - Daming Palace National Heritage Park 大明宫国家遗址公园 under 10 km
Earthen terraces and a rebuilt gatehouse marking out the lost palace of the Tang emperors - Forest of Stone Steles Museum 西安碑林博物馆 under 10 km
Inscribed stone tablets of classics, calligraphy and Silk Road history by the south wall - Xi'an City Wall 西安城墙 under 10 km
Cycle all 14 km of a Ming city wall, high above Xi'an's rooftops
Also within 20 km: Revolution Park 革命公园 (under 10 km), Yisushe Theatre 易俗社剧场 (under 10 km), Xi'an Incident Memorial Hall 西安事变纪念馆 (under 10 km), Xi'an City God Temple 西安都城隍庙 (under 10 km), Guangren Temple 广仁寺 (under 10 km), Hancheng Lake Park 汉城湖 (under 10 km).
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