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Long March Departure Sites, Yudu 中央红军长征出发地Zhōngyāng Hóngjūn Chángzhēng Chūfādì
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Ganzhou, Jiangxi
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ganzhou
- Region
- Jiangxi
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Long March Departure Sites, Yudu
In October 1934 more than 86,000 Red Army troops gathered around Yudu and crossed the Yudu (Gong) River at night at several crossing points, the start of the Long March. The national heritage listing covers eight sites in and around the town: the east-gate ferry crossing used by the central leadership, other units' crossing points, and the headquarters and lodgings used before the departure, including those of the Central Military Commission, the First and Fifth Army Corps and the Gannan provincial Soviet government. A memorial park on the riverbank at the east-gate crossing has the Central Red Army Long March Departure Memorial Hall and a monument.
How to get to Long March Departure Sites, Yudu
The memorial park is on the riverbank at the east gate of Yudu town, with the other sites in the town and its outskirts; Yudu is about 48 km east-north-east of Ganzhou. The memorial hall is closed on Mondays except public holidays.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Luotian Rock Inscriptions 罗田岩石刻 (under 10 km).
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