No. 40 Guangguang Street, Nangang District, Harbin, is a Russian-style wooden structure bungalow with red roof and yellow walls. This small wooden house, where the provincial party committee is located, has also witnessed many events in the past. On April 15th, the reporter came here following the “Red Mark-Telling the Story of Longjiang’s Centennial Party History” theme research and interview activities. Stopping in front of the hut, it seems like time travels back to the epic revolutionary years…
Exterior scene of the former site of the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China.
“This small house can be said to be the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party leading the Northeast people in the anti-Japanese struggle and the document library of the Provincial Party Committee.” Xu Hui, deputy director of the Education Office of the Harbin Municipal Party Committee, told reporters that from the summer of 1933 to the spring of 1934 , Feng Zhongyun’s family lived in the cabin. His external status was a university professor, but he was actually the secretary general of the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. His wife Xue Wen served as a traffic officer in the party, and their home was the Secretariat of the Manchuria Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China. Many important meetings were held here, and many important party documents were sent from here to party organizations and anti-Japanese teams in all parts of the Northeast. .
Xu Hui introduced that the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China was the highest leading body of our party in the Northeast from 1927 to 1936. In 1931, after the “September 18th” Incident, the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China was destroyed by the enemy in Shenyang and was forced to move to Harbin. In order to evade search, he had to relocate several times in Harbin. At that time, Niudianzi in Jiangbei, Sandao Street in Daoli China, Pianlianzi, Hegou Street and other places had left their marks. It was not until the summer of 1933 that the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China moved to No. 2 Xiaorong Street in Harbin at that time, which is now No. 40 Guangguang Street.
Why choose here? Dong Yan, a staff member of the Memorial Hall of the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, explained that it was a suburb at the time. The small wooden house was surrounded by woods, which was very hidden to avoid enemy searches and vandalism.
“Don’t look at the small house, many of the furniture here are hidden mystery.” As soon as he walked into the small wooden house, the wooden floor creaked under his feet, and all kinds of old-fashioned furniture and supplies came into view. One said: “The sofa in the living room was afraid to sit back then, because it was hollow with a hidden compartment to hide important documents. In an emergency, the heating fireplace can destroy the secret materials. The hostess Xue Wen placed it there. The dressing table and some small pieces in the bedroom are also deceptive tools, in order to convince the enemy who came to search that this is a family of ordinary university professors, not a secret activity point ready to evacuate at any time.”
Vase on the window sill of the cottage.
Even an ordinary old-style vase placed on the window sill of the cottage was also an important signal sign of the year. Zhang Liang, a librarian at the Memorial Hall of the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, said that the house was facing the street at the time. As a traffic man, Xue Wen often went out to deliver some confidential documents, and many party members also came here for secret meetings. Every time they came in and out, they had to take a long look at whether there were still vases of silk roses on the windowsill to confirm the situation in the house. “If the vase is still on the window sill, it proves that it has not been damaged, it is safe, and you can come in.”
The bedroom where Feng Zhongyun and his wife lived.
Now, in the bedroom of Feng Zhongyun and his wife Xue Wen, there is still a photo of Xue Wen and the children. Back then, in order to cover the activities of the party organization, the youngest daughter of the two in the photo, Feng Yiluo, suffered no less. Zhang Liang said that because there were often secret activities such as printing and meetings in the middle of the night. Sometimes in a very urgent situation, in order to cover up the sound, Xue Wen would choke the child and use the cry to make the enemy relax his guard, and finally the enemy Although he was gone, the child was still green and purple.
“Although the environment of the struggle was very bad, it is gratifying that this wooden house was never exposed at that time.” Xu Hui said that under the leadership of the Party Central Committee, the Manchurian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China has always stood at the forefront of the anti-Japanese war and made the revolution. Activities spread all over the cities and rural areas of the Northeast, and made a significant contribution to the victory of the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
Due to the needs of struggle and safety, the address of the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China in Harbin changed many times. Now the only place that remains intact and confirmed is No. 40 Guangguang Street. After maintenance and rebuilding, it became a memorial hall of the former site of the Manchuria Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. It was opened to the public for free in 1988. A group of visitors came here to explore the “past and present” of the cabins and listen to the thrilling red story.
(The original title is “40 Guangguang Street: The Past of the Cabin”)
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