One of the early leaders of the Communist Party of China-Qu Qiubai

On June 18, 1935, Qu Qiubai sang "Internationale" and "Red Army Song" in Changting, Fujian, and chanted slogans such as "Long live the Communist Party of China" and "Long live communism", and walked calmly to the execution ground. When he arrived at the execution ground, he sat cross-knee, smiled and nodded to the executioner and said, "This is a very good place."

Qu Qiubai, one of the early leaders of the Communist Party of China, a great Marxist, an outstanding proletarian revolutionist, theorist and propagandist, is one of the founders of Chinese revolutionary literature. Born in January 1899 in Changzhou, Jiangsu.

In 1917, he was admitted to the Beijing Russian Specialized Museum to study. In 1920, he went to Soviet Russia as a special correspondent of the Morning Post and wrote a number of newsletters, systematically expounding Soviet Russia's politics, economy, diplomacy, workers' organizations, and party building.

In May 1921, after Zhang Tailei's introduction, Qu Qiubai joined the Communist Party (Bolshek) organization in Moscow and became a member of the Communist Party of China in February 1922. In January 1923, after returning to China, Qu Qiubai served as the editor-in-chief of "New Youth" and other publications, published a large number of political articles, used Marxism to analyze China's national conditions, investigated China's social conditions, demonstrated the problems of the Chinese revolution, and made pioneering contributions to the party's ideological and theoretical construction.

From January 1925, Qu Qiubai was elected as a member of the Central Committee and a member of the Central Bureau at the Party's four major meetings. Later, at the Fifth and Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee and a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, and became one of the important leaders of the Communist Party of China.

In August 1927, at the historical juncture of the failure of the great revolution, qu Qiubai presided over an emergency meeting of the CPC Central Committee, that is, the August 7th meeting, which established the general policy of the agrarian revolution and armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries, and made important contributions to saving the party and the revolution. After the meeting, he served as a member, member of the Standing Committee, and chairman of the Provisional Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and presided over the work of the Party Central Committee.

In January 1931, Qu Qiubai was persecuted by Wang Ming's "Left" wrong line and was relieved of his central leadership position. However, he did not shrink from difficulties. He went to Shanghai, where white terror was shrouded, and fought side by side with Lu Xun to lead the left-wing cultural movement.

In February 1934, Qu Qiubai arrived in Ruijin, the central revolutionary base, and served as a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic, a member of the People's Education Committee, and the Minister of Education of the Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic. After the Long March of the Central Red Army, he stayed in the south to persist in guerrilla warfare and served as the head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Branch of the Soviet Area of the Communist Party of China. In February 1935, he was arrested by the Kuomintang army in Changting, Fujian. When the enemy learned of his identity, he used various means to induce him to surrender, but he severely refused. On June 18, he walked calmly to the execution ground, drank bullets and shed blood. He was 36 years old.

Qu Qiubai has passed away for many years, but his faith and reasonThink, responsibility and responsibility are all left in the footnotes of history. The Qu Qiubai Memorial Hall, located in his hometown of Changzhou, Jiangsu, consists of two parts: the former residence and the memorial hall. The former residence was originally the Qu's ancestral hall. The memorial hall displays the "Qu Qiubai Life Deals Exhibition", which comprehensively and scientifically displays Qu Qiubai's revolution through physical objects, pictures, and multimedia. Glorious life. As a "national patriotic education demonstration base", about 200000 people visit it every year to learn the spirit of martyrs.

"Qu Qiubai made great contributions to the cause of the Chinese revolution in his short life. "Tang Ruyu, deputy director of the Qu Qiubai Memorial Hall, said that since his youth, he has been determined to" open up a bright road for everyone ". Since then, he has cut through obstacles, explored hard, contributed all his energy and painstaking efforts to the cause of the public, and done a lot of pioneering and groundbreaking work.

Tang Ruyu said that in order to welcome Qu Qiubai's 120 birthday, Qu Qiubai Memorial Hall will highlight the red gene and innovate the way of communication.

Source: People's Daily Online