Immigrants from northern Shaanxi during the Republic of China

Standing on the high mountain of the Loess Plateau in northern Shaanxi, you can vaguely see the footprints of revolution all over this magical land. Nowadays, the dust of the years has covered this precious mark more and more. ...

On the watershed between Yanhe River and Xiuyan River, at the junction of Ansai County and Zichang County, there is a temple called Laoling Temple. The terrain in this area is a bit special. The surrounding mountains are surrounded from a distance, like a pot with a spoon tilted inside. The Old Spirit Temple was built on a round spoon, and the road dived into the temple from the mountain. Rumor has it that this is a treasure trove of feng shui. If someone's ancestors are buried here, future generations can have at least one government official. Of course, no one has tied the old mausoleum here so far, because the good feng shui point happened to be occupied by the temple. This temple has been burning incense for more than one hundred years. It is said that Mongolians in the northern grassland and Hui people in Ningxia also came to make pilgrimages, which shows their influence. About three years ago, the Provincial Religious Committee officially approved it as a place for religious activities. With the attention of the government and the efforts of the people, its scale has been further repaired and expanded.

The day of the temple fair here is the third day of the third lunar month every year. At that time, tens of thousands of lilacs around the temple had purple flowers, and the fresh fragrance was fascinating in the air. 1928, Xie Zichang launched an uprising here for the first time. There is a hole in the handle of this spoon, which is a serial hole, that is, another door is opened on the back palm of a hole, and another hole is made, one is smaller than the other, and five holes are connected. The last cave has a thick chimney leading to the outside. The hole was opened under an extremely hidden bush. It was built in this way, probably to retreat calmly after being discovered by the enemy. There are four or five similar series kilns, which are far from each other. When an emergency happens in one place, others can meet and guard each other. This construction method and layout are full of wisdom and admirable.

I chose this place as the first camp of the uprising, because the two counties intersect and are located in a remote place, and they can enter and retreat. It is close to the temple, probably because even if someone finds someone coming in and out here, they will think it is a pilgrim, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the rulers. The meeting of Xie Zichang's first formal armed uprising was held here. During the dinner, I said that I had drawn a lot at Laoling Temple and asked which direction to fight in order to succeed. Since then, the guerrillas in Xie Zichang have been growing, making the enemy tremble with fear.

This place, Laoling Temple, has also held many important military meetings, hiding military sounds. Now, the lamps and tables used by Zichang are kept in the hands of Xie Tijia in Tuanzhuanghe Village across the mountain. Ren, the director of Laoling Temple, once envisaged to develop this place into a tourist attraction, one is to commemorate and the other is to prosper the temple. I also contacted Xie Zichang's descendants in Beijing, and they haven't recovered yet.

Two years ago, I came here, and after a field trip, I always felt that it was full of mystery. Revolution, at first, was like a flood gushing from the ground, from the grass in mountains and valleys. Inadvertently, a stream appeared in front of me. Like a small fire, it began to start a prairie fire. This is a small fountain, a fire point. Exploring the mystery of revolution and success, perhaps we should start from a similar place. It should be said that the story behind this is far more vivid than that recorded in the party history. How many such places are there on the northern Shaanxi Plateau? I don't know.

But I remembered another place. This place is Majiagou near Ansai County. Around the spring of 2003, comrades from the Provincial Public Security Department came to Ansai to prepare the former site of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Frontier Corps. They said that the security department built a detention center in Majiagou, which took two or three years. Because it was kept secret at that time, it was not recorded in the chronicle of the revolution in Ansai County, and no one ever said it.

During the visit, we finally found this place, which was completely covered by caves used by residents, so the comrades in the ministries and agencies had to take some photos. There is an old man named Gao Xiangxiang, who we saw on TV with a goatee and a child playing drums. He said that he immigrated from Hengshan at the age of 7, and two companies were stationed here. One night, comrades in the army took the prisoner to the mountain and executed him. The next day, all the troops withdrew. About the enemy is coming, and emergency measures have been taken to facilitate the rapid March.

Comrades who collected information said that they visited many old comrades who were still alive. At that time, the hot-blooded young people from Kuomintang-controlled areas to Yan 'an had just entered the revolutionary ranks, and their thoughts had not been fully integrated into the revolutionary melting pot. They said inappropriate things, complained and were censored. Has such a person been locked up and executed here?

Meditation, I seem to smell the taste of the later Cultural Revolution. Mao Zedong said: "The revolution is not a dinner party, not an embroidery, but a sudden action." When the flood of revolution comes, those who follow us prosper and those who oppose us die. No reversal is allowed. We must ensure the strike force externally and the iron unity internally.

Deng Xiaoping later said: "China should prevent right deviation, but more importantly, it should prevent left deviation. A good thing is destroyed at once. "

I wrote this article on this spring morning. I call these unsolved mysteries "red team".