On June 11, six red tourism routes in Shenzhen for learning the CPC history were officially unveiled in Futian District's Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning.

The six routes feature 30 major red tourism scenic spots in Shenzhen and each route has a unique theme, namely, "Reform and Opening Up in the New Era," "The Story of Spring," "Revolutionary Days of Dongjiang Guerrilla Column," "Original Aspirations," "Emancipating the Mind and Standing Up to the Tide," and "Red Footprint."

Route 4 "Original Aspirations"

This route will take visitors to Chen Yu’s Former Residence, the Memorial Hall of Martyr Liang Jinsheng, Zeng Sheng’s Former Residence, the Liu Heizai's Former Residence, and Yuan Geng’s Ancestral Residence.

Liu Heizai's Former Residence

Photos by Sun Yuchen

Located in Dapeng Fortress, Liu Heizai's Former Residence is a practice base for learning the “four histories”— histories of the CPC, New China, reform and opening up and socialist development.

Liu Heizai (1919-1946), formerly known as Liu Jinjin, was a native of Dapeng. He came from a peasant family and during the Japanese invasion was actively involved in anti-Japanese aggression activities. During his tenure as the captain of the handgun team of the Hong Kong-Kowloon Independent Brigade of the Guangdong People's Guerrilla Force Against Japanese Aggression, he kept a fast-action barge gun stuck in his waist and wore a black Tang suit, and over time, everyone called him Blackie Liu.

On May 1, 1946, Liu was surrounded by Kuomintang troops while mediating a civil dispute, and unfortunately while escaping was shot in the thigh.The injury led to an infection with tetanus and he died at the age of 27.

Yuan Geng's Ancestral Residence

Yuan Geng's Ancestral Residence is located in Buxin Community, Dapeng Subdistrict, Dapeng New District. It’s a practice base for learning the “four histories” — histories of the CPC, New China, reform and openingup and socialist development.

Hailed as a “pioneer of reform and openingup,” Yuan was the explorer and creator of the Shekou model. He once served as the head of the Dongjiang Column's liaison division, as the colonel of the Hong Kong-Kowloon Independent Brigade of the Guangdong People’s Guerrilla Force Against Japanese Aggression, and was in charge of the CPC office in Hong Kong. He was also the secretary of the CPC Committee of the Shekou Industrial Zone. 

He went on to create China Merchants Bank and was an early proponent of China’s reform and opening up.