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the former site of the pingjin campaign command in songzhuang has detailed exhibition content and novel form. photo by reporter tang jian

this year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the people's republic of china. in january 75 years ago, the general front committee of the pingjin front, located in songzhuang town, tongzhou district, beijing, issued an order to capture tianjin, which facilitated the third beiping peace talks and witnessed the peaceful liberation and peaceful takeover of beiping. in order to remember the great achievements of the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries and appreciate the contemporary value of this magnificent history of the pingjin campaign, a special exhibition entitled "planning and victory in pingjin - restoration and exhibition of the former site of the general front committee of the pingjin front" was recently held at the former site of the pingjin campaign command headquarters in songzhuang.

the songzhuang site of the pingjin campaign command covers a total area of ​​6,600 square meters, of which the building area is 1,700 square meters. on november 29, 1948, according to the deployment of the cpc central committee and comrade mao zedong, the northeast field army and the north china military region jointly launched the pingjin campaign. on january 11, 1949, the general front committee of the pingjin front entered songzhuang village, tong county, and on february 1, the general front committee of the pingjin front moved to the city of beiping for office. during the 22 days in songzhuang village, under the leadership of the cpc central committee, the general front committee of the pingjin front issued an order to capture tianjin, facilitated the third beiping peace talks, witnessed the peaceful liberation of beiping and the peaceful takeover of beiping, and left a strong mark in the history of the party and the history of new china. in 2021, the songzhuang site of the pingjin campaign command was designated as a municipal cultural relic protection unit by the beijing municipal cultural relics bureau.

the exhibition hall of "planning and victory in pingjin - restoration and exhibition of the former site of the general front committee of the pingjin front" covers an area of ​​360 square meters, and exhibits more than 60 precious historical photos, more than 80 cultural relics and documents (sets). the exhibition consists of six exhibition rooms: the first exhibition room, strategic deployment; the second exhibition room, entering songzhuang; the third exhibition room, liberating tianjin; the fourth exhibition room, war and peace game; the fifth exhibition room, protecting the ancient capital; the sixth exhibition room, the liberation of beiping. this exhibition fully interprets the glorious history of the general front committee of the pingjin front entering songzhuang village, tong county in 1949 and finally achieving the peaceful liberation of beiping with rich documentary historical materials and modern exhibition methods. the opening of the former site of the general front committee of the pingjin front marks that it has officially become a member of the theme area of ​​the founding of new china and an important part of the area.

experts and scholars who attended the opening ceremony said that the exhibition has authentic historical content and novel exhibition forms, and has strong historical appeal and visual impact. the exhibition displays a large number of precious revolutionary relics, miniature models, documents and historical photos, and truly, intuitively and vividly explains the red history of the pingjin campaign headquarters moving into songzhuang village, which can help the majority of party members, cadres and students to understand the revolutionary history more clearly and feel the deeds and fighting spirit of the heroes and martyrs more closely.

experts and scholars from the xiangshan revolutionary memorial hall, the pingjin campaign memorial hall and other units, as well as representatives of descendants of revolutionary martyrs of the pingjin campaign attended the launching ceremony.

it is understood that individual visitors do not need to make an appointment to visit the restored exhibition at the former site of the general front committee of the pingjin front; group visitors need to provide unit information and visitor information and make an appointment in advance.

source: beijing urban sub-center news

reporter: feng weijing

process editor: u071