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Beijing exhibition marks 90 years since the Long March
A Long March exhibition opened at China’s National Museum in Beijing on October 31, marking 90 years since the Red Army completed the march.
It brings together more than 400 objects from over 20 lenders, including more than 130 displayed publicly for the first time.
The Long March was a major Red Army journey across China, through difficult terrain and intense fighting, before the troops reached a base in northern Shaanxi in 1935.
The objects include a pressed plant eaten by soldiers, medical tools, a boat used to help troops cross a river, and items linked to writer and journalist Edgar Snow.
Five sections use artifacts and recreated scenes to show the march, military life, and the people who helped the Red Army.
The exhibition runs until March 15, 2027, giving visitors several months to see the collection.
A major exhibition marking 90 years since the Long March opened at the National Museum of China in Beijing on Oct. 31.
The exhibition brings together more than 400 items from over 20 institutions and individuals, including more than 130 items shown for the first time.
It is scheduled to run until March 15, 2027, and guides visitors through five sections linked by a red ribbon.
The objects include items used by Red Army soldiers, materials on military training and accounts of people who helped them.
The exhibition also presents the Long March’s scale and human cost, including its 65,000-li route and the loss of more than 270,000 soldiers between the start and its victorious conclusion.
- Who
- The National Museum of China is hosting the exhibition. It includes collections from more than 20 institutions and individuals.
- What
- An exhibition commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Red Army’s victory in the Long March.
- When
- It opened on Oct. 31 and is scheduled to run until March 15, 2027.
- Where
- The National Museum of China in Beijing.
- Why
- To commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Long March victory and present its history through artifacts and accounts.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
A wounded Red Army soldier stayed at the home of a farmer in Cangxi, Sichuan, and left 32 cloth banknotes as payment for food and lodging.
The Central Red Army reached the Shaanbei revolutionary base.
Ding Ling arrived in Shaanbei and became the first well-known woman writer to enter the region.
The exhibition opened to the public at the National Museum of China.
The exhibition is scheduled to close.
- Venue
- National Museum of China, Beijing
- Exhibition dates
- Oct. 31 to March 15, 2027
- Collection
- More than 400 items from over 20 institutions and individuals
- First-time displays
- More than 130 items
- Exhibition structure
- Five sections linked by a red ribbon
- Long March distance
- 65,000 li
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What people are saying
The exhibition uses a gradient space design; as visitors walk through it, they get the feeling of climbing a mountain.
The Red Army had no food while crossing the grassland, so they could only eat wild plants.
After the call for contributions went out, manuscripts came from the southeast, northwest, hundreds of miles away, a thousand miles away, and even as far as the Sanbian desert.