The old residence of Li Dazhao is situated in Daheituo Village of Leting County,HebeiProvince.
Li, a great Marxist and one of founders of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was born in Leting County of Hebei Province in 1889.
When he was young, Li devoted himself to national liberation. Both before and after the Revolution of 1911, he vigorously took part in revolutionary activities inNorthern China. In 1913, Li went toJapanfor study and returned toChinain 1916 to partake in the New Culture Movement. He served as editor-in-chief at the Morning-Bell Newspaper of Beijing and as editor of the magazine New Youth, including a post as dean at the Peking University library and professor of economy. After the October Revolution, Li absorbed Marxism-Leninism and began to disseminate the ideology as a pioneer of the communist movement inChinaand leader of the May 4th Movement in 1919.
From 1920 to 1921, Li initiated and organized the Research Association of Marx's Theories and the communist group inBeijing, becoming one of the most important founders of the CPC. After the founding of the CPC in July 1921, representing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Li took charge of the party in the north. During the first KMT-CCP cooperation, Li attended the reshuffling of the KMT. Then, in succession, he initiated and led the Great Strike of the Kailuan Colliery Workers, the February 7th Strike of the Beijing-Hankou Railway Workers and other movements. On April 6, 1927, Li was captured by the warlord Zhang Zuolin, and on April 28, he died a martyr.
The residence was built in 1881, facing south. It is a brick and wooden structure, 50 meters long from north to south and 18 meters wide from east to west. The building is covered with a level roof and divided into the front, middle and back yards. Li lived with his grandfather, Li Yuzhen, in the east wing and his grandfather's brother lived in the west wing. To this day, the arrangement remains virtually unchanged. The Memorial Hall for Li was set up July 1, 1958 and the western half of the residence serves as the exhibition area depicting Li's revolutionary deeds.
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