The painting, “Yi Ethnic Group Alliance with the Red Army” depicts the moment in 1935 when the chieftain of a Yi clan in Mianning County, southwest of Sichuan Province, entered into an alliance with the Red Army General.
This woodcut print was created by Chinese artists Cai Dizhi and Xu Qinsong in 1981. It depicts CPC-led guerrilla forces rescuing Chinese cultural celebrities and anti-Japanese patriots from enemy control and transferring them to safety in 1942.
In 1947, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army managed to cross the Yellow River after three nights of combat, which became a turning point in China’s War of Liberation (1945-1949).
In 1934, Chinese Red Army soldiers led by the CPC headed off on the historic Long March from Yudu County in southeast China’s Jiangxi Province. Crossing the Yudu River was their first challenge along the journey, and they received a lot of support from Yudu villagers.
