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Recently, the guangzhou municipal federation of literature and literature sponsored the "study of party history, transmission of classics, and promotion of new works" reading salon series of theme reading activities held online.
Chen Diansong, a first-class writer, a member of the China Writers Association and a contracted writer of Guangdong Literature College, was invited to tell his observations and insights in the process of creating a long-form documentary literature "Before Dawn - Chronicle of the Guangzhou Uprising" with the theme of "Chronicle of the Guangzhou Uprising - Remembering the DNA of the City's Red Culture". (For more news, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pie pai.ycwb.com)
The book is one of the Guangdong Red Documentary Literature Series planned by the Propaganda Department of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and organized by the Guangdong Writers Association, and co-authored by Chen Diansong and Chen Zhixiao.
Guangzhou Uprising: A tragic red legend
Chen Diansong introduced that Guangdong is a red hot land, which has witnessed the whole process of revolutionary struggles of the Communist Party of China from the new birth to the Great Revolution, the agrarian revolution, and then to the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, leaving behind a glorious revolutionary history and revolutionary spirit, as well as a precious and rich red cultural and historical heritage.
The Guangzhou Uprising, which broke out on December 11, 1927, was a joint uprising of urban workers, peasants, and soldiers led by the Communist Party of China after the Nanchang Uprising and the Autumn Harvest Uprising. At that time, under the leadership of Zhang Tailei, Ye Ting, Yun Daiying, Ye Jianying, and others, the rebel army launched a surprise attack on important locations in Guangzhou.
After several hours of fierce fighting, the rebel army occupied most of the city of Guangzhou and established the Guangzhou Soviet Government. This was the first urban Soviet power established by the Communist Party of China and the first urban workers' and peasants' power in China. Due to the huge disparity between the enemy and ourselves, the Guangzhou uprising soon failed, but the revolutionary flames inherited were scattered everywhere, providing valuable experience for the follow-up struggle of the Communist Party of China.
Chen Diansong concluded that compared with the Nanchang Uprising and the Autumn Harvest Uprising, the Guangzhou Uprising mainly presented three characteristics:
First, not only the peasants, but also more broadly mobilized workers, students, and soldiers to fight against the decadent regime; second, it attracted more attention from the international communist forces of the Soviet Union and Korea at that time; and finally, the Guangzhou Uprising was the first major practice of the Chinese Communist Party to try to establish a revolutionary regime in the central city.
Literature collection combined with fieldwork
Talking about the creation process of the book "Before Dawn - Chronicle of the Guangzhou Uprising", Chen Diansong introduced that he and Chen Zhixiao fully collected, studied and used publicly published domestic and foreign documents on the basis of half a year's fieldwork on the historical and cultural sites of the Guangzhou Uprising.
"Including official historical materials, memoirs or interviews written by many witnesses, and news reports from various fields at home and abroad." Chen Diansong said that after collecting data, he analyzed and sorted out them through logic, and tried to restore the whole picture of the Guangzhou uprising.
"Because it is a literary work, in this book, we have also added our own experiences, perceptions and imaginations, but these are based on respect for history." Chen Diansong said that the creation of the book "Before dawn - Chronicle of the Guangzhou Uprising" has always adhered to two principles: one is not to violate historical facts, and the other is that the development of events conforms to normal logic.
To this end, the descriptions in the book are based on historical facts, and the materials of controversial or different memorable texts are rigorously analyzed, and all plots and details are based on original materials, which fully guarantees the authenticity of documentary literature.
Chen Diansong also introduced: "In the process of writing this book, many details and materials, I read very moved. There are some things that I wrote with tears in my eyes. ”
He believes that the moving red memory has been deeply engraved in the spiritual core of the city of Guangzhou, "I hope that through this book, the historical record of this red in Guangzhou will be recorded, and the great spirit of the revolutionary martyrs will be passed on." ”
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