Former Headquarters of the New Fourth Army, Military headquarters memorial in Nanchang, China

The former headquarters of the New Fourth Army in Nanchang is a building complex serving as a memorial with exhibition halls, a military library, and former residential quarters for officers. The site contains multiple display spaces featuring artifacts, historical photographs, and informational panels that document the army's role during wartime.

The New Fourth Army was formed in October 1937 from Red Army and guerrilla units of eight southern provinces. Its headquarters was set up in Hankou on 25 December 1937 and moved to Nanchang on 6 January 1938, operating from this former residence of Zhang Xun, built in 1915, until 4 April 1938. It was the army's first regular headquarters. After the headquarters left, the Southeast Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the New Fourth Army office in Jiangxi used the site until just before Nanchang fell in March 1939.

The site documents how military leadership coordinated efforts during wartime, with exhibitions showing the daily operations and decisions made within these walls. Visitors can see personal objects and records that reveal how the organization functioned and communicated with its forces.

Visitors can move through several exhibition areas with labeled displays available in different languages that explain the operations and structure of the time. The building layout is straightforward and the information panels help clarify the historical context.

The main building at No. 7 is a 1915 brick-and-timber villa in French style, built as the residence of Zhang Xun, the Qing loyalist general who briefly restored the deposed emperor in 1917. The army staff worked here only from 6 January to 4 April 1938, after which the site passed to the Southeast Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the New Fourth Army office in Jiangxi until Nanchang fell in March 1939.