Changting Zhonghua Jidu Jiaotang, Church building in Fujian, China.
Changting Zhonghua Jidu Jiaotang is a former Chinese Christian Church chapel at 43 Renmin Lane in Tingzhou Town, Changting County, Longyan, Fujian. The building is a rectangular, symmetrically laid-out structure with red-brick exterior walls, a glazed-tile roof and a large wooden entrance door. Inside is a high-ceilinged hall with large windows and rows of wooden pews.
The building originally served as a church of the Chinese Christian Church. In March 1929, after the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army entered Changting, the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China was established here, and Zhou Enlai lodged and worked in the building. In 1988 it was listed among the third batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level as part of the Changting revolutionary sites.
The building began as a church of the Chinese Christian Church (Zhonghua Jidu Jiaotong) at 43 Renmin Lane, Tingzhou Town. In March 1929, after the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army entered Changting, the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China was set up here, and Zhou Enlai lodged and worked in the building. It is preserved as one of the Changting revolutionary sites.
The building stands at 43 Renmin Lane in Tingzhou Town, Changting County, Longyan, Fujian. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit, so access to the interior may be restricted; check locally before travelling. The lane is in the old county seat, within walking distance of other Tingzhou historic sites.
The building at 43 Renmin Lane was originally a Chinese Christian Church, but in March 1929 the Fourth Red Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army entered Changting and set up the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China here; Zhou Enlai lodged and worked in the building. In 1988 it was listed in the third batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level as one of the Changting revolutionary sites.
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