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Red Palace and Red Square, Haifeng 海丰红宫红场Hǎifēng Hónggōng Hóngchǎng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Shanwei, Guangdong
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shanwei
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Red Palace and Red Square, Haifeng
Haifeng's former Confucian school, with its Lingxing gate, crescent pond and Dacheng Hall, where Peng Pai convened the county congress of workers, peasants and soldiers on 18–21 November 1927 that proclaimed the Haifeng Soviet government; the buildings were painted red and renamed the Red Palace. The open ground to the east, where a mass rally was held on 1 December 1927, became the Red Square. The scenic area also takes in the nearby former residence of Peng Pai (1896–1929), the Dequ study hall and the former Chishanyue farmers' association.
How to get to Red Palace and Red Square, Haifeng
On Hongchang Road in the centre of Haifeng town, about 20 km north of central Shanwei by road.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Xinshan Red Tourism Village 新山村 (under 10 km).
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