Site of the August 7 Conference 八七会议会址Bāqī Huìyì Huìzhǐ

About Site of the August 7 Conference

A three-storey brick-and-concrete block in Hankou's former Russian concession, originally part of a foreign-built apartment complex, where leaders of the Chinese Communist Party met in secret on 7 August 1927, after the Kuomintang had turned on its communist allies, to decide the party's course. Mao Zedong's remark that political power grows out of the barrel of a gun is associated with this meeting. The building is now a memorial museum, with an exhibition on the conference on the ground floor and a reconstruction of the meeting room upstairs.

How to get to Site of the August 7 Conference

In Jiang'an District in Hankou, about 1 km from Dazhi Road metro station; the museum is closed on Fridays except public holidays.

Nearby

• Yellow Crane Tower 黄鹤楼 under 10 km
  A tower rebuilt many times over, made immortal by a single Tang poem
• Hubei Provincial Museum 湖北省博物馆 under 10 km
  Marquis Yi's ancient bronze bells, played live, and the sword of King Goujian

Also within 20 km: Former Residence of Zhan Tianyou 詹天佑故居 (under 10 km), Site of the CPC Central Committee Offices in Wuhan 武汉中共中央机关旧址 (under 10 km), Delin Apartments (Hankou Residence of CPC Leaders) 中共中央领导人汉口住地旧址 (under 10 km), Early Modern Buildings of Hankou 汉口近代建筑群 (under 10 km), Hankou Site of the CPC Central Propaganda Department 汉口中共中央宣传部旧址 (under 10 km), Hankow Customs House 江汉关大楼 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

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