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Hejia Village in Dabie Mountains keeps ‘red classrooms’ alive with oral histories of Long March

行进中国|扎根大别山的“红色讲堂”

In Hejiachong, Henan province, villagers led by He Guiying tell stories of the 25th Red Army’s 1934 Long March departure to visiting tourists and descendants. The village has become an open-air ‘red classroom’ with thousands of visitors in the first half of 2026, part of a broader effort by local authorities to preserve revolutionary heritage, according to this People’s Daily Online report distributed on NetEase.

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报道将何家冲个人化的口述历史视为‘红色讲堂’(红色讲堂)的鲜活载体,突出老党员、红军后代的自觉参与和情感共鸣,呼应信阳‘大力推动红色资源保护和传承’的政策框架。‘长征精神’(长征精神)被呈现为代际传承的纽带,游客的感动与寻根行为被视作红色教育成效的自然证据。目标读者是广大网民,强化革命历史教育的自发性和群众性,隐含意识形态合法性建构。

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