Former Site of Guangdong People's Counter-Japanese Liberation Army Command, Jiangmen City

Originally, this site housed the Yu Ancestral Hall built in the Qing Dynasty. On November 7, 1944, the leading organization and main brigade of the Guangdong People's Counter-Japanese Guerrilla Central Column liberated Zhaiwu Town and marched into Jingcun Village, establishing their headquarters within the ancestral hall.

Since then, the counter-Japanese struggle in Central Guangdong entered a new phase of independently led guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines by the Communist Party of China.

In December 1944, the Temporary Committee of the Guangdong Provincial CPC Committee and the Dongjiang Military-Civilian Committee convened the Zhaiwu Conference in the Zaomu Mountain area of Central Guangdong. The conference resolved to dissolve the Central District Column and establish two new forces: the Guangdong People's Counter-Japanese Guerrilla Force Pearl River Column and the Guangdong People's Counter-Japanese Liberation Army.

On January 20, 1945, the Guangdong People's Counter-Japanese Liberation Army publicly announced its establishment via an open telegraph. A grand founding ceremony was held in Zhaiwu, Heshan, on January 29, with the command headquarters remaining stationed at the Yu Ancestral Hall.

Initially organized into four regiments, the army later expanded to include an independent battalion and the 5th, 6th, and Independent Regiments, totaling approximately 1,400 troops. Operating across a 100-kilometer radius, they launched 15 proactive fights and ambushes against the Japanese invasion and its puppet forces, engaging over 5,000 Japanese troops.

In June 1946, following directives from the Guangdong District CPC Committee for northward withdrawal, a minority of personnel withdrew with the Dongjiang Column, while the majority demobilized. Approximately 140 soldiers remained dispersed for self-defense operations, after which the army designation was formally retired.

Site (Chinese): 广东人民抗日解放军司令部旧址

add.: 江门市鹤山市宅梧镇靖村余氏宗祠后楼

Source: Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province, Nanfang Daily