Jing Gangshan
The Hakkas in Jing Gang Shan helped Mao Zedong to realize his intention. Mao managed to win over the two crews of about 600 Hakka bandits in this area, led by Wang Zuo and Yuan Wen Cai.
Jing Gang Shan is a very hidden area that closing to the middle of part of the Lou Xiao Shan range in Hunan, being in the west of Jiangxi province. Around the Ci Ping town, there are more than 500 peaks in this region with the elevations from 360 to 1800 meters.
Huangyangjie, a station on the cliff is one of the 5 most important posts, where the Red Army have resisted an enemy outnumber them twenty to one.
At that time, Mao Zedong led only less than 5,000 peasants against Guomingdang with 8 million equipped troops. The Guomindang had very clear ability to fully destroy the Communists.
Apart from its critical location, the Jing Gang Mt has taken an important part in the history of China. In the period of Dong Han, when civilization was first identified settled in this region; At the beginning of Ming Dynasty, due to the hostilities in the unstable society, many rebellions escaped to Jing Gang Shan for continue to exist. History of revolution has been carried on through centuries. In 1927, Mao Ze Dong after suffering a string of defeats in an urban-based revolution in the cities, he selected Jing Gang Shan for recouping. Then, Mao established the Fourth Branch of Red Army.
From 1927 to 1928 in just less than one year there were five major confrontations between the Red Army and Guomindang Party. Every time the battle was rough and difficult for both sides. Most of Jing Gang Shan's landscape is mountains. It rains every day in the summer. However, the rather complicated surrounding provide the opportunity for Red Army to defeat the enemy sufficiently under the leadership of Mao Ze Dong.
In just about two generations, which is 70 some years later, Jing Gang Shan recovered from its misfortunate past. The process is rather swift and seamless. The green forest and blue water dress up Jing Gang Shan like a well-reserved state park. Bamboo forest comes back again as one of the natural resource; waterfalls provide continuous energy to this land.
