[Explanation] There is a building on the north side of Wusi Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. Since the whole building is mainly built with red bricks and covered with red tiles, it is named "Red House".
This Red Building, built in 1918, was once the school building of Peking University, and it is called Peking University Red Building.
[Concurrent] Qin Suyin, Deputy Director of Research Office of Beijing New Culture Movement Memorial Hall
When the Red Building was first put into use, the first floor of the Red Building was the Peking University Library. Li Dazhao, as we know it, was the director of the Peking University Library. His office was on the first floor of the Red Building.
The second floor of the Red Building is the campus of Peking University, including the office of Peking University President Cai Yuanpei. The office of Peking University's Dean of Arts and Sciences Chen Duxiu is on the second floor of the Red Building.
[Explanation] In this red building, Li Dazhao created the early Communist Party organization; Cai Yuanpei made drastic reforms in education; the well-known "New Wave" magazine was also born in the red building.
As an important fortress of the New Culture Movement, the source of the May Fourth Movement, and one of the important birthplaces of the Communist Party of China, the Peking University Red House has witnessed many major events in Chinese history and left behind a group of intellectuals in pursuing the truth of saving the country.
[Concurrent] Qin Suyin, Deputy Director of Research Office of Beijing New Culture Movement Memorial Hall
The Red Mansion is indeed a witness to the spread of new ideas and the acceptance of these new ideas by these young people.
At that time, the thoughts of the entire Red Chamber and Peking University were very active. The students spoke freely. During the chat, they actually did not agree with some of the teacher's practices.
So they decided to run their own magazine, "New Wave" magazine.
It writes articles in vernacular Chinese.
It is also because of the deepening of the New Culture Movement that various trends of thought have flooded into China. One of them is Marxism. In the identification of various trends of thought, everyone chose Marxism.
[Explanation] In 2002, the Beijing New Culture Movement Memorial Hall was established on the basis of the Peking University Red House. The office of Li Dazhao and the second reading room where Mao Zedong worked were restored, allowing more viewers to enter the historical scene and feel the red mark.
[Concurrent] Qin Suyin, Deputy Director of Research Office of Beijing New Culture Movement Memorial Hall
Before Peking University moved out of Li Dazhao's office in the 1950s, Li Dazhao's memorial room was built in the red building.
After the establishment of the New Cultural Movement Memorial Hall, we made a restoration. There are two bookcases and a desk for him. On the desk are some stationery that he usually uses. Some of them are quite special, including a three. The color ink cartridge is a glass ink cartridge that can hold three colors of ink.
[Explanation] The second reading room was the place where Mao Zedong worked as an assistant in the Peking University Library from 1918 to 1919. The newspaper racks displayed Chinese and foreign newspapers and periodicals such as "Ta Kung Pao".
At that time, Mao Zedong managed 15 kinds of Chinese and foreign newspapers, and was responsible for registering the names of new newspapers and periodicals that came to visit every day.
[Concurrent] Qin Suyin, Deputy Director of Research Office of Beijing New Culture Movement Memorial Hall
In these names, he saw some famous people in the New Culture Movement at that time, such as Luo Jialun and Fu Sinian.
In such an environment as Peking University, he accepted a lot of new ideas.
Many young people like him accept these ideas spread by the New Culture Movement, so they truly act. They accept new knowledge and through their actions hope to do something constructive to the country and then transform the country.
[Explanation] In the past 20 years, the memorial has collected 4900 pieces (sets) of cultural relics related to the New Cultural Movement.
Among them, 1188 pieces (sets) of precious cultural relics.
2021 is the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. At present, the Red House of Peking University is preparing a large-scale exhibition, which will show the history of the early revolutionary activities of the Communist Party in the form of pictures, texts, objects, audio and video.
[Concurrent] Qin Suyin, Deputy Director of Research Office of Beijing New Culture Movement Memorial Hall
When you enter there, you can feel Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao 100 years ago. He also walked the path you walked. You can have this feeling of communicating history and you can understand this history better.
On days like the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, we need to come to the birthplace of the Communist Party of China to feel the original intention of the Communist Party and continue to fulfill our mission.
Cheng Yu Yu Lixiao Xu Jing reports from Beijing
Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]