On the afternoon of August 19, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited Hefei City, Anhui Province, visited the Memorial Hall of the Crossing the River, revisited the history of the revolution and cherished the memory of revolutionary martyrs. Let us follow in the footsteps of the General Secretary and recall "a million heroes who have crossed the river."
Walking into the Victory Square, the 99-meter-high five-pointed star Victory Tower represents the victory of the "August 1st" army with the meaning of "Nine-Nine-Eight-One".
The triangular main building, leaning forward 49 degrees, symbolizes the great victory of the Battle of Crossing the River in 1949.
The Battle of Crossing the River started on April 20, 1949, starting from the mouth of Jiangxi Lake in the west and reaching the Qianli River in Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province in the east. The victory of the Battle of Crossing the River announced the collapse of the Kuomintang’s reactionary rule on the mainland and greatly accelerated the process of national liberation.
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