The spirit of the Long March is a legacy of the Chinese people
which should be carried forward in building a modern and harmonious
socialist country, Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Monday.
Hu made the remarks while visiting an exhibition marking the
70th anniversary of the Long March, which opened at the Military
Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution on Monday.
The exhibition shows more than 580 pictures, 440 pieces of
cultural relics, 180 publications, 25 art works, 52 graphs and
three large-scale murals, all revealing the spirit of the Red Army
during the Long March.
The exhibition is a live textbook of revolution history for
cadres and the people, especially the youngsters, Hu added.
The Long March was a famous military maneuver carried out by the
Workers' and Peasants' Red Army from 1934 to 1936 led by the
Communist Party of China (CPC) to combat the Kuomintang Regime.
Although many soldiers died along the way, the Red Army finally
arrived at Yan'an in western Shaanxi Province after the 25,000-li
(12,500-kilometer) trek, where the new headquarters of CPC was
later established.
Other top officials who visited the exhibition on Monday
included Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Zeng Qinghong, Huang Ju, Wu
Guanzheng, Li Changchun and Luo Gan.
(Xinhua News Agency October 17, 2006)