Geyuan
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Geyuan is a town in Hengfeng County
, Shangrao
municipality, JX
.
(ge).
As the Sui Dynasty
ended and Tang Dynasty
began, families with the surname of Su and Feng settled here at the source of a stream where kudzu flourished.
In the year 3 of Tang Zhenguan (629 CE), a family surnamed Zheng moved here. Then came the families Cai, Ye, Luo and Jin.
), the committee in charge of the Northeast Jiangxi Revolutionary Base Area (赣东北革命根据地)
under Fang Zhimin
moved from Yiyang county
to Hengfeng, setting up the Soviet government of the Special Administration Region of northeast Jiangxi in Geyuan town. In November at Ruijin
the Chinese Soviet Republic was declared a sovereign state; and Geyuan was named the capital of one of its constituent parts, i.e. the Northeastern Jiangxi Soviet
. In the December of the following year, the Soviet territory officially expanded into counties in Zhejiang
and Fujian
.
In November 1934 (23 ROC), Geyuan was occupied by Chinese government forces.
Hengfeng County
Hengfeng County is a small county under the administration of Shangrao city, Jiangxi...
, Shangrao
Shangrao
Shangrao is a medium-sized prefecture-level city located in the northeast of China's Jiangxi province. According to the 2010 Census, Shangrao has a population of 6,579,714 inhabitants....
municipality, JX
Jiangxi
' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...
.
Imperial
The meaning of the town's name is the headstream (yuan) of kudzuKudzu
Kudzu is a plant in the genus Pueraria in the pea family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. It is a climbing, coiling, and trailing vine native to southern Japan and southeast China. Its name comes from the Japanese name for the plant, . It is a weed that climbs over trees or shrubs and grows so...
(ge).
As the Sui Dynasty
Sui Dynasty
The Sui Dynasty was a powerful, but short-lived Imperial Chinese dynasty. Preceded by the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it ended nearly four centuries of division between rival regimes. It was followed by the Tang Dynasty....
ended and Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...
began, families with the surname of Su and Feng settled here at the source of a stream where kudzu flourished.
In the year 3 of Tang Zhenguan (629 CE), a family surnamed Zheng moved here. Then came the families Cai, Ye, Luo and Jin.
Revolutionary
In December 1927, a rebellion against the Jiangxi governor was waged. In February 1931 (year 20 of the RepublicMinguo calendar
The Republic of China calendar is the method of numbering years currently used in the Republic of China . It was used in mainland China from 1912 until the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949....
), the committee in charge of the Northeast Jiangxi Revolutionary Base Area (赣东北革命根据地)
Northeastern Jiangxi Soviet
The North-eastern Jiangxi Soviet was a constituent part of the Chinese Soviet Republic . Any military threat it posed to the Nationalist Party-controlled Chinese State had been roundly neutered by an early 1931 campaign The North-eastern Jiangxi Soviet (赣东北苏维埃, Gandongbei Suweiai) was a...
under Fang Zhimin
Fang Zhimin
Fang Zhimin was a Chinese communist military and political leader.Born in a poor peasant household in Yixian, Jiangxi Province, he joined the CPC in 1924 and assisted in setting up a provincial Party organization. After the failure of the Shanghai Uprising in 1927, Fang returned to Jiangxi, where...
moved from Yiyang county
Yiyang County, Jiangxi
Yiyang is a county in the prefecture of Shangrao in the Province of Jiangxi in The People's Republic of China. In 1999 it had a population of inhabitants. .- References :...
to Hengfeng, setting up the Soviet government of the Special Administration Region of northeast Jiangxi in Geyuan town. In November at Ruijin
Ruijin
Ruijin is a county-level city of Ganzhou in the mountains bordering Fujian Province in south-eastern Jiangxi.The name derives from the ancient God, Rui Jin. It is most famous as one of the earliest centers of Chinese communist activity...
the Chinese Soviet Republic was declared a sovereign state; and Geyuan was named the capital of one of its constituent parts, i.e. the Northeastern Jiangxi Soviet
Northeastern Jiangxi Soviet
The North-eastern Jiangxi Soviet was a constituent part of the Chinese Soviet Republic . Any military threat it posed to the Nationalist Party-controlled Chinese State had been roundly neutered by an early 1931 campaign The North-eastern Jiangxi Soviet (赣东北苏维埃, Gandongbei Suweiai) was a...
. In the December of the following year, the Soviet territory officially expanded into counties in Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
and Fujian
Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
.
In November 1934 (23 ROC), Geyuan was occupied by Chinese government forces.