August 1st Army Day is the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. It is set as August 1st every year. It is established by the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Commission to commemorate the establishment of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army. So why is August 1st the army day? Let's have a look.
What day is August 1st army day
On July 11, 1933, it was established by the then interim central government of the Soviet Republic of China. August of each year is the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese people's Liberation Army.
What is army day on August 1st to commemorate
August 1st military day comes from the Nanchang Uprising led by the Communist Party of China on August 1st, 1927.
In short, the August 1st Army Day is to commemorate the birth and hard journey of the people.
On August 1, 1927, under the leadership of Zhou Enlai, he long, Ye Ting, Zhu De and Liu Bocheng, an armed uprising was held in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, firing the first shot against the Kuomintang reactionaries.
In April 1928, the preserved nanchang uprising led by Zhu De and Chen Yi met with the autumn harvest uprising led by Mao Zedong in Jinggangshan, officially forming the Fourth Army of the Chinese industrial and agricultural revolutionary army. On June 30, 1933, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission decided that August 1 of each year was the anniversary of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army. On July 11, 1933, the Provisional Central Government of the Chinese Soviet Republic decided to establish the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army on August 1, the Nanchang Uprising Day, which is the predecessor of the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, in accordance with the proposal of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission on June 30. Since then, August 1 has become the founding day of the Chinese people's Liberation Army.
On August 1 of the same year, the first "August 1" Commemoration in history was held in the Red Army square in Yeping, Ruijin, and was held in zhumagang, south of Ruijin city that evening.
On June 15, 1949, the Chinese people's Revolutionary Military Commission issued an order stipulating that the word "August 1" should be used as the main symbol of the military flag and emblem of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. After the founding of new China, this anniversary was renamed the PLA Army Day. Since then, August 1 has officially become the people's army day.
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Bayi military flag
The main body of the PLA flag is red, the shape is rectangular, and the horizontal to vertical ratio is 5:4. The flagpole is covered with white, and the width is 1 / 16 of the transverse length of the flag surface. The flagpole is a red and yellow spiral pattern with a yellow spearhead. The flag is decorated with a golden five pointed star and the word "August 1", which means that the Chinese people's Liberation Army has finally won a great victory of the revolution under the leadership of the party after a long and arduous struggle since the Nanchang Uprising was born on August 1, 1927, so as to establish today's new China. This flag has inspired generations of soldiers' determination to defend the frontier despite difficulties. At the same time, with the Chinese people's Liberation Army growing into a powerful and majestic army step by step, it has become an iron wall to defend the Chinese people.