Zunyi Meeting Site Memorial Hall

The Zunyi Meeting Site Memorial Hall is a museum and historic building on Hongqi Road in Huichuan District, Zunyi, northern Guizhou. It commemorates the enlarged Politburo meeting of the Chinese Communist Party held in January 1935 during the Long March, at which Mao Zedong gained a leading role in the party and military leadership. The meeting took place in a two-storey brick-and-wood building in a European-influenced style, formerly the residence of a local warlord, which stands in a courtyard and has been preserved with period furnishings. Visitors can see the meeting room with its table, chairs and oil lamps, the rooms where leaders stayed and several galleries nearby that display photographs, documents, maps and objects related to the Long March and the Zunyi Conference. The exhibitions are written mostly in Chinese, though some labels include English, and the site is a major destination for domestic visitors interested in modern Chinese history. A visit takes about one and a half to two hours. Entry is free, but visitors need to show a passport or national ID card at the gate, and the hall is closed on Mondays. Queues form at weekends, in school holidays and around national days, so weekday mornings are calmer. Photography is generally allowed in the grounds but may be restricted in some galleries. The site is a short walk from other Zunyi attractions and about 15 minutes by bus or taxi from the railway station. The surrounding old streets have restaurants serving Zunyi noodles and local dishes.