August 1st Army Day was born in 1933. Her first festival celebration was held in Ruijin, Jiangxi, the capital of the Central Soviet Area.

1On June 26th, 933, the C.O. of the Central Soviet Area issued the Decision on August 1st International Anti-Japanese War Struggle Day and the Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army. The decision pointed out: "The Central Revolutionary Military Commission has designated' August 1st' as the day to commemorate the June 5438 +0 and June 5438 +0927 Nanchang riots." Later, members of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission explained why August 1 day was designated as the Army Day: "On August 1927, 1 day, Nanchang riots led by the proletarian party * * * Production Party took place, which was the beginning of the anti-imperialist agrarian revolution and the source of the heroic Red Army of workers and peasants. The Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants broke the previous attacks of the imperialist Kuomintang and fundamentally shook the rule of the imperialist Kuomintang in China. It has become one of the basic levers of revolutionary upsurge, the organizer of China's laboring mass revolutionary struggle, and the main force of thorough national revolutionary war. In order to commemorate the victory of the Nanchang riots and the establishment of the Red Army, this Committee decided to commemorate the establishment of the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants from 19338 to/kloc-0. " /kloc-in July, 2000, the Chinese Soviet * * * and the provisional central government of People's Republic of China (PRC) mobilized the leaders of the party, government and army in the Soviet area to commemorate the August 1st Movement. Mao Zedong specially wrote the article "New Situation and New Tasks", which was published in the newspaper "Red China" on July 29th. Bo Gu made many special speeches on the topic of "Battle Memorial Day, Battle Mission"; Zhang Wentian made a special report on "August 1st and the danger of imperialist war" in institutions and schools. At the same time, governments at all levels in the Soviet area organized the masses to hold assemblies, processions and parties, and the publicity activities of various ministries of the Red Army became more enthusiastic.

On August 1933, the first "August 1st" Army Day celebration was held in the south of Ruijin. In the evening, the soldiers and civilians in the Soviet area came here from all directions with torches, and the welcoming performance group composed of workers and peasants drama clubs stood at the door, singing and dancing. Celebrations are divided into military parade and stage parade. In order to prevent enemy planes from bombing, it was decided to complete the military parade from 17: 00 to 19: 30. 17, the military parade began, military music played and salute sounded. Three leaders, Mao Zedong, Zhu De and Xiang Ying, rode horses to review the 600-meter-long Red Army queue. The officers and men of the Red Army stared at each other, and cheers and slogans resounded through the sky. The second item is the oath. The Central Revolutionary Military Commission awarded military flags to the newly established Red Army Workers' Division and the Small International Division, and issued the battle orders to the two divisions to go to the front to kill the enemy heroically. The workers' division and the small * * * international division formed two phalanxes, and the commander raised his fist and took the oath. The third item is the award of flags and prizes. The leaders of the Central Military Commission awarded school flags to all Red Army schools, battle flags to all Red Army teams and Red Star medals to outstanding Red Army commanders. Representatives of the central government and various political parties and organizations delivered congratulatory speeches, and the decisive battle began. The 2nd, 5th, 37th and 40th regiments of the Red Army marched through the reviewing stand under the guidance of a banner. The soldiers shouted slogans and paid attention to the heads on the reviewing stand. The long reading team walked from the reviewing stand for more than an hour. Firm steps break through the night, crush the dust, kick open this unforgettable night, and embed the two characters "8 1" into history.