Nanniwan is located in Xi 'an-Huangdi Mausoleum-Yan 'an-Nanniwan-Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River -Xi 'an Tourism Ring Road. It is one of the tourist attractions in Yan 'an and a key cultural relic protection unit in Shaanxi Province. The main attractions of Nanniwan include: Mao Zedong's inspection of Nanniwan's former residence, the former site of the 359 Brigade, the 7 18 Martyrs' Monument, the former site of the central government cadres' retreat, the former site of Nanniwan Reclamation Area Government, the former site of the Eighth Route Army Artillery School, Jiulongquan and Nanniwan's large-scale production showroom.
Historical background
When War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression entered the stalemate, Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang troops launched a large-scale sweep of the * * * Production Party and the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base areas, mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to surround the Shensi-Kansu-Ningsia border region, imposed a strict military siege and economic blockade, and shouted "starve the Eighth Route Army". At that time, the border region was sparsely populated and the land was barren. It is really difficult to rely on the masses to provide food and clothing for tens of thousands of cadres, soldiers and students. Mao Zedong said at that time, "We used to have almost no clothes, no oil, no paper, no vegetables, no soldiers' shoes and socks, and the staff didn't cover them in winter ... Our difficulties were really great".
At the critical historical juncture, the CPC Central Committee and Mao Zedong timely put forward the general policy of "developing economy and ensuring supply" and the call of "do it yourself and have plenty of food and clothing" to mobilize the broad masses of soldiers and civilians to carry out large-scale production campaigns. 1940, commander-in-chief Zhu De visited Nanniwan. 194 1 In the spring of, the Eighth Route Army, under the leadership of Wang Zhen, was ordered to enter Nanniwan for land reclamation and overcome many difficulties. With his own hands and sweat, it turned the barren Nanniwan into a "flat rice fragrant, fat ducks full of ponds". Crops are everywhere, and cattle and sheep are everywhere. "Northern Shaanxi is good and Jiangnan is good. 1February, 943, Mao Zedong wrote an inscription for four leading cadres of the brigade in recognition of all the soldiers of the 359th brigade.