The Memorial Hall of the Forced Crossing of the Dadu River by the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

　　In early May 1935, after crossing the Jinsha River at the Jiaopingdu Ferry in Yunan Province during the Long March, the Central Red Army continued to advance northward and make preparations to cross the Dadu River before it headed for northwestern Sichuan.

　　The Dadu River, a main branch of the Minjiang River winding through the high mountains, is 300 meters wide with roaring rapids. On the evening of May 24, the advanced detachment of the Central Red Army--- the 1^st Regiment of the 1^st Division---conducted a forced march of over 80 kilometers before it arrived at the Anshunchang on the right bank of the Dadu River, where it put to rout two companies of the Sichuan Local Army, captured the Anshunchang and found a wooden boat in the vicinity of the ferry.

　　On the morning of May 25, Liu Bocheng and Nie Rongzhen went to the forward position to direct the battle in person. Sun Jixian, commander of the 1^st Battalion of the 1^st Regiment of the Central Red Army, selected 17 warriors from the 2^nd Company to form a shock team to cross the river, which paddled the boat against rapids under the enemy roaring guns and flying bullets. The shock team swiftly crossed river. With the support of the firepower from the right bank, the shock team fought valiantly to beat back the counterattack by the Sichuan Local Army and controlled the ferry. Afterwards, the 1st Division and the Cadre Regiment of the 1st Army Group of the Central Red Army crossed the Dadu River, which had been regarded by the Kuomintang as an impassable natural barrier.