A basic introduction to the Battle of Yuanzi Cliff and the great significance of the Battle of Yuanz

On December 20, 1941, in Yuanziya Village, Junan County, Shandong Province, under the leadership of the 19-year-old village chief, the heroic villagers used earthen guns, earthen cannons, broadswords, spears, iron forks and guillotines to fight to the death against more than 1,000 well-equipped Japanese soldiers for a whole day, and at the cost of 147 people, 121 enemies were annihilated. This was a fierce and tragic bloody battle spontaneously organized by Chinese peasants in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The deeds of the people of Yuanziya who bravely resisted the enemy and defended their homeland wrote a brilliant page in the history of the Junan Party and the history of the revolutionary struggle in Shandong, and was awarded the title of "Anti-Japanese Model Village" by the Binhai Special Administration at that time, and its deeds were recorded in the Chinese People's Military Museum, and in 1995 it was made into a TV film on **Taiwan**.

Yuanziya Village is located 15 kilometers west of Junan County, Shandong Province, and belonged to Shushui County during the Anti-Japanese War. On December 19, 1941, about 156 puppet troops entrenched in Xiaoliang's house surrounded Yuanziya and were beaten away by the Self-Defense Forces with earthen cannons. At about 10 o'clock in the morning of the 20th, more than 1,000 people of the Japanese puppet army rushed to the Yuanzi Cliff, and the village self-defense forces resisted desperately with earthen guns and cannons, broadswords and spears.

In the evening, a company of the 5th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the Shandong Column of the Eighth Route Army and county and district armed forces rushed to support the villagers of Yuanziya, and the enemy was forced to retreat. In this battle, more than 100 Japanese puppet soldiers were annihilated by the Yuanziya Self-Defense Forces, but 147 Self-Defense Forces and male and female villagers sacrificed their precious lives in the battle. The deeds of the people of Yuanziya bravely resisting the enemy and defending their homeland have written a brilliant page in the history of the Junan Party and the history of the revolutionary struggle in Shandong, and were awarded the title of "Anti-Japanese Model Village" by the Binhai Special Administration at that time, and their deeds were recorded in the Chinese People's Military Museum, and in 1995 they were made into a TV film on **TV **.

On December 20, 1941, an ordinary village - Yuanziya Village, Junan County, Shandong Province. Led by the 19-year-old village chief, the heroic villagers fought to the death against more than 1,000 well-armed Japanese soldiers for a whole day with earthen guns, earthen cannons, broadswords, spears, iron forks and guillotines, killing 121 enemies at the cost of 147 people. This was a fierce and tragic bloody battle spontaneously organized by Chinese peasants in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

The deeds of the defense of Yuanziya soon spread in the Binhai Prefecture, which greatly boosted the people's anti-Japanese spirit. In order to commend the heroic deeds of the villagers of Yuanziya and commemorate the martyrs who died bravely in the battle, in the spring of 1942, the Binhai Special Administration awarded Yuanziya Village the glorious title of "Anti-Japanese Model Village". In 1944, Mushui County ** in the village on the north ridge with purple boulders, built a hexagonal seven-level memorial tower, the front of the tower briefly described the process of self-defense in Yuanziya Village, the back of the tower carved with the martyr's name, on both sides of the tower is the Binhai Naval District leader Chen Shiyu and others and the inscription of the county council.

The inscription of the Senate reads: "The clouds and mountains are vast, and the water is beautiful; The wind of martyrs, the mountains are high and the waters are long! ”

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in order to commemorate the martyrs who died in the battle of Yuanziya and commemorate their exploits, the relief of this battle is displayed in the memorial hall of the East China Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery; The Shandong Provincial Museum exhibits the broadswords and spears used in this battle; The Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution has set up a special page to introduce the battle of Yuanziya.

The movie "The Battle of Yuanziya" is a film written by Wen Haojie, the film mainly tells the story of the fact that in 1941, Yuanziya Village hoarded the public grain of the Eighth Route Army. The Japanese invaders swarmed in an attempt to capture Yuanzi Cliff and seize the public grain. Lin Fanyi, the village head, led the villagers to fight with earthen guns and cannons, and fought the tragic battle of Yuanzi Cliff.

It has written a story of a glorious chapter of the Chinese civilians' resistance against Japan.

Although the battle was fierce, the battle was won in the end.

<> "The Battle of Yuanzi Cliff" is a film work written by Wen Haojie based on real historical events.

The after-view of the defense of Yuanzi Cliff.

The depiction of the group portraits of the characters in the film, through respect for historical facts, reproduces the tragic and brave anti-Japanese scenes of the year, and reflects the national integrity of the common people who have the courage to resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

Each character has their own distinct personality. The protagonist in the film, 19-year-old village chief Lin Yi, is not the kind of "born hero", and in the process of fighting, he will also make mistakes, and then learn lessons and gradually grow up. Under the leadership of the Communist Party, under the positive response, unyielding and fearless fighting of the villagers, they bravely killed the enemy, made heroic sacrifices, and finally won the victory in the defense war, writing a rich page in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

In the end, he led the villagers to resist the enemy with wit and bravery.

The Battle of Yuanziya was written in the history of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in which the villagers resisted Japan on the largest, most tragic and most indomitable spirit of the nation, and Yuanziya was known as "the first village of China's resistance against Japan".

The site of the Yuanziya Defense War was selected as one of the top ten tourist attractions in Linyi City, and the top ten tourist attractions in Linyi City were selected for the review: Yuanziya, Banquan Town, is a famous anti-Japanese model village. On October 18, 1941, the whole village went into battle to participate in the battle, and fought to the death with the more than 1,000-day puppet army, killing 112 Japanese soldiers and 147 villagers sacrificed.

The site of the Yuanziya Anti-Japanese Defense War covers an area of 6 acres and has a martyr's memorial tower inside, planted with pine and cypress, flowers and trees.

The society has a great response to the movie "The Battle of Yuanzi Cliff", which is a patriotic educational film, which has important educational significance, and is also worth watching by all of us, so that we can better understand modern history and the hard-won life now.

On the evening of July 16th, the movie "Yuanziya Defense" was held for the first time in Yuanziya Village, where the battle took place, and nearly 2,000 villagers of Yuanziya Village braved the scorching heat to make this meaningful film story.

Many schools also organize students to watch movies, or play this movie in school, giving students a great ideological baptism, cultivating students' temperament with patriotic sentiments, and more importantly, letting students understand how heroic and tenacious the people of Yuanziya Village are during the war years, which is conducive to establishing students' patriotic concepts and thoughts.

Many schools and units have organized employees to write their impressions, which shows that the educational significance of this impact is so great, and the impact on society is also far-reaching.