What is the origin of August 1st Army Day?

The origin of the "August 1st Army Day" was12, 927, when the former enemy committee headed by Zhou Enlai and the Northern Expedition troops led by He Long, Ye Ting, Zhu De and Liu Bocheng reached 20,000 people. An armed uprising was held in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, which fired the first shot of China's * * * production party against the Kuomintang reactionaries. It is the beginning of the independent leadership of China's * * * production party, and marks the birth of a new type of people's army in China.

1928 In April, the Nanchang Uprising Army led by Zhu De and Chen Yi and the Autumn Harvest Uprising Army led by Mao Zedong joined forces in Jinggangshan to formally form the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army. 1 On June 30th, 933, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission decided that August1day would be the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army Memorial Day. In July of the same year 1 1, the provisional central government of the Chinese Soviet approved this decision. Since then, "August 1st" has become the Army Day of China People's Liberation Army.

On August 1933 and 1 Sunday, the first "August 1st" commemoration was held in the Red Army Square in Yeping, Ruijin, and the Red Army parade and procession was held in Zhumagang, south of Ruijin that night. Since then, 8 1 has officially become the Army Day of the People's Army. Therefore, it can be said that Nanchang is the place where the military flag is raised, and Ruijin is the place where August 1st Army Day was born.

1On June 5th, 949, the People's Revolutionary Military Commission of China issued an order, taking the word "August 1st" as the main symbol of the flag and emblem of the China People's Liberation Army. A military flag is a flag symbolizing an army or an organizational system. The flag of China People's Liberation Army is red, decorated with a golden five-pointed star and the words "August 1", which indicates that China People's Liberation Army has finally won the great victory of China Revolution under the leadership of the Party after a long and arduous struggle since the Nanchang Uprising in August 1927.