Taiping Ferry: Key Site of the Four Crossings of the Chishui River

Taiping Ferry is located in Taiping Town, Gulin County, Sichuan Province, at the meeting point of the Chishui River and the Gulin River. In the spring of 1935, during the Long March—a strategic military operation undertaken by the Chinese Red Army—this site served as a key crossing point when the Red Army crossed the Chishui River for the second and fourth time. (The phrase "Four Crossings of the Chishui River" refers to a series of maneuvers that helped the Red Army break free from enemy encirclement.)