Long March

E58701
event in the Chinese Civil War historical event military retreat

The Long March was the epic 1934–1935 strategic retreat of the Chinese Red Army that cemented Mao Zedong’s rise and became a founding myth of the Chinese Communist revolution.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Long March canonical 45
Chung Kuo / The Long March 1
The Long March 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in the Chinese Civil War ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military retreat ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Long March ⓘ
surface form: The Long March of the Chinese Red Army
associatedIdeology Maoism ⓘ
associatedWith Yan'an period of CCP consolidation ⓘ
cause encirclement campaigns by Kuomintang forces ⓘ
ChineseName Long March self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 长征
ChinesePinyin Chángzhēng ⓘ
consequence Mao Zedong ⓘ
surface form: Mao Zedong gained de facto military leadership of the Red Army

strategic shift of Communist base to northwest China ⓘ
country China ⓘ
crossedRegion grasslands of western China ⓘ
mountain ranges of southwest China ⓘ
dateOfEvent Zunyi Conference, January 1935 ⓘ
distanceTraveled approximately 9,000 kilometers ⓘ
endDate 1935 ⓘ
endPoint Yan'an ⓘ
hardship extreme hunger and disease ⓘ
harsh terrain and climate ⓘ
heavy casualties from combat and exhaustion ⓘ
ideologicalSignificance founding myth of the Chinese Communist revolution ⓘ
symbol of revolutionary endurance and sacrifice ⓘ
keyLeader Mao Zedong ⓘ
Peng Dehuai ⓘ
Zhou Enlai ⓘ
Zhu De ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
legacy core element of modern Chinese national revolutionary identity ⓘ
location Jiangxi Province ⓘ
Shaanxi Province ⓘ
memorializedIn Chinese revolutionary films ⓘ
Chinese revolutionary literature ⓘ
PRC official historiography ⓘ
notableEvent Zunyi Conference ⓘ
numberOfForcesAtEnd significantly reduced surviving force ⓘ
numberOfForcesAtStart tens of thousands of Red Army soldiers ⓘ
opponent Kuomintang ⓘ
National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
participant Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
Chinese Red Army ⓘ
partOf Chinese Civil War ⓘ
politicalFunction central narrative in CCP propaganda ⓘ
legitimization of CCP leadership ⓘ
result rise of Mao Zedong as top CCP leader ⓘ
survival of core Chinese Communist forces ⓘ
startDate 1934 ⓘ
startPoint Chinese Soviet Republic ⓘ
surface form: Jiangxi Soviet

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Peng Dehuai → conflict → Long March ⓘ
He Zizhen → participatedIn → Long March ⓘ
Zhu De → participantIn → Long March ⓘ
Liu Bocheng → battle → Long March ⓘ
Chinese Civil War (early phase) → hasKeyEvent → Long March ⓘ
China (album) → hasTrack → Long March ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Long March
China (album) → hasSubtrack → Long March ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chung Kuo / The Long March
Deng Xiaoping → participatedIn → Long March ⓘ
Xi’an Incident → relatedTo → Long March ⓘ
Zhou Enlai → participantIn → Long March ⓘ
Mao Zetan → participantIn → Long March ⓘ
Long March → alsoKnownAs → Long March ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Long March of the Chinese Red Army
Long March → ChineseName → Long March self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 长征
Yan'an → associatedWithEvent → Long March ⓘ
Chen Yi → participatedIn → Long March ⓘ
Chinese Soviet Republic → triggeredEvent → Long March ⓘ
De → roleIn → Long March ⓘ
subject surface form: Zhu De
Chinese Red Army → conflict → Long March ⓘ
Chinese Red Army → notableEvent → Long March ⓘ
Encirclement campaigns against Jiangxi Soviet → consequence → Long March ⓘ
Encirclement campaigns against Jiangxi Soviet → followedBy → Long March ⓘ
Nanjing decade → significantEvent → Long March ⓘ
“Confucius General” → participatedIn → Long March ⓘ
subject surface form: Liu Bocheng
Luding Bridge battle → partOf → Long March ⓘ
Battle of Xiang River → partOf → Long March ⓘ
He Long → participatedIn → Long March ⓘ
Hu Yaobang → participatedIn → Long March ⓘ
Deng Yingchao → participatedIn → Long March ⓘ
Xu Xiangqian → participatedIn → Long March ⓘ
Chinese Civil War → majorEvent → Long March ⓘ
Xi Zhongxun → participatedIn → Long March ⓘ
Ye Jianying → participatedIn → Long March ⓘ
Republican era of China → significantEvent → Long March ⓘ
Nie Rongzhen → participantIn → Long March ⓘ
Dadu River → associatedWith → Long March ⓘ
Zetan → participatedIn → Long March ⓘ
subject surface form: Mao Zetan
Zunyi Conference → temporalContext → Long March ⓘ
Zunyi Conference → partOf → Long March ⓘ
Zunyi Conference, January 1935 → partOf → Long March ⓘ
Chángzhēng → meaningInEnglish → Long March ⓘ
Chángzhēng → refersTo → Long March ⓘ
Chángzhēng → relatedEnglishName → Long March ⓘ
Chen Yun → participatedIn → Long March ⓘ
Zunyi → historicalPeriod → Long March ⓘ
Shaoqi → participatedIn → Long March ⓘ
subject surface form: Liu Shaoqi
Dong Biwu (acting President of the PRC) → participantIn → Long March ⓘ
subject surface form: Dong Biwu
Republican era → significantEvent → Long March ⓘ
CSR → endCause → Long March ⓘ
subject surface form: Chinese Soviet Republic
Zhang Guotao → participantIn → Long March ⓘ