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The origin of Army Day is the Twenty Cross.
At two o'clock in the morning of August 1, 1927, there were nearly 20,000 Northern Expedition troops headed by Zhou Enlai. An armed uprising in Nanchang fired the first shot of China's armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries.

1 August 927 1 day Nanchang Uprising refers to1August 6, 2008, when the Communist Party of China (CPC) joined forces with the Kuomintang leftists and fired the first shot of armed resistance against the Kuomintang reactionaries, which opened the curtain for China to lead the armed struggle independently and create a revolutionary army. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), August 6th was designated as the Army Day every year.

In July 1933, 1 1 The Provisional Central Government of chinese soviet republic decided to set the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army as August 1 day on the basis of the recommendation of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission on June 30th. It was not until the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC) that this festival was changed to August 1 Day Army Day, which is the Army Day of the People's Liberation Army of China.

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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.

Every August 1 becomes the Army Day of the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army and later the China People's Liberation Army. On August 1 day of that year, the first "August 1" 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.

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August 1st Army Day Baidu Encyclopedia