On October 19, 1935, the main force of the Red First Front Army reached the town of Wuqi, located in the Soviet Area between Shaanxi and Gansu. By way of Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Xikang, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, the Red Army covered approximately 25,000 li – 6,000 miles - on this march. Of the 86,000 who began, only 8,000 remained.
The Long March was officially over when the Red Army 1st, 2nd and 4th Front converged with each other in Huining, Gansu Province.
The West Gate of Huining City.
Wuyang Bridge of Ruijin where the Red Army began the Long March.
The Long March routes.
(China.org.cn, 17thcongress.org.cn, October 19, 2007)
