In the month of the year, after the Battle of Xiangjiang, the Central Red Army crossed the Laoshanjie boundary between Hunan and Guangxi, and arrived in Hunan and other regions. As time passed, the lands that once witnessed the heroic struggles of the Red Army now thrive with flourishing rice fields, and it is here that Academician Yuan Longping cultivated the "seeds that changed the world."

The mountain that the Red Army crossed during the Long March has been included in the middle school Chinese language textbooks. After crossing the Xiangjiang River, the Central Red Army arrived at the rugged and perilous Laoshang Jie on the border of Hunan and Guangxi. The main peak, Mao'er Mountain, stands at over 2,100 meters above sea level, making it the highest peak in southern China. The mountain is tall, the cliffs are steep, and the paths are narrow, making it difficult to climb. To evade enemy pursuit and blockade, this was a mountain the Red Army had to cross. The Red Army took narrow paths, some of which were wooden plank roads covered in moss, built with a few round logs. At the most perilous section, Leigong Rock, many people, along with their mules and horses, fell off the cliffs.

In the bitter cold of the previous year, the Red Army soldiers slept on the mountaintop in thin clothing. Lu Dingyi, who accompanied the expedition, described the hardships of the climb in his essay "Lao Shan Jie": "In the middle of the night, I suddenly woke up to find the biting cold piercing through my bones, shivering all over." When they reached the summit, Lu Dingyi made a vow: to erect a monument here in the future, inscribed with the date when the Red Army passed through on their journey north to resist Japan. Years later, a monument was indeed erected at Lao Shan Jie. Today, Lao Shan Jie is a popular tourist destination for escaping the summer heat, with visitors able to reach the summit of Mao'er Mountain by car in just an hour along the winding mountain road. The essay "Lao Shan Jie" has also been included in the middle school Chinese language curriculum.

This Red Army Building bears witness to the close relationship between the military and the people. Longping Village, Longsheng Autonomous County, Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is a village that the Red Army passed through after leaving Laoshanjie. From here, the Red Army entered areas predominantly inhabited by ethnic minorities. When the Red Army was stationed in this village, a spy set fire to the village, but the Red Army fought hard to extinguish the fire, saving the drum tower and a large number of civilian houses. The local people realized that the Red Army was a disciplined army that truly protected the interests of the people. Later, this drum tower, which is over 200 years old, was called the Red Army Building by the Dong ethnic group. Today, it has become a local patriotic education base.

At that time, the Red Army was still crossing another "mountain," facing the question of "where to go." After leaving Longsheng, the Red Army entered Hunan. On a certain date, the Central Committee of the Communist Party held an emergency meeting in Tongdao County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, to discuss the direction of advance: turning towards Guizhou where enemy forces were weak. This decision to change the route of march had a significant impact on the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and the Chinese revolution. To the north of Tongdao County, in Anjiang Town, Hongjiang City, was the place where the Red Army fought during the Long March. Now, vast fields of rice are thriving. Here, Yuan Longping made a grand vow: to ensure that everyone in the world has enough to eat. In the most difficult times, he encouraged himself with lines from "The Seven-Character Verse on the Long March": "The Red Army fears not the trials of the Long March, holding light ten thousand crags and torrents. Five Ridges wind like silk threads, Wumeng vast as mud-balls rolling." He overcame countless hardships and eventually succeeded in cultivating the "seeds that changed the world."

After the New Year, this land is brimming with new vitality. Each development and construction in the new era is a great inheritance of the Long March spirit. Under the inspiration of the Long March spirit, the revolutionary old districts today are writing magnificent chapters of the new era and radiating brilliant light.