Tuesday, March 5, 2019

China (Kunming,Yunnan) Feb 2019 - Part 3


Yunnan Military Academy, Kunming 
Yunnan Military Academy in 1911

1) Yunnan Military Academy, Kunming - founded in 1909 in Kunming & ceased operation in 1935 due to the Sino-Japanese War; enrolled over 9,000 trainees; well known military leaders graduated here were General Zhu De, Ye Jianying & Zhou Baozhong  


2) Courtyard used for military drills 


3) Medicine hall


4) Military cadets & trainees sleeping quarter


5) Military subjects - 4 sections in the Academy ie Infantry, cavalry, artillery & engineering; basic military subjects taught were tactics, walls building weaponry science, topology, communications, survey etc  


6) Poems by Ye Jianying, a famous military leader graduated from the Academy 


7) Graduation certificate awarded by the Yunnan Military Academy to an infantry student aged 23 


8) Words of appreciation to prominent revolutionists who strongly supported the  Yunnan Military Academy; level of support on political ideology by academic staffs; a stronghold against Qing Government by revolutionists etc  



9) The restoration of the Yunnan & Vietnam railway in 1910 before opening to the public. Students were taught about patriotism due to the French colonization of Vietnam etc  


10) Remarkable achievements of the Yunnan Military Academy


11) The uprising of Wuchang in Oct 10 1911


12) The uprising of Tengyue (now Tengchong) in Oct 27 1911 by local revolutionists & graduates of  Yunnan Military Academy & led to the formation of the Military Government of West Yunnan 


13) Important events after the Wuchang Uprising in Oct 10 1911 & the Double Ninth uprising in Kunming 


14) Lin'an Uprising Nov 1 1911 


15) The Double Ninth Uprising led to the overthrown of the local power of Qing Government & establishment of Yunnan Military Government 


16) The First Uprising in the National Protection Movement against Yuan Shi Kai in Dec 25 1915



17) The National Protection War against Yuan Shi Kai


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