Inscription for the Opening of the Fourth Term of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University

(May 21, 1938)

Learn skills well, so as to go to the front line.

Mao Zedong

May 21

Inscription by Mao Zedong for the opening of the fourth term of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University.

After the War of Resistance began, Yan’an became the banner of the War of Resistance, and large numbers of patriotic youth flocked to Yan’an. The picture shows patriotic youth trekking long distances toward Yan’an.

Progressive young students from all over the country on their way to Yan’an.

Progressive young students from all over the country, fully equipped and ready to set out, in front of the gate of the Eighth Route Army Office at Qixianzhuang in Xi’an, preparing to head for Yan’an.

One of the checkpoints where the Kuomintang blocked patriotic youth from going to Yan’an: Xianyang Bridge.