A Study On The Ideological And Political Education Of The Peasants In The Communist Party Of China In The Shaanxi-gan’ning Border Area During The Yan’an Period

Attaching great importance to ideological and political education is a long-standing political advantage and fine tradition of the Party.The Yan’an period is an important period of special significance in the Party’s history.During this period,the CPC took the ShaanxiGan’ning border area as its main base,inherited its history and summed up its experience,carried out rich ideological and political education for the peasants,fully mobilized their enthusiasm,and provided a strong spiritual impetus and ideological guarantee for the revolutionary victory.During the Yan’an period,the Shaanxi-Gan’an-Ning border area,as the base camp of the Party Central Committee commanding the national revolution,was the most politically progressive area in the country,and its theoretical experience and practical exploration in carrying out ideological and political education have strong significance for the development of current rural work.This study compares the ideological and political education carried out by the Party for the peasants during the Yan’an period and contains six parts: the first part is the introduction,which introduces the origin of the selected topic,literature review and research methodology.The second part discusses the necessity and possibility of the Party’s education for peasants in the Yan’an period from the historical background.The third part elaborates that the ideological and political education of peasants in the Yan’an period was centered on the central tasks of the Party,and the educational policies were formulated in two stages,namely,"implementing national defense education and serving national defense" and "strengthening wartime education and serving self-defense war".It is also pointed out that under the guidance of the correct education policy,the CPC always adhered to the principles of hierarchy,linking theory to practice and material interests in carrying out peasant ideological and political education in the Shaanxi-Gan’ning border area.Part IV outlines the vehicles and means by which the Party carried out peasant ideological and political education in the Shaanxi-Ganjiang-Ningxia Border Region during the period.The vehicles include literacy and newspaper reading groups,popular education halls,winter schooling campaigns and night and day schools,and the means include literary and artistic activities,publication of newspapers and books,condensation of slogans and slogans,and propagation of typical models.Part V summarizes the content of the Party’s ideological and political education for the peasants in the Shaanxi-Ganjiang-Ningxia border area during the Yan’an period from five aspects: education in ideals and beliefs,education in patriotism,education in situational policies,education in democratic politics and education in science and culture,and summarizes the characteristics of politics,diversity and relevance.The sixth part analyzes the significance and revelation of the CPC’s peasant ideological and political education in the Shaanxi-Gan’ning border area during the Yan’an period.Its significance is reflected in: liberating the peasants from illiteracy and ignorance;effectively cultivating the peasants’ national identity and national consciousness;laying the foundation for the CPC’s revolutionary victory;and promoting Marxism to Chineseization and popularization.It also summarizes the revelations of the CPC’s peasant ideological and political education in the Shaanxi-Ganjiang-Ningxia border area during the Yan’an period,including insisting that peasant ideological and political education be carried out around the central tasks of the Party;advancing with the times and constantly innovating ways and methods of peasant ideological and political education;strengthening the construction of rural grass-roots organizations and improving the ideological quality of the cadres,which provides a reference for our Party’s subsequent research.At present,China is in a critical transition period of economic and social development,and the ideological concepts of peasants show a diversified and complex development trend.Under the new historical conditions,it is necessary to fully understand the long-term nature and complexity of farmers’ ideological and political education,and continuously draw on the valuable experience accumulated by our Party in the long-term practice of carrying out farmers’ ideological and political education,so that it can take on new vitality.