Hat worn by Mao in famous Snow photo on display

The National Museum of China is hosting an exhibition of the Red Army's Long March.[Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily]

The ongoing exhibition shows dozens of posters and notices that the Red Army distributed during the march. Through them, the Party communicated to the people its goals and policies.

The manuscript Lovely China has moved many viewers. Red Army division commander Fang Zhimin wrote the piece to express his longing for China's better future when he was imprisoned by the Kuomintang in 1935. Fang was later executed at the age 36.

He wrote that the country would boast dynamic inventions and daily progress in the future where "joy replaces sadness, prosperity replaces poverty ... enchanting gardens replace the wasteland".

Jiang, the curator, says the exhibition also celebrates brotherhood, which was a Long March value. The Party leaders and soldiers supported one another while encountering difficulties during the march.

The testaments on show include a woolen blanket given to a wounded soldier by Wu Huan, an army officer who died in battle at the age of 28, and an oil lamp which Lin Boqu, a high-ranking Party member, often used to light rough paths for soldiers.

Lin, who was 48 when the Long March began, had a horse which he seldom rode that he gave to soldiers to carry supplies.

A glass eyecup that's exhibited was one of the devices military doctor Fu Lianzhang used to treat soldiers during the march. Fu, who was working at a Christian hospital before the march, became a Communist and trained soldiers in basic medical treatments.