"Boss: We ate half a jar of your pickled vegetables, a few green onions, and burned a few sticks of firewood. In compensation, we have left you with six liters of soybeans," read the note. Huang secretly preserved the note as a testament to the Red Army's integrity and connection to the people. In 1958, it was presented to the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution as a first-class cultural relic.

　　Today, the museum serves as a national defense and Party history education base. It is also part of a broader effort by the local government to develop historical sites, including the Red Army Street and a martyrs' cemetery, to honor the region's rich Red culture. "Throughout the year, particularly from June to August, the area hosts Party-building activities and student programs, where participants engage with local communities and learn about revolutionary history," said Zhang Xingxing, an employee of the township government.

　　The township's "First Lesson of the School Year" and "Retracing the Red Army's Path" programs, now in their ninth year, combine revolutionary history with legal education, inspiring students to appreciate their heritage and work hard in the new school year. "The number of visitors is quite impressive for our remote township since we started developing tourism in 2012, though visitors have to endure long, winding mountain roads," said Huang Qinghua, Party secretary of the Xianfeng community.

　　The community has welcomed an average of about 30,000 tourists annually, with operational income reaching 980,000 yuan ($146,086)over the past three years, he said.

　　Pengshui, located in the southeast of Chongqing, is home to 318,000 Miao people who make up 45.4 percent of the county's population. According to local authorities, it has the largest concentration of Miao people in all ethnic minority counties.