On this day, 79 years ago, July 21, 1946 (June 23, 1946 in the lunar calendar), Guan Xiangying died of illness. On July 21, 1946, China proletarian revolutionary Guan Xiangying died of illness in Yan 'an at the age of 42. Guan Xiangying was a Manchu native of Jin County, Liaoning Province. Joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1924. He joined the Party in 1925. He served as member of the Central Committee of the Sixth and Seventh National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the Military Commission of Western Hunan and Hubei, Political Commissar of the Red Army, Political Commissar of the Second Red Army Corps, etc. During the Long March, he served as deputy political commissar of the Second Front Army and fought resolutely against Zhang Guotao's line of establishing a separate central committee and splitting the Red Army. In 1936, he served as General Political Commissar of the Second Front Army. In 1937, he served as political commissar of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, and together with He Long, he opened up the Jinsui Base Area.