The Hong'an Qiliping Revolutionary Site is situated at the foot of southern Dabie Mountains, 25 kilometers from the city of Hong'an County (former Huang'an County) of Hubei Province where northeastern Hubei Province and southeastern Henan Province share a common boundary.

Hong'an Qiliping was an important revolutionary base during the second Revolutionary Civil War. The organization of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was established here in 1924. After the April 12 Coup, initiated by Chiang Kaishek against the revolution, it became the birthplace for strategies for revolutionary activities in Huangma District. In November 1927, the Huangma Uprising broke out and the troops rallied in Qiliping capturing Huang'an County through fierce fighting and founding the Huang'an County Peasants' Revolutionary Political Power and the Eastern Hubei Army of the China Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. In 1929, Qiliping became the center of the base. In 1930, along with the establishment of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Revolutionary Base, Qiliping, renamed Lenin City, became an important base component. In November 1931, the Fourth Front Army of the China Workers' and Peasants' Red Army was formed there.

There are still 40 well-preserved sites in the Hong'an Qiliping Revolutionary Site, including the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Special Region Soviet Government, the revolutionary court, the workers' union, the bank, the meeting place for the Huangma Uprising, the station for the Huang'an County Party Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Red Army's Economic Commune, the Lenin Primary School, and so on. On the monument in the mountains behind the town of Qiliping, are eight engraved Chinese characters that mean "eternal glory to the revolutionary heroes", written by Dong Biwu. The Qiliping Revolutionary Memorial Hall is located on the site of the Lenin Primary School.