Peasant Movement Institute Guangzhou

Marking a brief period of concord between the Kuomintang and the Communists, this school, at the site of a former Confucian temple, was a joint undertaking. Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai both taught here before relations broke down and the school was closed in 1926. Inside, lecture theatres and living quarters have been re-created. There is a smattering of artefacts and memorabilia and endless photo displays and explanations only in Chinese. In 1927, a failed Communist coup in the city led to the death of 5000 revolutionaries, commemorated in Martyrs' Park, one metro stop east.