Qiao'ergou Catholic Church

In 1924, the Spanish Catholic missionary Celestino Ibáñez y Aparicio [zh] purchased land to build a church.

[3] After the Long March, the Chinese Communist Party leadership arrived in Yan'an in January 1936.

In 1938, the sixth plenary session [zh] of the 6th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party happened at the church.

[3] In 1944, local Catholics celebrated Christmas at the church, and the Communist government sent a delegate to congratulate them.

[4] After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the church has been listed as a site protected on the provincial level.

Delegates of the 6th plenary session of the 6th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party , including Mao Zedong (left end) and Zhou Enlai (right end), posing outside the church in 1938. The Romanesque Revival arch doorway is visible.
Students of Lu Xun Art Institute gather outside the church, which was used by the institute from 1939 to 1945.