Tools used to cut Mao Zedong's hair. [Photo/Xiaoxiang Morning Herald]

Fu said that the pot on display was used by Red Army soldiers for boiling wild herbs at Longhui.

The Six Corps arrived at Dashajiang village in Longhui in Dec 1935, soldiers borrowed the pot from a local Xiao Daizao to boil food and after the meal they fell into a fight with the enemy, but risking their lives they came back and returned the pot.

There are also some other interesting items, such as a flashlight used by Cai Chang, a female leader of Communist Party of China (CPC), and tools used to cut Mao Zedong's hair.