The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanchang_Uprising" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nanchang Uprising">Nanchang Uprising</a> marks the first significant battle in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" id="mw6w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a> between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party" id="mw7Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a>. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Liberation_Army" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a>.