Bethune Causeway Memorial

Bethune kodihua memorial is located at the foot of Zhongming mountain, 2km north of Tang county. Founded in 1971, it was relocated and expanded in 1985, and completed in November 1986. In the same year, it became a sister museum with Bethune Memorial in Canada and opened to the public. Bethune and kodehua memorial hall is located at the foot of Zhongming mountain, 2km north of Tang county. There are 101 pictures of Bethune's work and life, including 31 objects, and 134 pictures of Coe, including 42 objects. Since the completion of the memorial, representatives of Canada, India, North Korea, the United States and other countries, as well as friends and relatives of Bethune and kodehua have visited the memorial many times. In 1988, the museum became a sister museum with Bethune Memorial in Canada.

Bethune Causeway Memorial

Bethune kodihua memorial is located at the foot of Zhongming mountain, 2km north of Tang county. Founded in 1971, the kodiwa memorial was relocated and expanded in 1985. The new museum was built in November 1986. In 1986, it became a sister museum with Bethune Memorial and opened to the public.

In January 2017, the national development and Reform Commission released the list of national Red Tourism classic scenic spots, and Bethune kodihua memorial hall was selected into the list of Chinese Red Tourism classic scenic spots.

historical origin

Bethune kodihua Memorial Hall in Tang county (new site)

It is located at the foot of Zhongming mountain, two kilometers north of the county. Passing through the parking lot and standing on the friendship bridge, we can see that the title of the museum "Bethune kedihua Memorial Hall in Tang county" inscribed by Hu Yaobang is inlaid on the high memorial archway. The archway is equipped with a stainless steel gate, and a guard room, a ticket office and a souvenir shop are built on both sides of the gate. There are reception rooms and offices on both sides of the entrance platform. On the first platform, there is a horizontal stele. The horizontal stele square is engraved with the relief heads of Bethune and kodiwa, and the biographies of Bethune and kodiwa in both Chinese and English are engraved below. On both sides of Yong Road, there is a platform for greening and beautifying with patterns for visitors to rest and enjoy. Standing on 108 steps, looking back to the south, you can have a panoramic view of the whole county; a hundred miles away, the Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda in Dingzhou is faintly visible in the sky. In the museum area, the cedar is towering, the juniper stands upright, and there are more flowers and green grass, so the scenery is pleasant. In 1995, the memorial was designated as the patriotic education base of Hebei Province. In June 1997, it was named as one of the "100 patriotic education demonstration bases" by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee. Tang county is an old revolutionary base, and also a place where Bethune and kodihua, the great internationalist fighters, worked, fought and died. In order to carry forward the spirit of Bethune kodihua and enhance the friendship between the Chinese, Canadian and Indian people, a small Bethune memorial hall was built in 1971. In 1982, an exhibition of kodihua's deeds was added in the hall, so it was renamed "Bethune kodihua Memorial Hall". With the enrichment of collection materials and the continuous development of foreign exchanges, the original memorial has been unable to meet the needs of the situation. In March 1984, when Comrade Hu Yaobang came to Tang county to participate in tree planting and greening activities, he personally inscribed the name of "Bethune kodihua Memorial Hall in Tang county". In November of the same year, the central government allocated funds for the construction of the new museum. In November 1986, the new museum was completed. Responsible comrades of relevant central departments and provincial and local leaders arrived in Tang county from Beijing, Shijiazhuang and Baoding to attend the opening ceremony of Bethune Memorial. 11 people, including Canadian ambassador to China, James Christakis, head of the delegation of the Bethune Memorial, Margaret Evans, director of the Bethune Memorial, and Bethune's relatives, specially came to attend the opening ceremony.

Facilities in the Museum

Bethune and kodehua memorial hall is located at the foot of Zhongming mountain, 2km north of Tang county

. There are 101 pictures of Bethune's work and life, including 31 objects, and 134 pictures of Coe, including 42 objects. Since the completion of the memorial, representatives of Canada, India, North Korea, the United States and other countries, as well as friends and relatives of Bethune and kodehua have visited the memorial many times. In 1988, the museum became a sister museum with Bethune Memorial in Canada. In order to commemorate Bethune, the great internationalist soldier, in 1940, the army and people of Shanxi Chahar Hebei border region built Bethune's Mausoleum at the military city Nanguan, 35 kilometers northwest of Tang county. In 1941 and 1943, the cemetery of the martyrs of the Anti Japanese war in the border area of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei and the tomb of kodihua were built successively. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was named martyrs cemetery in Shanxi Chahar Hebei border area. The cemetery was originally built with martyr memorial tower, six edged monument, stele tower, Monument Square and martyr biography monument. In 1985, with the approval of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the investment of 3.5 million yuan by the central and provincial governments, the memorial hall of Bethune and kodihua was rebuilt in zhongmingshan, 2 kilometers north of Tang county. It was built in 1985 It was built on December 9, 1986 and opened to the outside world on November 1, 1986. Hu Yaobang, then general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, inscribed the title of the museum. It is the largest Memorial Hall of Bethune and kodihua in China and a national patriotic education demonstration base.

Related people

Bethune (1890-1939) was a Canadian. In early 1938, in order to support China's Anti Japanese War, he led the Canadian medical team to China. He used superb medical technology to serve the Chinese Anti Japanese army and people, and trained a large number of medical personnel for the Eighth Route Army. Later, he died in huangshikou village of Tang County on November 12, 1939 due to infection and poisoning during the treatment of the wounded.

Kodihua (1910-1942) was an Indian. In August 1938, he joined the Indian medical aid team to China, came to China to support China's Anti Japanese War, and enthusiastically served the Chinese Anti Japanese army and people. Later, he died in Gegong village of Tang County on December 9, 1942.

Personage introduction

Norman Bethune (1890-1942) is a member of the Communist Party of Canada and a famous expert in thoracic surgery. On March 3, 1890, he was born into a pastor's family in grevenhurst, Ontario, Canada. In 1916, he graduated from the medical school of the University of Toronto in Canada with a doctor's degree. After becoming famous, he got some very glorious titles: member of the Royal Society of surgeons, adviser to the autonomous pension and national Department of health, director of thoracic surgery of Sacred Heart Hospital, and one of the five directors of the American Thoracic Surgery Association. In his youth, he worked as a lumberjack, sold newspapers, burned boilers, and had extensive contact with the working people. In 1935, in Montreal, he secretly joined the Communist Party of Canada. In 1936, when the Spanish war broke out, he led a medical team to the front line to rescue anti fascist soldiers and serve the anti fascist Spanish people. In 1937, China's Anti Japanese war broke out. He was sent by the Communist Party of Canada and the Communist Party of the United States. In early 1938, he led Canadian and American medical teams to China and came to China to help resist Japan. He was successively received by Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Mao Zedong in Wuhan, Xi'an and Yan'an. In June of the same year, he transferred to Shanxi Chahar Hebei military region as a health consultant. He was not afraid of difficulties. He toured the medical service, led the expedition to the East, gave first aid in the battlefield, carried out health inspection, compiled teaching materials, gave lectures and taught skills, set up model hospitals and founded health schools. Undaunted by the harsh living environment, he ran through the mountains, went in and out of the hail of bullets, and fought side by side with the army and people in the border region. He spared no pains to deliver medicine and medicine to the masses in the border area, and to prevent and treat diseases. With a rigorous working attitude and excellent medical technology, he enthusiastically served the Anti Japanese army and people.

In October 1939, when Bethune was rescuing the wounded at the front line of Motianling, his left middle finger was punctured by broken bones, and then infected and poisoned. The rescue was ineffective. He died in huangshikou village, Tang County, Hebei Province on November 12, 1939. In the harsh war environment, Comrade Bethune shared weal and woe with the army and people of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei. With the lofty spirit of internationalism and the attitude of a true communist, he devoted all his life to the most magnificent cause of mankind.

Kodiwa, formerly known as dewakanat santaram kodenis, was born on October 10, 1910 in saulapur, Bombay, India. In 1936, he graduated from grant Medical College with a bachelor's degree in medicine. The sufferings of the Indian people and the struggle against colonial rule made him develop a strong character of pursuing truth and resisting unreasonable oppression. In July 1937, after the outbreak of China's Anti Japanese War, in response to the call of the Indian National Congress, he gave up the opportunity to apply for the Royal College of medicine and volunteered to join the Indian medical team to aid China. In September 1938, he arrived in China, first worked in the Kuomintang controlled areas such as Wuhan and Chongqing, and then refused to be dissuaded by the important members of the Kuomintang, and arrived in Yan'an to serve the Anti Japanese army and people. In June 1940, he came to the Shanxi Chahar Hebei border area as a surgical teacher of Bethune school and the first president of Bethune International Peace Hospital. He left countless touching stories in Shanxi Chahar Hebei border area and was praised as "the second Bethune" by the military and the people of the border area. He devoted himself selflessly to the Chinese people's Anti Japanese struggle, and always fought side by side with the army and people in the border region. He actively participated in the field rescue, devoted himself to the medical work of the Eighth Route Army, and was considerate and considerate of the wounded. He was close to the local people, treating the old Bai's wounds and diseases without any payment. People affectionately called him "Lao Ke". He was concerned about politics, He paid attention to study, actively participated in the party's rectification movement, and joined the Communist Party of China with honor.

Chinese PinYin : Bai Qiu En Ke Di Hua Ji Nian Guan