Jingyu cemetery

Jingyu cemetery is located on the hill on the East Bank of Hunjiang River in Tonghua city. It was built in memory of martyr Yang Jingyu. Construction started in 1954 and completed in 1957. The construction of the mausoleum received the personal care of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. When visitors come to the park, they can pay close attention to the martyrs in a fresh and elegant environment and remember their great achievements, so as to sublimate their spirit and purify their mind. The cemetery is 200 meters long from north to South and 100 meters wide from east to west. After entering the country, you can go to Lingtang by cement road, around the central flower pool. The pines and cypresses in China are green and the scenery is solemn. Lingtang architecture has national style. In the center is a bust of a martyr, on which is hung a horizontal plaque written by Zhu De that "Comrade Yang Jingyu, the people's hero, will live forever." the front of the base is engraved with the biography of the martyr. Behind the funeral hall is a mausoleum with a coffin covered with black velvet. On both sides of the cemetery are exhibition rooms, which display the martyrs' photos, relics and remains, as well as the fighting deeds of the first route army of the Anti Japanese Federation. Yang Jingyu (1905-1940), formerly known as Ma Shangde, was born in Liwan village, Queshan County, Henan Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1927 and went to the northeast to engage in revolutionary activities in 1929. After the September 18th Incident in 1931, he founded the first route army of the Northeast Anti Japanese United Army. On February 23, 1940, he died at sandaozi in Mengjiang (now Jingyu County). He was only 35 years old.

Detailed introduction of Jingyu cemetery

Jingyu cemetery is located on the lush hills on the East Bank of Hunjiang River in Tonghua city. It was built to commemorate the Anti Japanese national hero General Yang Jingyu. It is the first group of protection units of memorial buildings for Chinese key martyrs.

Structural layout

The cemetery is 200 meters long from north to South and 100 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of about 20000 square meters. It is composed of Lingtang, lingmu and exhibition room. From the foot of the mountain, you can go straight to the entrance of the cemetery through a quiet tree lined road. First of all, the four eye-catching characters "Jingyu cemetery" on the steel arch door beam came into view. At the turn of spring and summer, the mausoleum is full of green pines and cypresses, with clusters of cloves and fragrant fragrance. Mausoleum buildings, all palace style, yellow glazed roof tiles, red column eaves, exquisite chic, solemn. In the middle of the cemetery is a tall bronze statue of general Jingyu in military uniform, majestic and majestic, holding his head high in the blue sky. In the middle of the hall, Zhu De's inscription "people's hero Comrade Yang Jingyu is immortal" is hanging. A bust of Comrade Yang Jingyu is displayed in the central hall. On February 23, 1958, Comrade Yang Jingyu's public sacrifice and burial meeting was solemnly held here. Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and other leading comrades of the party and the state sent a wreath; Kim Il Sung, leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, also sent a wreath.

The high round mausoleum behind the mourning hall houses the remains of the martyrs. The exhibition rooms on both sides display the relics of the martyrs' youth and revolutionary career, as well as some articles and booty from the hard years of fighting against the Japanese aggressors in the Anti Japanese war.

Details of the park

Jingyu cemetery scenic spot is located in Jingyu mountain on the East Bank of Hunjiang River in Tonghua City, Jilin Province. The core of the scenic spot is composed of martyr Yang Jingyu cemetery and northeast Anti Japanese United Army memorial hall. Martyr Yang Jingyu cemetery is the burial place of the great Anti Japanese national hero General Yang Jingyu. Covering an area of 20000 square meters, the cemetery is composed of five national buildings. The main building on the front is a memorial hall and a tomb, and four side halls on both sides are exhibition rooms. In the center of the cemetery stands a tall bronze statue of General Yang Jingyu in military uniform. In the cemetery, the pines and cypresses are towering, luxuriant, full of flowers, fragrant, red windows and green tiles, solemn and solemn, and the arch eaves are flying up. In the national coffin of white clove wood in the mausoleum, the remains of General Yang Jingyu are buried. In the exhibition room, there are more than 280 pieces of cultural relics, documents and photos of General Yang Jingyu from his youth and some articles and booty in the hard years of the Anti Japanese war.

Located in the scenic area, the memorial hall of the Northeast Anti Japanese coalition army has a unique shape, harmoniously integrates with the cemetery and complements each other. It is a combination of modern architecture and traditional Chinese architecture. The basic exhibition of the memorial hall is composed of seven parts: preface hall, humiliation chapter, national suffering, volunteers chapter, returning our mountains and rivers, common aspiration chapter, beacon fire in Kanto, bloodletting chapter, cooperation with the Anti Japanese War, hardship chapter, heroic spirit, victory chapter, northeast recovery. Through pictures, objects, paintings, scenes and modern scientific and technological means, it fully shows the fighting experience, fighting scenes, fighting achievements and fighting life of the Northeast Anti Japanese coalition army in the 14 years of Anti Japanese struggle. There are 356 pictures and 344 objects on display.

General Yang Jingyu has tombs in his hometown Queshan and Zhengzhou martyrs' cemetery respectively. Tonghua Jingyu martyrs' cemetery is a national key martyrs' memorial building protection unit. In 1996, it was designated as 100 patriotic education bases in primary and secondary schools by the six ministries and commissions of the state. In 1997, it was named as the national patriotic education demonstration base by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee. In 2004, it was listed as China's "red brigade" Visit the classic scenic spot. The cemetery received more than 100000 visitors and primary and secondary school students at home and abroad, playing an important role in patriotism education, national defense education and the construction of socialist spiritual civilization. For this reason, contemporary writer Chen Yunhe wrote his prose "the soul of the hero Yang Jingyu returns to Tonghua, the soul returns to the heart of China", which praises "Zhu De's inscription with yellow characters on a red background:" Comrade Yang Jingyu, the people's hero, is immortal ", like a pool of martyrs' blood, standing up the CPC Central Committee's exact evaluation of the victims' unwillingness to yield and bend.".

Jingyu Mausoleum scenic spot, from visiting content to infrastructure, from scenic environment to tourism service, meets people's demand for education in tourism, and becomes a new highlight of "red tourism" and patriotism education in Jilin Province and Tonghua city.

Tourism information

1. Highlights: the memorial hall of the Northeast Anti Japanese coalition army in the scenic area has a unique shape, which is harmonious with the cemetery and complements each other. It is a combination of modern architecture and traditional Chinese architecture. The memorial consists of seven parts. There are 356 pictures and 344 objects on display. 2. Admission: free.

3. Opening hours: 9:00-15:30 in summer (may 1-October 7), 9:00-15:00 in winter (October 8-april 30).

4. Transportation: take buses from Tonghua Railway Station and passenger station to Tonghua square station and walk 300 meters.

5. The best travel time: Tonghua is a typical temperate monsoon climate. It is characterized by four distinct seasons, short windy in spring, hot and rainy in summer, long and cold in winter. It is a tourist attraction suitable for all seasons.

6. Adjacent attractions: Ji'an Koguryo King City, Huinan County Longwan group country.

Garden tour warning

1、 Visitors should abide by discipline, obey orders, and enter the hall slowly in groups without rushing.

2、 It is necessary to maintain a solemn and solemn atmosphere in the memorial hall, watch carefully and listen attentively during the visit, and do not make any noise.

3、 No smoking, no snacks, no littering, keep the environment clean.

4、 Cherish the revolutionary cultural relics, cherish the exhibition layout, do not touch the exhibits with your hands, and do not switch the buttons arbitrarily.

5、 No one is allowed to take photos without permission of the staff of the library.

historical figure

Yang Jingyu (1905-1940) was an outstanding communist soldier and a great Anti Japanese national hero. Originally named Ma Shangde, he was born in Queshan, Henan Province. In 1927, he joined the Communist Party of China and founded the Hubei Henan Anhui bidong brigade of the 25th army of the Chinese workers' and peasants' Red Army. In 1929, he was sent by the central government to the northeast to lead the Anti Japanese struggle. He was once the commander in chief and political commissar of the first route army of the Northeast Anti Japanese United Army. He led the army to fight with the Japanese army arduously, dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese puppet rule, inspired the Anti Japanese morale of the northeast people, and strongly supported China's Anti Japanese war. On February 23, 1940, he died at the age of 35 in the battle against the enemy.

A brief history of the Anti Japanese Federation

The Northeast Anti Japanese United Army is a heroic force under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. It is an important part of the Chinese people's great national liberation war against Japanese imperialist aggression, and has made great contributions in China's revolutionary history.

The Northeast Anti Japanese United Army has 11 armies, with the largest number of more than 40000. Among them, the first, second, third, sixth and seventh armies were established on the basis of Anti Japanese guerrillas (led by the Communist Party); the fourth and fifth armies were established on the basis of Wang Delin's National Salvation Army and Li Du's Anti Japanese Self-Defense army; the eighth, ninth, tenth and eleventh armies were established on the basis of the rest of the volunteer army and the Anti Japanese mountain forest army On the basis of this. In July 1936, the first army of the Northeast Anti Japanese United Army was reorganized from the former first army of the Northeast People's revolutionary army. Yang Jingyu served as commander and political commissar, and song Tieyan served as director of the political department. It has three divisions and one teaching regiment.

In the winter of 1936, the tenth army of the Northeast Anti Japanese United Army was reorganized from the Eighth Army of the former Northeast People's revolutionary army, with Wang Yachen as the commander, Zhang Zhongxi as the deputy commander, and Wang Weiyu as the director of the political department. It has 10 regiments under its jurisdiction.

In October 1937, the second route army of the Northeast Anti Japanese coalition was established, which was composed of the fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth and tenth Route Army of the Northeast Anti Japanese coalition. Zhou Baozhong served as commander in chief, Zhao Shangzhi as deputy commander in chief (February 1940), and Cui Shiquan as chief of staff.

In May 1939, the Third Route Army of the Northeast Anti Japanese coalition was established, which was composed of the third, sixth, ninth and eleventh Route Army of the former northeast Anti Japanese coalition. Zhang ShouZhen was the commander in chief, Feng zhongyun (April 1940) was the political commissar, and Xu Hengzhi was the chief of the general staff.

In August 1942, the training brigade of the Northeast Anti Japanese coalition army was composed of the first, second and third routes of the former northeast Anti Japanese coalition army. Zhou Baozhong served as brigade commander and Zhang ShouZhen served as political Deputy brigade commander

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