Outang Martyrs Memorial Hall

Outang Martyrs Memorial Hall

Outang town is located 30 kilometers southeast of Dingyuan County, bordering Nanqiao District of Chuzhou City. In April 2007, the original towns of Outang, Zhuma and Renhe were abolished and the town government was set up in Outang. With a total area of 191.5 square kilometers, the town governs 17 administrative villages and one neighborhood committee. The total population is 56000, of which the market town where the government is located covers an area of 3.7 square kilometers and has a population of 12000. There are 381 villager groups, 11096 households and 112362 mu of cultivated land in the town.

In December 2016, the memorial hall of the martyrs in otang was selected into the list of national red tourist attractions.

Otang town

General situation of the town

Lotus pond has a long history, outstanding people, rich products, beautiful scenery and prosperous economy. It has the charm of an ancient town with a thousand years of history. It is known as "little Moscow" for its natural and cultural landscape. In 1939, Liu Shaoqi and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation lived and fought here. Therefore, Outang became one of the 19 Anti Japanese democratic revolutionary bases in China. In October 1996, Wang Guangmei, Liu Shaoqi's wife, came to otang to deeply remember the revolutionary martyrs. The martyrs' cemetery in the town is the patriotic education base of the province, city and county, and the national defense education base of the provincial government and the provincial military region. Outang is one of 195 central market towns in Anhui Province. In the spring of 2005, it was listed as one of the 100 classic red tourism scenic spots in China by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, the national development and Reform Commission and the tourism administration.

The place name of "lotus pond" comes from the scene of "stone lotus under the moon" in the town. In the northeast of the town, there is a pond full of lotus roots. In the middle of the pond, there is a stone lotus. It is as big as a round table. It is graceful and vivid. It has a unique charm on a moonlit night. Legend: there are jewels hidden in the stone lotus, which make the stone lotus rise and fall with the water. Its charm is strange and mysterious. It is thought-provoking. It indicates that the cadres and the masses are upright and upright. The history of otang can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, with a history of more than 1800 years. It is the birthplace of linghuzibo, the Prime Minister of Chu in the later Han Dynasty. When he was young, he took refuge in a temple here and later became prime minister in 72 ad (the 15th year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty). From 618 to 626 (in the period of Wude of Tang Dynasty), there were markets and merchants in otang. There are many folk legends such as Tashan Niangniang, Baogong Shenwu basin, niugao fighting against outangguan. There are also Ming Ling palace, Zhenwu temple, Yuanfeng temple and other historical sites, which were destroyed in the war. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Wenfeng pagoda was built on Tazishan by linghuzibo, the Prime Minister of Chu, as a reward to his parents and temple owners. It was destroyed during the "Cultural Revolution" in August 1966 and rebuilt in August 1998. Now, on March 15 every year, the masses spontaneously organize linghushan temple fair to burn incense, make vows and express piety, with a passenger flow of about 100000.

red tourism

Outang town is located 30 kilometers southeast of Dingyuan County, bordering Nanqiao District of Chuzhou City. Lotus pond has a long history, outstanding people, rich products, beautiful scenery and prosperous economy. It has the charm of an ancient town with a thousand years of history. It is known as "little Moscow" for its natural and cultural landscape. In 1939, Liu Shaoqi and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation lived and fought here. Therefore, Outang became one of the 19 Anti Japanese democratic revolutionary bases in China. In October 1996, Wang Guangmei, Liu Shaoqi's wife, came to otang to deeply remember the revolutionary martyrs. The martyrs' cemetery in the town is the patriotic education base of the province, city and county, and the national defense education base of the provincial government and the provincial military region. Outang is one of 195 central market towns in Anhui Province. In the spring of 2005, it was listed as one of the 100 classic red tourism scenic spots in China by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, the national development and Reform Commission and the tourism administration.

Martyrs Memorial

brief introduction

It is located in the cemetery of the martyrs in otang. The memorial hall was built in 1980, covering an area of 360 square meters. Its ancillary facilities include lotus pond, goldfish pond, six flower beds, plum garden, ginkgo garden, orchard, etc. The museum is divided into one hall and three rooms, and the main hall screen exhibition is "forever famous and magnificent". The third room shows the development of the party and the Communist Youth League organizations and the mass revolutionary movement in Dingyuan during the second Civil Revolutionary War; the activities of Liu Shaoqi and other comrades in the Outang area during the Anti Japanese War, the military and civilian struggle against the enemy in the base area, and more than 170 pieces of cultural relics, among which the "list of martyrs" bears in mind more than 2000 martyrs.

In 1995, it was approved by the provincial Party committee and the provincial government as the "patriotic education base", the "provincial key martyr memorial building protection unit" and the "provincial national defense education base", and has become the center of patriotic education in East Anhui. In October 1996, Mrs. Liu Shaoqi, former president of the people's Republic of China, and Comrade Wang Guangmei, then member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), personally came to the cemetery to pay homage to pingdiao, and wrote an inscription for the cemetery: "deeply cherish the memory of the revolutionary martyrs.". The famous martyrs on display in the museum are: martyr Zheng Weisan, martyr Gao Jingting, martyr Xu Haidong, martyr Luo Binghui, Comrade Tan Zhenlin, etc.

General situation of the memorial hall of the martyrs in otang and the former site of Zhongyuan Bureau

During the Anti Japanese War, Dingyuan was the founding place of the Anti Japanese base in the east of Anhui Province, and Outang in Dingyuan was the central area of Huainan Anti Japanese Democratic base, which was one of the 19 Anti Japanese revolutionary bases founded by the Communist Party of China. The proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation, Liu Shaoqi, Ye Ting, Zhang Yunyi, Deng Zihui, Xu Haidong, Luo Binghui, Lai Chuanzhu, Tan Zhenlin, Guo Shushen, Fang Yi and Zhang Jinfu, have all fought and lived here.

After the outbreak of the July 7th incident in 1937, the KMT and the CPC cooperated for the second time. On December 25, the New Fourth Army headquarters was established in Wuhan, with Ye Ting as the commander and Xiang Ying as the deputy commander. It has four branches under its jurisdiction. The fourth detachment, with Gao Jingting as its commander, has jurisdiction over the 7th, 8th and 9th regiments and the pistol regiment. In March and April of 1939, the detachment carried out its work in the west area of Jinpu Road, Huainan, in accordance with the strategic principle of "marching eastward" of the Party Central Committee. In late June 1939, commander Ye Ting personally visited the officers and men of the eighth regiment in otang area of Dingyuan County, took part in the civil military get-together in Xu Xiaoji, and made a report on the situation and tasks. On July 1, the fifth detachment, based on the fourth detachment and the eighth regiment, was established in An'an sub district near Outang, with Luo Binghui as commander, Guo Shushen as political commissar, Zhou Junming as deputy commander, Zhao Qimin as chief of staff and Fang Yi as director of the political department. In January 1939, the Central Plains Bureau of the CPC Central Committee was established with Liu Shaoqi as its secretary. In November, Liu Shaoqi led the Central Plains bureau to Shanhuang village near Outang, Dingyuan County, eastern Anhui Province, and was warmly welcomed by Zhang Yunyi, commander of Jiangbei headquarters of the New Fourth Army, Deng Zihui, director of the political department, and others. Liu Shaoqi successively lived in deshengji, daqiji and other people's homes in Dongnan township of Dingyuan county. He carried out work in otang, Daqiao, Cangzhen and Jiepai of Dingyuan county. He successively held three meetings of Zhongyuan Bureau in Shanhuang village of Jiepai Town of Dingyuan county and qiaojiwanyang village of Daqiao county. Zhang Yunyi, Zheng Weisan, Deng Zihui, Xu Haidong, Guo Shushen, Li Shinong and Dai Jiying attended the meeting And so on. The first meeting of the Central Plains Bureau in eastern Anhui was held in the middle of December 1939 in wawuxue village at the junction of Dingyuan county and Chuxian county. The meeting discussed and determined the party's basic policy of developing armed forces independently in eastern Anhui and creating an anti Japanese Democratic base. The second meeting of Central Plains Bureau in East Anhui was held in Shanhuang village, Dingyuan County in late January 1940, presided over by Liu Shaoqi. The meeting emphasized the extreme importance of establishing base areas, establishing democratic political power and developing anti Japanese armed forces, and studied the principles and tasks of establishing Anti Japanese Democratic base areas. In late February 1940, the third meeting of the Central Plains Bureau was held in Yang village, Daqiao Jiwan, Dingyuan county. Liu Shaoqi presided over the meeting. In view of the attack situation of the Kuomintang diehards, the meeting established the policy of anti friction struggle and consolidating the development of the base areas. After Liu Shaoqi presided over the three meetings of the Central Plains Bureau, under the leadership of Liu Shaoqi and the Central Plains Bureau, he quickly opened up the situation in eastern Anhui. In the military struggle, they successively won major victories in the anti "mopping up" of Luxi and Ludong, and won the whole victory in the self-defense counterattack and the half tower defense of Dingyuan county. In terms of armed forces, in less than three months, the number of the fourth and fifth branches of the New Fourth Army has grown from 7000 to more than 15000, the number of armed forces in local counties and districts has grown to more than 9000, and the number of people's self-defense forces who are not out of work has grown to nearly 100000. In terms of political power construction, on March 17, the first Anti Japanese democratic government in the west of Jinpu Road, Dingyuan County Anti Japanese democratic government was established, with Wei Wenbo as the county magistrate. A total of 13 county-level Anti Japanese democratic regimes have been established. In the East and west of Jinpu Road, joint defense offices equivalent to administrative offices have been established respectively. In terms of Party building, organizations at all levels have been established rapidly, with more than 8500 party members. In just one year, the scope of the Anti Japanese Democratic base in Huainan was extended to a vast area with the canal in the East, the Huainan railway in the west, the Huaihe River in the north and the Yangtze River in the south.

Outang martyrs cemetery

Outang martyrs cemetery is located in Outang Town, 30km southeast of Dingyuan County, close to Huangfu Mountain Nature Reserve and Langya Mountain National Forest Park. In September 1944, the memorial tower of Anti Japanese martyrs was built in the cemetery. In May 1946, the cemetery was bombed and demolished by Kuomintang troops. Rebuilt in 1964, the monument is inscribed in Mao Zedong's handwriting: "the people's heroes are immortal.". The revolutionary memorial hall in the park displays more than 170 Pieces of cultural relics during the second domestic revolutionary war and the Anti Japanese war. Among them, the list of martyrs bears in mind more than 2000 martyrs' names. At present, the cemetery has become a "key protection unit of martyr memorial buildings in Anhui Province", "patriotism education base in Anhui Province" and "national defense education base in Anhui Province",

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