Shuozhou Pinglu martyrs cemetery

Shuozhou Pinglu martyrs cemetery

Pinglu martyrs cemetery is located in the north of Cemetery Road, Jingping Town, Pinglu District, covering a total area of 3000 square meters. It was built in 1964 and completed in August 1973. It is one of the famous martyrs' cemeteries outside Yanmen pass to commemorate and display martyr Li Lin, the national heroine of the Anti Japanese War, and 1366 revolutionary martyrs from Pinglu who died during the revolutionary war and socialist construction.

Introduction to the cemetery

The martyrs' cemetery, facing south in the north, is grand in scale and grand in momentum. It is rectangular in plane and surrounded by walls. Along the axis of the main building to the front and back: three arch gate solemn and solemn, on the plaque on the cement relief vigorous and powerful "forever, immortal" eight characters. Entering the park is a spacious square, with martyr's memorial rooms built on the East and west sides. The west room is the memorial room of national heroine Li Lin, in which Li Lin's life, photos and relics are displayed. Bo Yibo, Kang Keqing and Zhang Guoji's inscriptions are hung on the two sides. On the East, North and south walls of the east room are inlaid with tan colored wooden plates, recording the heroic names, resumes and safety of some martyrs Put the martyr's urn and couplets, wreaths and so on. To the north of the square is the monument of the revolutionary martyrs, standing in the center. The stele is 17.5 meters high, square in plane, and of brick and stone structure. It is decorated with jade white stone inlaid with water. On the front of the stele body is engraved with the inscription of the great leader Chairman Mao: "sacrifice for the country and live forever"; on the back of the stele is "long live the martyrs" and a memorial inscription.

Around the base of the stele is built a fence wall. The whole tower stele is tall and solemn, and the relief is vivid, straight into the sky. Behind the monument stands the statue of martyr Li Lin, which was built in April 1985. The statue is 2.25 meters high, 2.6 meters long and 1 meter wide. It is made of FRP. Li Lin rode on the horse, holding the reins in one hand, holding a gun in the other hand, and looking far away with both eyes. His heroic image reproduces Li Lin's heroic image of fighting bravely for the cause of national liberation. The statue seat is 1.5 meters high and is made of shuishuan stone. The positive book: "in memory of the 45th Anniversary of martyr Li Lin's death. His fame is immortal and his greatness endures forever. The Pinglu County Committee of the Communist Party of China, Yanbei District Committee of the Communist Youth League, Pinglu County Committee of the Communist Youth League, Pinglu County women's Federation, Pinglu County People's Armed Forces Department, and martyrs' comrades in arms raised funds on April 26, 1985. "

After the statue, there are 21 tombs with an area of 96 square meters. In the tomb are the loyal bones of 36 martyrs who died in the zhangyagou massacre in Pinglu and Li Lin. On the east side of the tomb is a monument erected by the Pinglu county Party Committee for Li Linjing in 1964.

Surrounded by green shade and neat courtyards, it has always been a place for people to pay homage to the martyrs, look forward to their achievements and carry out patriotic education for young people.

geographical position

Pinglu county is now called Pinglu district. In 1988, when the State Council approved Shuozhou City as a prefecture level city in Shanxi Province, it was changed into the jurisdiction of Shuozhou. Pinglu District of Shuozhou City is located in the north of Shanxi Province, bordering Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region along the Great Wall in the northwest, Xinzhou region in the southwest, Shanyin County in the East and Youyu County in the north. The total area is 2314.5 square kilometers. The average altitude is about 1400m, the annual average temperature is 5.5 ° C, the four seasons are distinct, and the climate is pleasant. The territory is rich in mineral resources, convenient transportation, complete communication facilities, and has great potential for economic development. Jingping is the seat of the district Party committee and the district government. It is 160 kilometers away from Hohhot in the north, 270 kilometers away from Taiyuan in the South and 138 kilometers away from Datong in the East. It is the political, economic and cultural center of the whole district.

monument

The Pinglu district Party committee, the people's Congress and the people's Government of Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province, set up a monument for the old Anti Japanese hero Meng Wei in the martyrs' cemetery.

The monument is located in a pine and cypress forest in the cemetery. The base of the monument is 85CM long, 55cm wide and 20cm high; the height of the monument is 150cm and 60cm wide. On the front of the monument is engraved: "the old hero of resistance against Japanese aggression - martyr Meng Wei forever.". On the back of the monument is engraved: "Meng Wei, Han nationality, born in 1882 in taoxiaofeng village, Pinglu County, Shanxi Province, is a famous Anti Japanese martyr in our city. After the July 7th incident, the Japanese invaders invaded Pinglu. He sold his family property and set up an anti Japanese self defense force of nearly 100 people, which operated in Pinglu, Shuo county, Youyu county and Shanyin county to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army in fighting against the Japanese puppets. In 1938, this 100 strong self defense force was incorporated into the sixth independent detachment of the 120th division of the Eighth Route Army. He served as the commander of the fifth company of the second battalion of infantry and concurrently as the adjutant of the second battalion. On April 26, 1940, in the ninth anti "encirclement and suppression" campaign, he led the fifth company to cover the special committee, special offices and mass organizations to break through the encirclement. Unfortunately, he was shot in the head and injured in the battle. Before he recovered, he returned to the front line. Liu Huaxiang (major general) was called an "old hero of resistance against Japan.". On September 16 of the same year, when he was transferred from luandaogou to Yuling village with his troops, he was surrounded by Japanese invaders at dawn the next day because of the traitor's information. During the breakout, the 58 year old company commander was killed by the Japanese soldiers' "two bayonets through the chest."

The monument is of the same specification as the monument of martyr Meng Wei's former comrades in arms and relatives, martyr Wang Bao and martyr Li Guifang. The three monuments are located in the same place, adjacent to the memorial of Li Lin, a returned overseas Chinese and famous Anti Japanese heroine. It seems that their four comrades in arms have made an appointment to meet here, which makes the people of the old liberated areas and the descendants of the martyrs feel proud and gratified.

Martyr Li Lin

Li Lin, a native of Youxi County, Fujian Province, came from a poor peasant family in 1915. When he was young, he was adopted by overseas Chinese and lived in Indonesia. He returned to China in 1929 and studied in Shanghai Patriotic women's middle school in 1933. He took an active part in the Anti Japanese and national salvation movement of students, and vowed to "be willing to fight in bloody clothes and never be aggrieved by Japanese pirates". In the spring of 1936, he joined the Anti Japanese Youth League, a peripheral organization of the Communist Party of China. In the same year, he was admitted to the Department of political economy, Peking University of the Republic of China. In December, he joined the Communist Party of China. Then he went to Taiyuan to participate in the military and political training class of national normal school held by the Shanxi national salvation League, and served as the propaganda member of the special committee and the Party branch secretary of the women's 11th company.

In April 1940, in order to cover the organs and the masses to break through, he made a heroic sacrifice. He was only 25 years old. The women's Committee of the CPC Central Committee sent a message of condolence, highly praising her heroic achievements, saying that she was "not only a shining model of our female Communists, but also a heroine respected and loved by our compatriots in the whole country.".

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The people of northern Shanxi, the patriotic overseas Chinese and the people of all ethnic groups have always cherished the memory of Li Lin, the heroine who is brave, good at fighting and has made outstanding achievements. Pinglu county (now changed into Pinglu District) not only built a martyr's cemetery, but also erected a stone tablet in yinliangshan, which is the place where national heroine Comrade Li Lin died on April 26, 1940. Shanghai Patriotic middle school and Xiamen Jimei Middle School have erected statues and monuments of martyrs, on which Comrade Bo Yibo's inscription "outstanding sons and daughters of the Chinese nation, brilliant models of Communist Party members" is engraved. Dear premier Zhou asked Deng Yingchao to send a message to Yanbei prefectural Party committee of the Communist Party of China, please write a biography of Li Lin. In 1985, the former Yanbei Prefecture Party committee and Executive Office of the Communist Party of China organized the creation of a 12 episode TV series "Li Lin". The name of the hero, spread all over the Great Wall, North and south of the river. She will live forever with Shuozhou and Datong.

Address: Jingping Town, Pinglu District, Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province

Longitude: 112.28131563755

Latitude: 39.521894079034

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