Xiamen revolutionary martyrs cemetery

Xiamen revolutionary martyrs cemetery

Xiamen martyrs cemetery for short. Founded in December 1953, it was completed on October 17, 1954, marking the fifth anniversary of the liberation of Xiamen. The cemetery is adjacent to Xiamen wanshiyan scenic area, covering an area of 20270 square meters. There are memorial buildings in the cemetery, such as the monument to the martyrs, the martyrs' Mausoleum, the martyrs' tomb of anyemin, the exhibition hall of the deeds of the revolutionary martyrs in Xiamen, the large relief of Guanghui Yongzhu, the group sculpture Yongzhi Mingxin, and the tomb of King Ye Fei Yuwan. It is a national and provincial "patriotic education base" and a national "key martyr memorial building protection unit".

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geographical position

Xiamen revolutionary martyrs cemetery is located in the northwest of Xiamen Botanical Garden (commonly known as Wanshi botanical garden) with beautiful scenery. It is across the road from the west gate of the main entrance of the botanical garden. The central axis of the cemetery is from northwest to Southeast, which makes the cemetery back to Wanshi botanical garden. On the southeast extension of the central axis, there are wanshiyan reservoir, wanshilian temple and other scenic spots in the botanical garden. About 1000 meters southeast of the cemetery, there are Taiping mountain and Yangtai mountain, just like a cover, overlooking the Taiwan Strait. The north, West and south sides of the cemetery are surrounded by Wenyuan road and Huyuan Road, and the South and North arches of Xiamen hotel and Bailu hotel.

Brief introduction to the buildings in the park

The cemetery covers an area of more than 20270 square meters, with memorial buildings such as monument of revolutionary martyrs, cemetery of martyrs, Tomb of anyemin martyrs, Xiamen exhibition hall of revolutionary martyrs' deeds, Tomb of general Ye Fei, and group sculpture of "eternal memory" and relief of "eternal glory".

Patriotism Education Base

In 1995, Xiamen martyrs cemetery was awarded 100 "patriotic education bases" by the Ministry of civil affairs of the State Council; in 1996, it was named as Xiamen patriotic education base by Xiamen municipal Party committee and Xiamen municipal government; in 1997, it was named as the second batch of provincial patriotic education bases by Fujian Provincial Party committee and Fujian provincial government; in 2009, it was awarded as "key martyrs memorial building" by the State Council Protection unit ".

Memorial buildings

Monument to revolutionary martyrs

The monument was broken in December 1953 and completed on October 17, 1954, marking the fifth anniversary of the liberation of Xiamen. The monument to the martyrs is 24 meters high, and is engraved with eight golden characters in Marshal Chen Yi's handwriting: "the heroic spirit of the martyrs will always be in the sea". The gentle slope in front of the monument is planted with lawn. The base of the tablet is a two-layer platform, the width of the outer platform is 40 meters, and there are dozens of steps in front and back to reach the body of the tablet; the base and the top of the tablet are carved with waves and white clouds respectively, all of which are made of precision carved granite.

Around the stele, green pines and cypresses surround it, with flowers in all seasons. The monument is magnificent in shape, symbolizing the heroic spirit of revolutionary martyrs. There is a square behind the monument. During the Qingming Festival every year, people from all walks of life hold a ceremony here to mourn the martyrs.

cemetery of martyrs

Built in 1954, the martyrs' cemetery is located behind the monument, with a circular martyrs' cemetery surrounded by three layers of pines and cypresses. The remains and ashes of 1034 martyrs were buried in the mausoleum, including more than 700 officers and soldiers of the 29th and 31st armies of the people's Liberation Army who died during the liberation of Xiamen, 9 former shipmen, martyr Liu Xifen who died before the liberation of Xiamen, and some underground CPC members who died during the socialist construction period.

Tomb of anyemin martyr

It was built in memory of an Yemin, a naval soldier who died bravely in the "August 23" artillery battle in 1958.

An Yemin martyr's tomb covers an area of more than 250 square meters. In front of the tombstone, there are more than 30 stone steps. The tombstone is surrounded by 16 stone columns and iron chains. In the middle of the tomb stands a 5.4-meter-high granite tombstone, engraved with the inscription "an Yemin, a communist soldier, will live forever.". On the screen behind the monument, an Yemin's diary is engraved on the right side, the life stories of the martyrs are engraved on the left side, and the images of the martyrs are inlaid in the middle.

Xiamen Museum of revolutionary martyrs

It was built in 1986 and opened on October 17, 1989. It is located in the northeast corner of the park, covering an area of about 800 square meters. The exhibition hall is shaped like a red flag flying in the wind. The external wall is made of granite strips. The two-story building is slightly lower in front and higher in back. Ye Fei, former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, inscribed the name of the Museum: "Xiamen exhibition hall of revolutionary martyrs". Eleven big copper characters are inlaid above the stone wall on the front of the exhibition hall. The exhibition area is about 600 square meters, and there are four exhibition halls: the first exhibition hall displays a group of group sculptures and murals; the second exhibition hall displays "preface", "leader's inscription" and "Xiamen revolutionary martyrs list"; the third exhibition hall displays the deeds and photos of 38 martyrs; the fourth exhibition hall is the memorial hall.

Large scale relief "glory forever"

Designed, manufactured and installed by the China Relief Association and the relief Department of Xi'an Academy of fine arts, it was built in April 2008. It is a large-scale stone relief with an area of more than 100 square meters. It shows the main deeds of the revolutionary martyrs' heroic struggle in Xiamen from the establishment of the first CPC Organization in 1926 to the liberation of Xiamen in 1949.

The relief is composed of eight parts: the light of firefly, strike rage, prison breaking thunder, unity, steel group, democracy fortress, dawn and bloody Heron Island. By using realistic narrative techniques, reliefs artistically show the scenes of Xiamen people's arduous and heroic struggle for national liberation and people's happiness, including revolutionary martyrs such as Yang shining, Luo Yangcai, Chen Kangrong, Yin Linping, Lin Songling, Yang Jihua, Liu Xifen and Xiusheng.

Group sculpture Yongzhi Mingxin

"Group sculpture commemorating the victory of Xiamen liberation campaign" - Yongzhi Mingxin was completed on October 15, 2009. General Chi Haotian, former member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission and Minister of national defense, inscribed the name of the sculpture.

The group sculpture of Yongzhi Mingxin was built to commemorate the liberation of Xiamen on October 17, 1949 and the memory of the people's heroes who fought and died bravely. According to participation

After widely soliciting the opinions of the martyrs' families and all walks of life, the CPC Xiamen Municipal Committee and Xiamen municipal government decided to make the "group sculpture commemorating the victory of the Xiamen liberation campaign" Yongzhi Mingxin during the 60th anniversary of the founding of new China and the liberation of Xiamen, which will be placed in the cemetery of revolutionary martyrs in Xiamen for later generations to look forward to and pay attention to. The sculpture took more than six months to complete.

The sculpture was created by famous sculptors she Guofu, Lin Chun and Yang SHAOHAO in Xiamen, and designed and produced by Xiamen Art Company. The sculpture is composed of 27 figures, including commander, combat staff officer, boatman, health officer, and soldiers who blow up blockhouses. They are all made of cast copper, while the base and ferry are made of granite. The archetype of the boatman was Zhang Shuijin, whose family of five died to send the PLA to land on Gulangyu.

The sculpture is 5 meters high and is distributed on a lawn about 60 meters long and 5 meters wide. According to the historical facts of the battle for the liberation of Xiamen, it can be divided into three parts: crossing the sea, seizing the beach and winning the battle. [at the bottom of the hillside is "crossing the sea". On a boat, there are soldiers blowing trumpets and shooting. Some soldiers just jumped into the beach from the boat. In the middle part of the river, several soldiers were trapped in the knee less mudflat and struggled to advance high. The top is "victory", with the red flag flying to the commanding height. The group sculpture reproduces the battle scenes of those years, showing the people's Liberation Army's spirit of fighting with blood and fearing no sacrifice in order to build a new China.

Tomb of Ye Fei and Wang Yuwan

General Ye Fei, a returned overseas Chinese from the Philippines, was born on May 7, 1914. He joined the Communist Youth League of China in Xiamen in May 1928 and became a member of the Communist Party of China in March 1932. From 1933 to 1937, he led the Huotong uprising, established the Soviet government in eastern Fujian, and established the red base in eastern Fujian. After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, the East Fujian independent division of the Red Army was reorganized into the sixth regiment of the third detachment of the New Fourth Army. Ye Fei served as the head of the division and later as the division commander of the first division of the New Fourth Army. In 1949, he served as commander of the 10th corps of the third field army of the people's Liberation Army, and participated in the battles of crossing the Yangtze River and Shanghai. Later, he led his troops to liberate Fujian and served as commander of Fujian military region. Since 1953, he has successively served as the first Secretary of the Fujian provincial Party committee, deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, commander and political commissar of the Fuzhou military region, etc., and participated in organizing and commanding the battle of Kinmen, shelling Kinmen and other military struggles against Taiwan. At 12:00 on April 18, 1999, general Ye Fei died in Beijing at the age of 85.

Wang Yuwan is Mrs. Ye Fei and a famous educator. Born in November 1921 in Baoding City, Hebei Province. He joined the "vanguard of Chinese national liberation" in 1936, the Eighth Route Army in November 1937, and the Communist Party of China in 1939. He has successively served in the Field Service Regiment of the New Fourth Army, the working team of the democratic movement, the headquarters of the column, the Jinan Federation of trade unions and other units. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Wang Yuwan worked successively in the women's Federation of Fujian Province and the Department of education of Fujian Province, and later served as director of the Department of education and Secretary of the Party group. In 1977, he was transferred to Beijing Normal University as the first vice president. Wang Yuwan has made great contributions to the educational work of Fujian Province, the discipline construction of Beijing Normal University and the implementation of intellectual policy. He is the vice president of the National Association of education and the consultant of the first Compilation Committee of educational history of Fujian Province. He is also the sixth, seventh and Eighth National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference

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