Martyrs cemetery in Minhang District

Martyrs cemetery in Minhang District

The martyrs cemetery in Minhang District is located on a small island in a lake in the leisure park of Xinzhuang Industrial Park, west of QinChun Road, Zhongchun Road, Xinzhuang, Minhang District, Shanghai. The whole cemetery covers an area of more than 24600 square meters. The cemetery consists of four parts: office building, memorial square, exhibition hall of revolutionary martyrs' deeds and martyrs' tomb area. On the west side of the memorial square stands a 4.5-meter-high and 10 meter wide monument with an inscription by Comrade Mao Zedong: "revolutionary martyrs will live forever.". The building area of the exhibition hall is 2452 square meters. It mainly displays the life stories, portraits and relics of revolutionary martyrs. In the terraced tomb area, there are buried some PLA officers and soldiers and migrant workers who died in the war of resistance against Japan and the campaign of liberation of Shanghai, as well as 181 revolutionary martyrs who died on duty after the founding of the people's Republic of China. The pines and cypresses in the cemetery are evergreen and solemn.

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History of the cemetery

In order to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs and celebrate their historical achievements, the former Shanghai County People's government built two revolutionary martyrs' tombs in huangjiatang of Beiqiao and the nursery of Beiqiao farm in the autumn of 1949 and the spring of 1962.

In April 1981, the martyrs' cemetery of Shanghai county was built in Shanghai

Ground breaking started at 66 Xinxi Road, Xinzhuang Town. It was built in June 1985, covering an area of 11000 square meters. The remains of 144 revolutionary martyrs who were originally buried in Beiqiao and some of them were scattered outside were relocated here. The cemetery is listed as a cultural relic protection unit at the county level by the county government.

In March 1993, due to the change of administrative division, the martyrs' cemetery in Shanghai county was renamed Minhang martyrs' cemetery. In March 1995, the martyrs cemetery was named as the patriotic education base of Minhang District by Minhang District People's government. In April 2003, the people's Government of Minhang District approved the project and decided to allocate more than 26 million yuan from the government to relocate and rebuild the martyrs' cemetery in Minhang District.

On June 18, 2003, the construction of the new Minhang martyrs' cemetery was officially started on the west side of QinChun Road, Zhongchun Road, Xinzhuang Industrial Zone. On December 22, 2003, the tomb was moved. It was basically completed and opened to the outside world before the Qingming Festival in 2004.

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Hou Boquan

Hou Boquan (1909-1938) was born in Zhuzhai Town, Minhang District. At the age of 14, he became an apprentice in Shanghai hengyufeng weaving factory. After the August 13 incident, Zhuzhai people's Anti Japanese self defense force was set up in his hometown. In July 1938, he joined Gu Fusheng's third detachment of the Songhu guerrillas, and was later sent to the Yao Botao Department of the local self defense forces to do liaison work. On August 11 of the same year, he was living in Hengjing village of Zhuzhai. His camp was surrounded and attacked by Japanese puppet forces. Unfortunately, he was captured the next day. He was detained in Huxi headquarters of Japanese aggressors in hejiajiao (address: Donghua University, Jinzhong Shanxi Road). He was killed by Japanese aggressors on August 18 of the same year.

Zhao Jichang

Zhao Jichang (1912-1941) was born in Zhuzhai Town, Minhang District. In 1937, together with Hou Boquan and Feng bangzuo, he organized local Anti Japanese Self-Defense Forces. In March 1938, after attending the meeting of "making friends" held by Gu Fusheng, he carried out Anti Japanese and anti traitor activities in his hometown. In July of the same year, he joined the third guerrilla detachment of Songhu, and then was sent to the second brigade of "ZHONGJIU army" to do liaison work. Later, he served as the leader of the first brigade and the first squadron of the third guerrilla detachment of Songhu. In September 1939, he led the New Fourth Army with Ye Fei to fight against the Japanese puppet army. From the autumn of 1939 to the spring of 1940, he and Feng bangzuo carried out the tax collection work of resisting Japan and saving the nation. On April 18, 1941, he was betrayed by his fellow countryman Zhu Guoliang. Unfortunately, he was arrested and detained in Huangdu puppet tax office. So he was killed on the playground of Huangdu Normal University on June 16, 2000.

Yan Tongyu

Yan Tongyu (1917-1942), once known as sun Nianxin, was born in Maqiao Town, Minhang District. He graduated from Sanlin junior business college. In 1936, he was admitted to the Shanghai Commercial Press as a master of plate making and a copywriter. In 1937, he also served as an amateur night school teacher for workers in the library to carry out Anti Japanese propaganda. In December 1939, he joined the Communist Party of China and served as a member of the branch of the commercial press of the Communist Party of China. In 1941, he mobilized his younger brother Yan Chengyu to join the New Fourth Army, purchased chemical utensils, type and progressive books and periodicals, and distributed them to the Jianghuai newspaper office of the Ministry of military and the Engineering Department of the 11th brigade of the 6th Division. In June 1942, he was arrested for betraying and was detained in Wang puppet detention center at 76 jisifeier Road (today's Chezhan Road). He died on October 11, 1942.

Gu Zhen

Gu Zhen (1913-1942), a native of Gu's house in Chenxing Town, Minhang District, formerly known as Zengfu, was nicknamed zhenhuo. He graduated from the Third Normal University of Jiangsu Province in Taicang in 1933. In June 1936, he was selected by the county government to the Zhenjiang dengyunshan Jiangsu provincial public training class, and later served as the principal of Beiqiao District Central School. In September 1937, he went to Shanghai to help organize the refugee shelter. In the spring of 1938, an "Anti Japanese guerrilla force" was established in his hometown, and he was employed as the deputy leader of the first brigade of the fifth detachment of the Songhu guerrilla column. In 1940, he became the principal of Chenhang Central Primary School, secretly developed the "Songhu Anti Japanese Youth League", and later became the leader of Nanhui people's Anti Japanese Self Defense Corps. In the spring of 1941, he taught in Shanghai life primary school and introduced his comrades to the "defending No.4 Middle School" troops led by the Communist Party of China in Pudong. In May of that year, I went to visit the first division of the New Fourth Army in Northern Jiangsu. Since October of the same year, he has been the chief of Civil Affairs Section of "Qingdong office". On February 6, 1942, he was killed by the ZHONGJIU army in the countryside near Beigan mountain in Qingpu.

Cao Renshou

Cao Renshou (1914-1945) was born in Zhuanqiao Town, Minhang District. He graduated from normal school of Shanghai middle school in 1933 and stayed in school for 4 years. He joined the army in 1937. In October 1938, he joined the army in Hankou. He was admitted to Nanchang aviation school in 1939. After graduating in 1941, he served as a second lieutenant pilot of the fourth air force brigade. In the spring of 1944, he hit a sunset plane in Hengyang air battle; in the winter of the same year, he hit another sunset plane in Guiyang air battle. In June 1945, during the battle between Hunan and Hubei in Central China, he was killed when he took off from Enshi airport in Hubei Province. In 1948, Zhuanqiao people built Renshou hall in the east of the town to commemorate it. In July 1952, he was recognized as a revolutionary martyr.

Zhang Chongyi

Zhang Chongyi (1923-1945), also known as Zhang Tongxu, was born in Zhoupu, Nanhui County, and lives in lujiahui, Minhang District. In 1939, he worked as a postman at Zhoupu post office in Nanhui County. In the summer of 1942, he joined the fifth brigade of Songhu guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army. In August of the same year, he joined in the struggle to open up an anti Japanese base in eastern Zhejiang. In 1943, he served as a cultural teacher of the first brigade of the third detachment of the eastern Zhejiang guerrilla column of the New Fourth Army and joined the Communist Party of China. In December 1944, he was transferred to be the instructor of the second squadron of the first brigade of the third detachment. On the evening of August 17, 1945, the three detachment went to Yaobei with the headquarters of the column and died in a fierce battle with the Japanese invaders who retreated to Hangzhou.

Zhao Duoxin

Zhao Duoxin (1919-1947) was born in zhaojiaqiao, north of Duhang, Minhang District. In the autumn of 1935, he graduated from Shanghai high school (business). In 1936, he was an accountant of Xinghua County Government in Northern Jiangsu. In 1939, he served as the general affairs officer of Duhang Central Primary School, and participated in the "Songhu youth Anti Japanese working group" and reading club. In 1941, the union of teaching staff was organized, and "school news" and "alumni" were published in secret. He joined the Communist Party of China in March 1942. In the spring of 1944, he went to Songhu detachment of the New Fourth Army in Nanhui to do political work under the pseudonym of sun Pingxin. In October of the same year, he was a member of Lubei District Committee of Nanhui County. At the beginning of the next year, the exploration and construction of secret military transportation lines were carried out. After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Shen Bingxin, pseudonym, served as the special commissioner of Pudong area of Songhu Working Committee of the Communist Party of China. In the spring of 1946, he was transferred to Qingpu special commissioner and renamed Zhao Wannian. On November 29 of that year, he was surrounded and arrested by the Kuomintang army and police. On January 18, 1947, he was killed by the reactionaries in Zhujiajiao.

Gu Guantao

Gu Guantao (1904-1947) is a native of the Gu family in Chenxing Town, Minhang District. In 1937, he joined the secret service area of the first brigade of the fifth guerrilla detachment in Songhu, and then transferred to the first squadron of the first brigade of the Nanhui people's Anti Japanese Self Defense Corps. In 1941, he was elected to be the head of the civilian township of the puppet Soviet Union and secretly raised food and salaries for the New Fourth Army. In 1946, he served as the leader of the Baoding brigade in Chenxing area, fighting against Chiang Kai Shek. On May 3, 1947, dongniuwei was arrested by police in Nanhui city. On November 28 of the same year, he was killed by the enemy in Pu'an cemetery in Minhang.

Wu gengmin

Wu gengmin (1914-1947) lived in Diqiao Town, Pudong. In 1946, he participated in the "protection brigade in Chenxing area" and actively carried out activities under the direct leadership of Comrade Zhang Rongzeng, member of the Songhu Working Committee of the Communist Party of China. On April 20, 1947, traitors Li longfu and sun Jingnan led the Kuomintang County criminal police team and security team, with a total of more than 60 people. They besieged the Dinghu brigade and some of its members who were working near Tangkou. Wu gengmin was captured. In July of that year, he was killed in Pu'an cemetery in Minhang.

Zhao Ruiqing

Zhao Ruiqing (1909-1949), a native of shenjiaxiang, Qibao town, Minhang District, graduated from Qingpu middle school. In 1937, he, Yang Guocai, Xu shouchang and others organized a "peasant self-defense guerrilla force" in shenjiaxiang, which was called "Yang Mao force" by the local people. Later, it became the third squadron of the first brigade of the third detachment of the Songhu guerrillas. In the autumn of 1938, the Association

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