Huishan martyrs cemetery

Huishan martyrs cemetery

Huishan martyrs cemetery, also known as Huishan martyrs cemetery, is located at the top of Huishan, CaoShi Town, Woyang county. It was built in memory of more than 300 martyrs of the 11th brigade of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army who died in the war of resistance against Japan. Anhui Province patriotism education base, national 2A scenic spot. At present, it is applying for 3A level scenic spot.

Basic introduction

Huishan martyrs cemetery was built in 1945. The front is a archway gate. Mao Zedong's inscription "long live the martyrs", two

On the side are plaques of Zhude and Woyang county. In the center of the cemetery stands a 15 meter high memorial tower engraved with 20 characters: "memorial tower for martyrs of the 11th brigade of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army during the Anti Japanese war in North vortex". The tower is a five star cemetery. A list of 310 martyrs was inscribed on the stone tablet in front of the tomb. There are many biographies, inscriptions and elegiac couplets of Peng Xuefeng in the cemetery. There are many pine and Wutong trees in the garden. Now it has become a patriotic education base. Construction of the cemetery started in the autumn of 1945. It took four and a half months and was completed in December. The whole project was prepared by Ding Yongnian, director of the propaganda and education section of the 32nd regiment of the 11th brigade. In 1946, the Kuomintang reactionaries launched a civil war. The Huishan martyrs' cemetery was seriously damaged by the enemy forces. The monument was broken, the amount of damage was damaged, and the ground was abandoned. The following year, our army recovered Wobei, and the local township government carried out preliminary renovation of the cemetery. The memorial tower was replaced with cement structure, and a new square gate was built to replace the archway. Now Huishan martyrs' cemetery is presenting a magnificent new appearance on the top of Huishan mountain for the world to look forward to. During the Qingming Festival, people from all over the world come in an endless stream of people to hang sacrifices, and there are many garlands and brocades. The martyrs for the country will always live in the hearts of the people.

Cultural history

In August 1944, in order to recover the Henan Anhui Soviet border region, according to the instructions of the Party Central Committee, Peng Xuefeng led the main forces of the 11th brigade and the 9th brigade

Advance to the west of Jinpu road. In the first battle, xiaozhuzhuang completely annihilated the three regiments of Wang Shixue's detachment, which was the confluence of Japanese and puppet forces; in the second battle, Balizhuang in Xiayi was conquered, and Li Guangming's Department, which was a combination of puppet, stubborn and bandit forces, was annihilated. Unfortunately, in the battle of Balizhuang, Peng Xuefeng died for his country. More than 300 officers and soldiers of the main forces, such as the 11th brigade of the 4th division, died bravely. In memory of Peng Xuefeng's brilliant achievements and in memory of the revolutionary martyrs who died since the westward movement, Wu Zhipu, Secretary of the Luxi prefectural Party committee, Zhang Zhen, commander of the military division, and Lai Yi, political commissar, led the 11th brigade to take a rest in longshanji, Guoyang County. In line with the wishes of the people of the border region and army officers and soldiers, they decided to build a martyrs' cemetery.

The address of the cemetery is located on the East grey mountain of caoshiji. Huishan is a hill with an area of about 2000 square meters. Under the surface soil, there are bluestones, which can burn lime. The name of "Huishan" comes from this. On May 21, 1945, the 30th regiment of the 11th brigade of the 4th division conquered the Japanese puppet stronghold yuandianji. In the battle, I sacrificed 24 officers and soldiers and buried them in Huishan

Under my feet.

After five months of intensive construction, a towering and spectacular revolutionary martyrs memorial tower stands on the top of grey mountain. On December 6, 1945, the people's Government of xuewo County announced that the original "Huishan" was renamed "Huishan" in order to highlight the hero's achievements and encourage people to work hard. All the names related to it are easier from then on.

Architectural planning

Martyrs Monument

The main body of Huishan martyrs cemetery is composed of martyrs memorial tower, Peng Xuefeng Monument and two stele pavilions. The memorial tower faces south to the north and is facing the gate, about 15 meters high. The base of the tower is a stone Pentagon, in which the bones of 24 martyrs who moved from the foot of the mountain are buried. The body of the tower is in the shape of square columns and is divided into five layers. On the front, a 10 meter high blue stone strip is inlaid, on which 21 gold characters are engraved: "memorial tower for martyrs of the 11th brigade of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army in the Anti Japanese war in Wobei". A square tablet in front of the memorial tower bears the names of 310 officers and soldiers who died in the fourth division of the New Fourth Army since the westward movement.

Peng Xuefeng Memorial

Peng Xuefeng monument is a main stele pavilion with eight columns on top and octagons flying up. On the top of the front of the pavilion is a red gold plaque with the title of "serve the country faithfully". On the columns on both sides are elegiac couplets of the people in Sumeng County: "loyal to the people, loyal to the class, loyal to Geng Qingtian and blue sea; retreat in the back, charge in the front, and the fighting hero is famous forever.". Eight guardrail panels are painted with the story of Yue Fei. On the front of the pavilion, there is a portrait of Mr. Peng Xuefeng. On the front and back of the pavilion, there are two steles engraved with the biography of Mr. Peng Xuefeng and the elegiac couplets jointly written by Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Peng Dehuai and Chen Yi: "Comrade Xuefeng's 20-year hard work is about to be completed completely. He has made brilliant achievements and his reputation will last forever. He is a good example for Communists. Thousands of miles of broken rivers and mountains are waiting to be cleaned up from scratch Who would have expected blood splashing, sacrifice for the country, full of grief and indignation, mourn for the heroes of the Chinese nation. " The elegy of the central China Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the inscription of the second office of the administrative Commissioner of Huaibei region, and the inscription of Zhang Zhen, Lai Yi and Yao Yunliang, the commanders of the 11th brigade of the 4th division, on behalf of all the commanders and fighters. East stele Pavilion

On both sides of the monument are the East and West stele pavilions, which are symmetrically distributed. Above the front of the East stele Pavilion is a plaque presented by the 11th brigade of the 4th division, which is inscribed with four characters of "heroic forever". On the left and right columns are inscribed with the elegiac couplets of xuewo County Government: "the heroic deeds will last forever, and the national spirit will last forever.". There are three inscriptions in the pavilion, which are the 30th regiment of the 11th brigade and the government of xuewo County, Qingting District of xuewo county and Jingli of Huishan township of Qingting district.

West stele Pavilion

Above the front of the West stele Pavilion is a plaque presented by the 33rd regiment of the 11th brigade, which is inscribed with four characters of "national light". On the columns on the left and right sides are the elegies of "holding the gun for national liberation, though dying for the country, it is well-known through the ages, and fighting hard for the welfare of the masses, even though bleeding is lost.". The three inscriptions on the guard of the pavilion were set up by the 32nd regiment of the 11th brigade and the government of Sumeng County, Sumeng County, Baisha District, xuewo county and CaoShi district.

Mausoleum gate

The gate of the cemetery is built in the form of a memorial archway, about 7.5 meters high. There are two plaques on the top of the middle door, which are inscribed by Zhu De: "Commemoration of the martyrs of the 11th brigade of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army in the Anti Japanese war in North vortex: long live the heroic spirit" and Mao Zedong's inscription: "Commemoration of the martyrs of the 11th brigade of the fourth division of the New Fourth Army in the Anti Japanese war in North vortex: long live the martyrs!" The couplets on both sides of the central gate are the elegy of the CPC Central Committee: "live for the people, die for the people, your cause will never die with the people; come for victory, go for victory, our task is to march forward bravely to victory." The plaque above the east gate is the "glory of the party and army" presented by xuewo county Party committee of the Communist Party of China, and the plaque above the west gate is the "never forget arrow" presented by the people of North vortex. The couplets on both sides of the side door are the elegy of xuewo county Party committee of the Communist Party of China: "because of revolutionary loyalty, we become revolutionary heroes; but the people's army is the people's savior.". There are steles on both sides of the gate, respectively engraved with the completion postscript of Huishan martyrs cemetery written by xuewo county magistrate Li Chen and the notice of xuewo county government on changing "Huishan" into "Huishan".

Completion ceremony

On December 3, 1945, more than 7000 officers and soldiers of the 11th brigade, local government and people gathered in front of Huishan martyrs' cemetery

The memorial meeting and the memorial ceremony for the completion of the cemetery were solemnly held. Lai Yi, political commissar of the 11th brigade, presided over the meeting and read out the memorial ceremony. The leaders of the brigade and the regiment, as well as representatives of the local government and the people, made speeches. Then, leaders at or above the regimental level went around the cemetery to mourn for the martyrs.

On the new year's day of 1946, the whole project was completed.

Damage repair

At the end of 1946, the Kuomintang troops launched a large-scale attack on the border areas of Henan, Anhui and the Soviet Union. Huishan martyrs' cemetery was seriously damaged. The memorial archways and stele pavilions were knocked down, and the stone tablets and plaques were smashed by the enemy. The local people were forced to chisel holes in the foundation of the memorial tower in an attempt to blow down the memorial tower with explosives. In order to protect the memorial tower of the martyrs, the common people adopted the method of "soft resistance to hard wear" and "delaying time". Until January 1947, our army made a long-distance attack and defeated Woyang city. The local Party organizations returned to Wobei and restored the establishment of the people's political power. The enemy's goal never succeeded.

In the autumn of 1948, Ding Mingxian, the head of qingtuan District, led the local people to clean up the cemetery of Huishan martyrs. The fallen and smashed steles were nailed and rebuilt. The broken steles and plaques were properly collected. The damaged trees were replanted and supported. The scarred cemetery of Huishan martyrs stood in front of people again.

Due to the destruction of the cemetery by the enemy and the erosion of wind and rain, the archway gate and four stele protection pavilions have been completely damaged, and the memorial tower has been damaged and tilted. In 1964, Fuyang administrative office allocated 15000 yuan to renovate Huishan martyrs' cemetery. The remains of the stele Pavilion were removed and pine and cypress were planted instead.

In 1979, the civil affairs department at a higher level allocated 20000 yuan for another maintenance of the cemetery.

In the autumn of 1998, in order to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the eastward advance of the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army (the predecessor of the fourth division) and the 100th anniversary of Liu Shaoqi's birthday, Fuyang municipal Party committee and Woyang county Party committee organized special personnel to repair Huishan martyrs' cemetery again and set up the "Huishan martyrs' cemetery Memorial Hall". The museum displays historical pictures of the guerrilla detachment of the New Fourth Army uniting with the people of northern vortex in the war of resistance against Japan, and displays inscriptions and plaques smashed by Kuomintang troops and local reactionaries in those years.

In July 2004, in order to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the death of general Peng Xuefeng, the Civil Affairs Bureau of Guoyang County and the government of CaoShi town raised 100000 yuan to repair Huishan revolutionary martyrs' cemetery again, and built a stele Pavilion according to the original appearance, which updated and added the contents of the exhibition in the martyrs' Shrine. In 2005, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti Japanese War and the world anti fascist war, he was a veteran of the New Fourth Army and a retired veteran

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