Huxi revolutionary martyrs cemetery

Huxi revolutionary martyrs cemetery

Huxi revolutionary martyrs cemetery is located in the south of Shanxian old city, Shandong Province. It was originally named Huxi Anti Japanese War martyrs cemetery. The planned construction land is 412.5 mu, of which the lake area is 112.5 mu. Founded in July 1945, it was built by the former Huxi prefectural committee, administrative office and military division to bury and commemorate the revolutionary martyrs who died in the Huxi Anti Japanese base during the Anti Japanese war. There are 18 key martyr memorial buildings in the park, including Huxi revolutionary martyr memorial tower, martyr memorial hall, martyr memorial Pavilion, martyr monument, two single martyr tombs and four martyr cemeteries. A total of 2641 revolutionary martyrs are buried. In 2001, it was rated as the national key martyr memorial building protection unit by the State Council. It has become a comprehensive open eco city park integrating historical and cultural tourism, red revolution commemoration, leisure and fitness. The park landscape includes the water landscape with Xianren Lake as the theme, the red education base based on the cemetery, the cultural tourism landscape with the millennium old dike as the axis, and the leisure, entertainment and fitness center with the activity center of veteran cadres as the carrier.

Historical evolution

Huxi revolutionary martyrs cemetery was originally named Huxi Anti Japanese War martyrs cemetery. Founded in July 1945, it was built by the former Huxi prefectural Party committee, administrative office and military division to bury and commemorate the revolutionary martyrs who died in Huxi Anti Japanese base area in the Anti Japanese war. In 1946, the Kuomintang army invaded Shanxian County, causing serious damage to the cemetery.

In 1952, it was rebuilt by the former Huxi prefectural Party committee and renamed Huxi revolutionary martyrs cemetery. There are 18 key martyr memorial buildings in the park, including Huxi revolutionary martyr memorial tower, martyr memorial hall, martyr memorial Pavilion, martyr monument, two martyr single tombs and four martyr cemeteries. A total of 2641 revolutionary martyrs are buried in the park, including Li Zhenqian, the pioneer of Huxi Anti Japanese base, the Commissioner of Huxi Tourism Administration, and Wu Daming, the brigade commander of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. Huxi revolutionary martyrs cemetery integrates cemetery and park. It is an important activity base for patriotism education and national defense education in our county. It is also a place for people to pay homage to martyrs and have leisure and entertainment.

Huxi revolutionary martyrs cemetery is located in the southeast of Shanxian County at the junction of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui provinces. It was built in 1945. In 1946, the Kuomintang army invaded Shanxian County, causing serious damage to the cemetery. In 1952, the former Huxi prefectural Party committee rebuilt it and renamed it Huxi revolutionary martyrs cemetery. In 1992, the Party committee and the people's Government of Shan county of the Communist Party of China mobilized the cadres and the masses of the whole county to donate more than 3 million yuan for the reconstruction and expansion of the cemetery. After reconstruction and expansion, there are mainly two gates in the West and south of the cemetery. There are more than 20 buildings, including memorial tower, memorial hall, memorial Pavilion, monument, single Tomb of famous martyrs, martyr cemetery, arch bridge, juntingxiulang and martyr gate. There are 2641 revolutionary martyrs who died bravely during the Anti Japanese War, the liberation war, the socialist revolution and construction period. In 2010, with the expansion of the new city, the cemetery was rebuilt and expanded from the original closed type to the open type, which greatly expanded the exhibition time of people in the urban area.

After five times of construction, there are more than 20 key martyr memorial buildings in the cemetery: Huxi revolutionary martyr memorial tower, hero Pavilion, Haoran Pavilion, anti Japanese War Memorial Pavilion, Junting corridor, martyr monument, two martyr single tombs, four martyr cemeteries, memorial square, etc. A total of 2641 martyrs were buried, including Wang Wenbin, a pioneer of the Huxi Anti Japanese base area, Secretary of the Su Lu Yu special committee of the Communist Party of China, Li Zhenqian, Commissioner of the Huxi special office, and Wu Daming, brigade commander of the people's Liberation Army.

For more than half a century, Huxi revolutionary martyrs cemetery has been concerned and supported by the party and state leaders, Shandong provincial Party committee and Shandong provincial government. Hu Yaobang, Liu Bocheng, Yang Dezhi, song renqiong, Shu Tong, pan Fusheng, Liang buting and other leading comrades wrote inscriptions for the cemetery. Deng Xiaoping and others made some comments on the construction of the cemetery. It has also received strong support from veteran cadres and people of insight at home and abroad. There are more than 1000 people who give advice and give generously.

With the strong support of Party committees and governments at all levels and leaders at all levels, after many times of reconstruction, expansion and renovation, Huxi martyrs cemetery has many scenic spots with reasonable layout and complete functions. Combined with the special central location of Shan county and the historical influence of Huxi District, hundreds of thousands of people visit the cemetery every year. In view of this, in 1988, the cemetery was approved by the people's Government of Shandong Province as a key martyr memorial building protection unit in Shandong Province. In 1998, it was designated as the patriotic education base of Shandong Province, and in 1996, it was designated as the national defense education base of Shandong Province. In 2001, it was approved by the State Council as a national key protection unit for memorial buildings for martyrs.

Memorial facilities

（1） South Gate of Huxi revolutionary martyrs cemetery

Huxi revolutionary martyrs cemetery south gate, built in October 1985, national style, memorial archway, four piles, three rooms, single eaves gatehouse. Color painting. 10 meters high, reinforced concrete structure, water brush stone cover. The eaves and forehead are engraved with the eight characters "Huxi revolutionary martyrs cemetery" inscribed by Shu Tong, former Secretary of Shandong provincial Party committee and famous calligrapher. The whole building is solemn and elegant, solemn and spectacular.

（2） Huxi revolutionary martyrs memorial tower

Huxi revolutionary martyrs memorial tower is located on the site of guqintai, surrounded by water in the East, West and North, and facing the dike in the south. Its original name was "memorial tower of Anti Japanese War martyrs in Huxi district". Built in November 1945, the tower was damaged and tilted due to decades of wind and rain erosion, Kuomintang shelling and earthquake. The reconstruction was approved by the Provincial Department of civil affairs in May 1984 and completed in March 1986. The building area of the tower is 1200 square meters. The tower is a three-story platform with bluestone structure. The front of the third floor platform is engraved with "Immortality" and memorial inscription, and the back is engraved with "great spirit forever". The tower is a red granite reinforced concrete structure, 26.74 meters high, 4.5 meters wide, square cone, engraved with Comrade Hu Yaobang's inscription: "Huxi revolutionary martyrs memorial tower", the overall building, towering and magnificent.

（3） Hero Pavilion

Hero Pavilion, located in the south of Red Avenue and across the river from Huxi revolutionary martyrs memorial tower, started construction in March 2009 and completed in August. It is an antique two-story building with a construction area of 1500 m2, covered with yellow glazed tiles and high eaves. Three powerful characters of "hero Pavilion" are hung in the middle of the front of the second floor, and 36 red columns are hung in the corridor around the first floor. The pavilion uses sound, light, electricity and other modern technologies and traditional means of expression: sand table, sculpture, oil painting, pictures, text, guns and other physical objects to show the magnificent revolutionary history of Huxi District in the period of new democratic revolution, anti Japanese War and liberation war.

（4） Founder group sculpture

The founder group sculpture is made of general red stone. It is 6.6m high, 5.6m long and 2.3m wide. In the group sculptures, the Anti Japanese soldiers and civilians either wield knives or guns, the commanders hold up binoculars, and the little soldiers blow the charge horn. Group fighting spirit is high, body forward, indomitable for charge shape. The lines are thick. Standing in front of the sculpture, it gives people inspiration and spirit. At the back of the group sculpture, there is an inscription of "red Huxi", which attracts a large number of tourists.

（5） Haoran Pavilion

Haoran pavilion was originally a cemetery Pavilion for martyrs. It is located on the South Bank of Gulai river. It is 100 meters east of hero Pavilion, 15 meters high. It is made of green brick and cement and has three floors. It collapsed before 1992 due to the influence of natural disasters, such as earthquakes and so on. When the martyrs' cemetery was rebuilt in 1992, it was renamed a memorial Pavilion. In 2008, the cemetery was rebuilt and expanded, and a memorial pavilion was built, which was renamed Haoran Pavilion. Haoran Pavilion is a double-layer antique octagonal pavilion with a reinforced concrete structure and a height of 18 meters. The green glazed tile roof symbolizes the grass-green military caps of the heroes; the eight columns, with their heads held high, symbolize the heroes' indomitability; and the middle revolving staircase symbolizes the hardships and twists of the revolutionary journey. Haoran Pavilion is big and powerful.

（6） Juntingxiu corridor

The three pavilions are connected by long corridors. It is covered with glazed tiles, dome, four high corners, ridge beast along the kiss, and painted in the corridor. There are long stone benches under the corridor for visitors to have a rest. On the column of the middle Pavilion is a couplet written by Zhang Jinliang, deputy director of the county people's Congress, and Wu Feng, a calligrapher, "a wisp of wind combs the moon, and a half pool of water reflects the pavilion.".

（7） Memorial Pavilion of Anti Japanese War

The memorial Pavilion of the Anti Japanese war is located 400 meters northeast of the martyrs tower, with double eaves. It is 15 meters high and 5 meters in diameter, made of bluestone. Six columns, column relief dragon, inside relief lotus and other scenery.

（8） Tomb of Wu Daming martyr

Wu Daming martyr's tomb, built in 1952, is 7.2 meters high and of blue brick and cement structure. Rebuilt in early 1992, it is a double-layer antique hexagonal building with orange glazed tiles on the top, bluestone masonry in the middle and lower parts and four hexagonal windows. Directly above the door is an inscription written by Marshal Liu Bocheng: "Tomb of Wu Daming, brigade commander of PLA who died in battle.". On the pillars on both sides of the gate are the inscriptions of Liu qingxun, the former Commissioner of the West Lake Travel Agency, and Comrade Liu Jinshan, the former commander of the West Lake military division: "crossing the grassland, walking through the snow mountain, fighting bravely to save the motherland; fighting against and defeating the strong enemy, fighting bravely for the people.". In the middle of the pavilion is a white marble statue of martyr Wu Daming. On the base is carved the biography of martyr Wu Daming. The coffin is buried under the pavilion.

（9） Tomb of martyr Li Zhenqian

The tomb of Li Zhenqian, built in 1952, is similar to that of Wu Daming. Right above the door is Pan Fusheng, former Secretary of Huxi Prefecture Party committee

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