Monument to the Anti Japanese war in western Yunnan

The monument was erected to commemorate the Anti Japanese expeditionary army of that year. It was the first official monument to the Anti Japanese expeditionary army after the founding of the people's Republic of China.

The entrance of the memorial to the Anti Japanese war in western Yunnan is in a bamboo forest beside the road. After going in, you can see song Xilian, commander of the 11th group army of the former expeditionary army, inscribed "monument to the Anti Japanese war in western Yunnan" standing on the high platform. There are segmented steps in front of the high platform. You can gradually see the whole picture of the monument when you pick up the steps. On both sides of the steps, the bamboo is surrounded by dense vegetation. Behind the stage is ERGONG mountain, which is a vast forest of rubber trees. After going up the steps to the high platform, you can see the whole picture of the monument. The monument is divided into three layers, with an octagonal base and four inscriptions. The middle level is a quadrangular platform, on which is the body of a four prism tablet, with inscriptions on all sides.

Monument to the Anti Japanese war in western Yunnan

On the north side of Leiya mountain in the east of Mangshi City, Yunnan Province, there is a magnificent monument set off by green mountains and surrounded by green trees. This is the "Anti Japanese war monument in western Yunnan" built to commemorate the heroic sacrifice of the Chinese expeditionary army, the people of all ethnic groups in Dehong, the overseas Chinese mechanics in Nanyang and the Allied soldiers.

The fall of Western Yunnan

The Anti Japanese war in western Yunnan is one of the main battlefields of China's Anti Japanese war. In May 1942, after the Japanese invading army occupied western Yunnan, in two years and eight months, they burned, killed, plundered, and committed all kinds of crimes. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people of all nationalities in Dehong and Cang depression area of Western Yunnan suffered cruel persecution. Bankou, the leader of the Japanese military police in Zhefang, Mangshi, killed more than 50 patriotic Dai compatriots in one go with a sword. In Leiya rang mountain, the Japanese army shot 40 Dai and Han compatriots who had come to repair fortifications. During the Cang depression in western Yunnan, more than 100000 people of all ethnic groups died of war and pestilence.

Anti Japanese war in western Yunnan

In the Anti Japanese counterattack in western Yunnan, more than 60000 people were killed and injured by the Chinese Anti Japanese army, Nanyang mechanic members and allied soldiers. At last, more than 20000 Japanese aggressors were annihilated, and Wanding was recovered in January 1945, which was the first time to drive the Japanese aggressors out of the country in China's Anti Japanese war. The Chinese expeditionary army and the people of all ethnic groups in western Yunnan fought with great sacrifice and won a great victory. Memorial towers were built in all the main battlefields after the war, but they were damaged due to various historical reasons.

Rebuilding the monument

In 1989, the people's Government of Dehong Prefecture decided to rebuild the monument at the foot of Leiya mountain on the east edge of Mangshi City, which was completed in 1990, Song Xilian, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and commander in chief of the 11th group army of the expeditionary army at that time, inscribed the inscription with his own hand. He also engraved the poem of Mao Zedong holding back general Dai Anlan and the anti Japanese poem of Chu Tunan, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Mr. Li Gengen, an old man of the 1911 Revolution. Covering an area of 9 mu, the monument is set in a rubber forest and surrounded by fir and cypress trees, which makes it more solemn and solemn. It is a place to educate future generations, remember revolutionary martyrs and inspire people's patriotic enthusiasm.

Address: Xianchi Road, Mangshi, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province

Longitude: 98.593502

Latitude: 24.425961

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