East China Martyrs Cemetery in Spring

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Linyi is a prefecture-level city in Shandong Province and the base of the East China Field Army. In 1947, it was the key target of the Kuomintang's attack in the late stages of the Liberation War.

In this hot red land, a group of heroes who can sing and cry have emerged.

Every year during Qingming Festival, Linyi Ceshan Middle School organizes junior high school students to go to the East China Martyrs Cemetery to remember the martyrs and strengthen patriotism education for students.

“The green mountains and green waters are majestic, and the green pines and cypresses comfort the heroic spirits.” Tomb-Sweeping Day is a good time for us to educate students on revolutionary traditions and patriotism.

On April 4, 2020, the first grade of Linyi Ceshan Middle School carried out the theme activity of "Our Festival-Qingming Festival". All the teachers and students in the first year of junior high school came to the East China Martyrs Cemetery to hold a memorial ceremony to "remember the martyrs and learn to be grateful".

At nine o'clock in the morning, the event officially started. In the Yimeng Revolution Memorial Hall, students and teachers visited the "Yimeng Spirit Exhibition".

During the lecturer’s explanation, the first-grade students learned that Yimeng is a famous old revolutionary area in the country. During the revolutionary war years, a large number of heroic models emerged in Yimeng area, and their touching deeds strengthened the students’ We are proud to be Linyi people.

There is a touching story behind every cultural relic in the display cabinet.

Various weapons attracted the children's eyes, and they seemed to still be able to feel the intensity and cruelty of war.

Spinning wheels, bellows, flutes, kerosene lamps... every exhibit records the hardships of that era.

On another Qingming Festival, Linyi Ceshan Middle School once again organized students to go to the East China Martyrs Cemetery to commemorate the martyrs and learn to be grateful

See the pictures and learn about the farmhouse built in The arsenal in the courtyard. Farmers conduct democratic elections using the "bean selection" method.

A group of people from Yimeng Mountain, they have no unit numbers, no military medals, and the weapons in their hands are only wheelbarrows. They are the Yimeng branch front team who used wheelbarrows to launch the victory of the revolution.

At ten o'clock in the morning, students and teachers approached the East China Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Tower with reverence and flowers in hand.

In front of the Martyrs Memorial Tower, student representative members laid wreaths to the martyrs, and the children presented flowers to the martyrs in turn.

Teacher Wang Hua presided over the sweeping ceremony. Liu Yan spoke on behalf of the students. She hoped that the students would remember history and study hard. She also called on the students to cherish a happy life and be good students who love their country and love their studies. Everyone stood in silence to pay homage to the martyrs.

Finally, under the explanation of the instructor, the students paid homage to the tombstones of the martyrs in the cemetery and learned about the heroic deeds of the martyrs.

Teachers and parents laid flowers in their hands in front of the tombstones of the martyrs to express their infinite respect for the heroes.

In order to carry out this activity well, each class held a class meeting with the theme of "Promoting Traditional Culture and Remembering the Revolutionary Martyrs". Let everyone understand the traditional culture of Qingming, learn heroic deeds, and watch revolutionary film and television works.

By carrying out Qingming Festival theme education activities, students deeply feel that today’s happy life is hard-won. In the future, they must establish lofty ideals, work hard to learn skills, and repay their parents and the country with excellent results and performance.

After the group activities were held, free activities were conducted as a class unit and the entire Martyrs Cemetery was visited.

The East China Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery is a large-scale memorial building complex built to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed their lives in East China from the First Revolution to the War of Liberation. It is an important base for publicizing and carrying forward the Yimeng spirit. It is the largest revolutionary martyrs cemetery in East China. The cemetery is located in Linyi City, Shandong Province, a famous historical and cultural city with beautiful scenery, a gathering of people, a commercial and logistics capital, and a waterfront ecological city.

The East China Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery was designed by Mr. Liang Sicheng, a famous Chinese architectural historian and architect. Construction began in April 1949. It was originally named "Linyi Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery". In October 1986, it was approved by the Civil Affairs Department It was approved to be changed to its present name, and was listed as the first batch of "National Key Martyrs Memorial Building Protection Units" by the State Council. Since 1995, it has been named as the National Patriotic Education Demonstration Base, the National Patriotic Education Base, the National Youth Education Base and the first batch of National Defense Education Demonstration Bases by the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, the National Labor Commission and other ministries and commissions. base. In 2002, it was rated as an outstanding historical building group in Shandong Province. In March 2005, it was announced as one of the 30 national red tourism boutique lines and 100 national red tourism classic scenic spots. In June 2006, it was announced as a national AAA tourist attraction. In August 2014, it was named one of the “First Batch of National Anti-Japanese War Memorial Facilities and Sites” by the State Council. In January 2015, it was awarded the title of “National Civilized and Special Care Institution” by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

The cemetery faces south and covers an area of ??150,000 square meters (about 225 acres). Currently, there are 19 large-scale memorial buildings such as towers, halls, pavilions, pavilions, corridors, and tombs. The overall layout It is centrally symmetrical and has an antique architectural style. The north and south gates are on a central axis with the main buildings, the Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Tower and the Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Hall. Other buildings are symmetrically arranged on the east and west sides. The south gate is a hall-style building, 36 meters wide and 12.8 meters high. There are 12 red columns standing side by side in front of the door. The roof is covered with yellow glazed tiles. The blue brackets are alternately dense. The red plaque is inscribed with "East China Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery" and 8 golden ones. The large characters are handwritten by Shu Tong, the late famous calligrapher and former director of the Political Department of the East China Military Region. The main entrance and the left and right side doors are all in vermilion, and there are three auxiliary rooms on both sides. It is grand and solemn and complements the simple iron see-through wall. There is a square in front of the gate, with avenues of pines and cypresses on both sides, colorful and solemn.

The Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Tower is located in the center of the cemetery. It is a pentagonal pavilion-column building. The tower is 45 meters high. It is made of limestone, granite and steel cement. It is tall and majestic, towering into the sky. The base of the tower is a stone platform with a diameter of 33 meters and a height of 2.5 meters. It is surrounded by stone railings and has 12 steps on each side, leading to the corridor around the tower. On the front of the tower are seven gold-plated characters "Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Tower" inscribed by Comrade Mao Zedong. On the surrounding stone tablets are engraved inscriptions by Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Liu Bocheng, Chen Yi, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and other party and state leaders, as well as the Communist Party of China East China. The pagoda-building inscriptions of the Party Committee of the Central and South Shandong District, the Administrative Office of the Central and South Shandong Province, and the Shandong Central and South Military Region. There are a set of reliefs on the tops of the ten stone pillars surrounding the tower and on the five walls of the tower. They are exquisite in craftsmanship and lifelike, praising the revolutionary spirit of the East China Army and the people to unite and win victory. The tower is surrounded by bronze railings, which is elegant and solemn. A large cloisonné red five-pointed star is decorated on the top of the tower, symbolizing the revolutionary martyrs' great achievements and shining light for thousands of years.

In front of the memorial tower is the memorial site, which is flat and wide with green grass and can accommodate 30,000 people for mourning. There are famous martyrs' tombs and stone statue pavilions of different shapes on both sides of the memorial site. On the east side from north to south are: Luo Binghui's tomb, Wang Lushui's tomb, Hans Heber's tomb and statue, Chen Ming and his wife Xin Rui is buried together with the Tomb of Zhanrong Sigong; on the west side from north to south are: Zhang Yuanshou's Tomb, Liu Yan's Tomb, Chang Enduo's Tomb, Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery, and Yangfeng Chengzhi Pavilion.

Behind the memorial tower is a cobblestone-paved north-south corridor, with wisteria trellises along the way, making it quiet and elegant. To the north, the Yudai River flows around the garden from east to west. There is a pool in the middle of the river, which is shaped like a five-pointed star and is called "Five-Star Pool". There are railings around the pool, stone bridges on both sides lie on the waves, and the water in the pool is clear and tranquil. The Five Star Pond is located between the Memorial Tower and the Memorial Hall. The tower and hall are reflected in it, and the virtual and real scenery are combined, making it even more majestic and majestic. Jade Belt Henan, east of Yong Road, is the "Anti-Japanese Relief Corridor". There are pavilions in the center and at both ends of the corridor, namely the "Liu Fang Hall", "Warrior Hall" and "Peace Hall". There are 33 stone reliefs on display in the gallery, reflecting heroic and tragic battle stories during the Anti-Japanese War. The carvings are delicate and lifelike.

To the north of Wuxing Pond is the Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Hall, which is 45 meters long, 19.6 meters wide and 21.4 meters high. It is a palace-style building with glazed tiles on the top of the mountain and two-story cornices. It is majestic and majestic.

Surrounded by corridors on four sides and pillars on three sides, the plaque on the front is inscribed with seven golden characters "Memorial Hall of Revolutionary Martyrs". On the screen wall that welcomes the door is Comrade Zhou Enlai’s inscription: “The martyrs of the people’s revolution are immortal!” On the wall is Comrade Ren Bishi’s inscription: “Your achievements are immortal!” The wall inside the hall is a huge stone couplet, on which are engraved the names of 62,576 martyrs. Among them, 372 were martyrs at the county regiment level or above. The left and right sides of the front of the memorial hall are the Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall and the Liberation War Memorial Hall, which are laid out in the same glyph shape as the memorial hall. In between, there are two rows of tall towers, standing tall, majestic and awe-inspiring. 70 meters to the north of the memorial hall is the north gate of the cemetery. It is built in the style of a single eaves resting on a mountain front porch, with cornices and brackets, raised wings, and golden glazed tiles covering the surface. There is a strange stone garden between the memorial hall and the north gate, decorated with pictographic stones such as "Anti-Japanese Beacon", "Chinese Lion", "Peace Dove", "Garland", etc. The rockery - Anti-Japanese Mountain is located on the east side to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives for the country. of martyrs.

The East China Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery has an elegant environment, green pines and cypresses, affectionate flowers, and a solemn and majestic memorial building. It is an ideal place to visit the martyrs’ tombs, remember the martyrs’ demeanor, and carry out patriotism education.

Spring has returned to the land of Yimeng, and the winter jasmine flowers are also blooming in the wind. The white magnolia flowers seem to pay tribute to the martyrs.

The great motherland is prosperous, and the martyrs are alive and smiling.