The tomb of General Xu Shiyou is located in Xujiawa, Hepu Village, Tianpu Township, 35 kilometers southeast of Xin County. It is a key cultural relic protection unit in Henan Province. It was built in October 1985 and is located on Lailong Ridge at the foot of Wanzi Mountain in Xujiawa, Hepu Village, Tianpu Township, Xin County, facing south. The tomb of General Xu Shiyou was built by the Nanjing Military Region, with an internal space of 78.2 square meters. The tomb area is in the shape of a grand master's chair, and the part of the tomb protruding from the ground is dome-shaped, 2 meters high and 4.2 meters in diameter. It is made of 9 fan-shaped and 1 round granite blocks. In front of the tomb stands a granite tombstone 3.12 meters high, 0.8 meters wide and 0.25 meters thick. This tombstone was erected in private names by former President Yang Shangkun and Marshal Xu Xiangqian. The inscription was inscribed by the famous calligrapher Fan Zeng. On the front are seven vigorous Chinese characters in regular script: "The Tomb of Comrade Xu Shiyou." Therefore, the monument was erected by Comrades Yang Shangkun and Xu Xiangqian, so it can only read "Tomb of Comrade Xu Shiyou" instead of "Tomb of General Xu Shiyou". On the back of the stele are small characters in regular script written vertically, engraved with the illustrious military exploits of General Xu Shiyou during his military life. In the general's tomb, the coffin of General Xu Shiyou is a double-layered coffin. The inner coffin is made of golden nanmu wood harvested from Guangxi by General You Taizhong, the former commander of the Guangzhou Military Region, a friend of the general during his lifetime. Inside the coffin were placed 100 yuan, two pistols and two bottles of Maotai liquor. The implication is that "money can buy roads, wine can strengthen courage, and guns can fight ghosts." Liquor has formed an indissoluble bond with General Xu Shiyou throughout his life, and General Xu also had a soft spot for Maotai liquor throughout his life. Guns are General Xu's favorite thing. One of the two guns was used by Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 74th Division of the Kuomintang Imperial Army and the godson of Chiang Kai-shek who was killed in the Menglianggu Battle. It was originally placed in the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. It was later taken out of the Military Museum with the approval of Mao Zedong and was used by General Xu Shiyou. wear. The other pistol is a platinum gift revolver given by former French President General Charles de Gaulle. General Xu Shiyou was the first general since China initiated cremation and the only general to be buried with special approval from the Party Central Committee.
In the woods in an area of ??3 square kilometers around the general's tomb, the general orchid grows. There are many kinds of orchids, including grass orchid, jianlan, general orchid, etc. The general orchid grows in the mountains in the hometown of General Xu Shiyou and is the most vital type of orchid. General orchid is an evergreen perennial herbaceous plant. The orchid grows in clusters in the corners of the bushes. Its leaves are thin and long. It is very drought-resistant and has a well-developed root system. When spring comes, flowers bloom one after another. When the flowers bloom, the mountains are filled with fragrance. Most of the flowers are purple and green, and even more strangely, the flowers are red and white. The flowering period of the general orchid is short, usually about 15-20 days. In autumn, the roots of the orchid have small black polygonal atoms, which are filled with white powder. These powders can be used for disinfection and hemostasis. To this day, farmers in the Dabie Mountains use this powder to stop bleeding when they accidentally break their fingers while working in the mountains.