Shuangfengshan Cemetery in Hebei Province was invested by the People's Government of Hebei Province 1974. It is a public institution directly under the Civil Affairs Department of Hebei Province, a provincial patriotism education base and a provincial national defense education base. In the early days of its establishment, it was mainly used to bury revolutionary martyrs, deceased senior intellectuals, model workers and leading cadres at or above the county level. Opening to the outside world in the 1980s, more than 30,000 people from all walks of life are buried, including more than 200 revolutionary martyrs, more than 0/00 model workers at prefecture level and above, more than 0/00 veteran comrades who worked before the Anti-Japanese War, and more than 300 experts and intellectuals with senior titles.
Shuangfengshan Cemetery in Hebei Province is located in the western suburb of Shijiazhuang, the provincial capital. Located in the national AAAA tourist scenic spot (Shuangfeng Mountain Scenic Spot), 7 kilometers away from Shijiazhuang Railway Station, with convenient transportation and superior geographical position. After 40 years of development and construction, a large-scale garden cemetery with a long reputation in North China has been formed.
Shuangfeng Mountain forms a unique landscape with its phoenix-like north-south mountains and sparkling lakes. According to the Records of Huolu County, it is said that during the Hongjia period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, two phoenixes landed here and got their names. More than 50,000 trees in the park, such as Pinus tabulaeformis, Platycladus orientalis, Ginkgo biloba, Sakura, Albizia Albizia, Robinia pseudoacacia and persimmon, change their rich colors all year round, forming large-scale natural landscapes such as "pine peach in the north, white elephant in the south, persimmon reflecting green", "Huailing Chun Xue" and "Liulang hitting the water". Monuments with different architectural styles, reasonable layout, profound meaning and rigorous conception are thought-provoking. In this dense atmosphere of "green mountains and green waters" and "spring flowers and autumn fruits", the harmony and unity between nature and humanity, tradition and modernity are everywhere.
The Shuangfengshan Cemetery in Hebei Province has a profound cultural heritage, where cultural celebrities such as Tian Han, the lyricist of the national anthem, his wife An E (the author of Jade and Hugging Brother), Sha Fei, a revolutionary photographer from China, and Huang Qi, a famous calligrapher, are buried. The revolutionary features of Shuangfengshan Cemetery are distinct, and martyrs such as Wang Kexin, one of the founders of Henan Party organizations, famous heroes Li Zhiguang and Jiao Shoujian, founding general, Wang Zhao, the first daughter of Shijiazhuang and party member are buried. There are many memorial facilities here, such as the National Anthem Memorial Square, Don't forget the Republic of China Monument, Hebei Heroes Memorial Hall, Sha Fei Memorial Hall, Huangqi Art Museum, etc., which have become an important position for the people of the provincial capital to carry out patriotism and traditional education.
Hebei Shuangfeng Mountain Cemetery actively promoted the funeral reform, and successively launched land-saving and environmental-friendly burial forms such as public flower bed burial, lawn burial, tree burial and wall burial, guiding the masses to abandon the old funeral customs and rationally spend funeral expenses; Advocate "burn less paper to make the provincial capital sky bluer", carry out theme activities such as "burn paper for flowers", strengthen people's awareness of environmental protection, and choose low-carbon and environmentally-friendly sacrificial methods. These practices have been reported by CCTV, Hebei TV, Hebei Daily and other media, which has aroused widespread concern in society.
In recent years, Shuangfengshan Cemetery in Hebei Province has been awarded "Advanced Unit of Funeral Reform" by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Civil Affairs Department of Hebei Province, and has been awarded honorary titles such as "Advanced Grass-roots Party Branch", "Advanced Unit of Work Style Construction" and "Civilized Unit" by the Provincial Working Committee of Hebei Province and the Civil Affairs Department of Hebei Province for many times.