The Ma Benzhai Mother and Son Martyrs Cemetery is located in the north of Benzhai Village, Benzhai Township, Xian County, Cangzhou City. It was built to commemorate the mother and son of the anti-Japanese national hero Ma Benzhai. It covers an area of ??105 acres and is divided into south and north courtyards. The south courtyard is the cemetery for the martyrs Ma Benzhai and her son. The plaque was inscribed by Liu Huaqing, former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission. The tall white marble monument in the center of the courtyard reaches into the sky, with inscriptions by Chairman Mao Zedong and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De engraved on the front and back. Looking up, the blue sky and white clouds make people think a lot. As time goes by, this person has passed away, but his spirit will last forever. To the south of the monument is the mausoleum of Ma Benzhai's mother and son, surrounded by a crescent-shaped flower bed with a white marble paved bottom, in Islamic style. There are evergreen cypress trees on the east and west sides of the square, standing tall and solemn. In addition, there is a film and television hall and a memory hall. The film and television hall mainly displays documentary CD materials and film and television materials; the memory hall contains inscriptions, calligraphy and paintings in memory of Ma Benzhai’s leaders and comrades during his lifetime, including many celebrities, such as General Zhang Aiping, General Lu Zhengcao, General Yang Chengwu, etc. .
Separated from the north courtyard and the south courtyard is the main hall of Ma Benzhai Memorial Hall. The plaque was inscribed by Ouyang Zhongshi, a famous Chinese calligrapher. When you enter the courtyard, you are facing a straight and wide corridor. On both sides of the road is a forest of steles of hundreds of generals. On the outside of the forest of steles, there is a mother and child lake on each side. At the end of the road is a square square with an equestrian statue of Ma Benzhai standing in the center and an auxiliary pavilion on each side. Behind the statue is the main hall of Ma Benzhai Memorial Hall. In front of the main hall are steps with a gentle slope. Climbing up the steps gives you the feeling of walking towards the sublime step by step. When entering the memorial hall, the first thing is the prologue hall. There is a white marble statue of Ma Benzhai standing at the entrance, surrounded by flowers and flower baskets presented by visitors. Behind the statue is a large relief background wall with the seven characters "Comrade Ma Benzhai will never die" written by Chairman Mao. The exhibition hall is circuitous and divided into eleven parts. It uses a combination of pictures, objects, sand tables, texts and televisions to reproduce the life of Martyr Ma Benzhai who worried about the country and the people and fought bravely. Ma Mu’s noble character and integrity, as well as his bravery and bravery, and the bravery and bravery of Chairman Mao. Praise for the invincible demeanor of the Hui detachment. Walking out of the main pavilion, there is a water system surrounding the pavilion connected to the Mother and Son Lake. There are corridors and green belts on both sides of the water system for tourists to play.
In 1985, the Mamu Temple consisting of three rooms was first built in Xianxian County. After several constructions, it covers an area of ??3,000 square meters and has 12 houses, including 3 large exhibition rooms, engraved with Ma Benzhai Mother and Son Martyrs Cemetery with a white marble monument inscribed by Comrade Mao Zedong and Zhu De.
In 1999, it was named a provincial-level patriotic education base by the Hebei Provincial Patriotic Education Base Construction Leading Group. In June of the same year, in order to further promote the spirit of patriotism, the Hebei Provincial Patriotism Education Base Construction Leading Group approved the decision to build a memorial hall for national hero Ma Benzhai, which will be invested by the province and city respectively, and the Propaganda Department of the Xianxian County Party Committee of China will be responsible for the organization and implementation.
Construction of the memorial hall began in the spring of 2001 and was completed in April 2002.
The exhibition was completed in mid-November 2005, and was later modified to include electronic touch screens and LCD TVs. The multimedia scene uses sound, light, electricity and other means to express the heroic and fearless spirit of the Hui detachment.
In August 2008, our county carried out the third renovation and expansion of the Ma Benzhai Memorial Hall in accordance with the overall plan of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission. The expansion scale has been expanded from the original 10 acres to 105 acres. The main body has been completed and the exhibition installation work is in order. The newly built memorial hall integrates leisure, sightseeing and education, greatly improving the taste of sightseeing and education.
In 2004, Ma Benzhai Memorial Hall was selected as one of the top ten red tourism classic scenic spots in Hebei Province.
In November 2005, it was named as the third batch of national patriotic education demonstration bases by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, and was rated as one of the top 100 red tourism classics in the country by seven ministries and commissions, including the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Tourism Administration, and the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee. One of the scenic spots.
In August 2006, it was named the National Ethnic Unity and Progress Education Base by the National Ethnic Affairs Commission.
On March 21, 2008, the Ma Benzhai Mother and Son Martyrs Cemetery in Xian County, Hebei Province was opened to the public free of charge.