On the banks of the ancient Qianshu River, in the southeastern suburb of Shuyang City, there is a place of verdant pines and cypresses, lush flowers and grasses, and a quiet environment, which is Shuyang Martyrs' Mausoleum.
When you approach this solemn and holy place, the cream-colored herringbone shaped gate, which faces south, commands respect. The six golden characters of Shuyang Martyrs' Mausoleum above the gate are glittering in the sunlight. On each side of the gate, there is a piece of black marble inlaid in the form of a couplet, which is engraved with Mao Zedong's poem written by the calligrapher Jiang Hua, which reads: "For the sake of sacrifices, I dare to teach the sun and the moon to change the sky to a new one". Chanting the verse, one's heart surging, suddenly born to the revolutionary martyrs of reverence and remembrance of the feelings!
In order to commend the great achievements of the martyrs and to educate the future generations to inherit and carry forward the great revolutionary spirit of the martyrs, the Shuyang County People's Government built the Martyrs' Mausoleum here in 1958. The Mausoleum is 250 meters long from north to south and 120 meters wide from east to west, covering an area of 40 acres. When it was first built, there were only three martyrs' graves in the park. After three expansions in 1963, 1975 and 1985, the mausoleum now has a memorial tower, monuments, memorial pavilions, Martyrs' Historical Exhibition Hall and other groups of memorial buildings. With the Monument to the People's Heroes on the same axis, about 30 meters to the north, is located in Wu Ling Sheng Martyrs Mausoleum. The mound is round, and a 4-meter-high marble monument is erected in front of the tomb. This monument was erected in June 1963 by the Shuyang County Committee and Shuyang County People's Committee. The front side of the monument is engraved with the inscription of the Tomb of Martyr Wu Ling Sheng in regular script, while the back side is engraved with the life story of the martyr Wu Ling Sheng. Wu Ling Sheng, born in 1899 in Yanji Township, Shuyang County, participated in the May Fourth Movement in 1919 while studying in Beijing, joined the Chinese Socialist Youth League in February 1923, and soon after joined the Chinese ****anufacturing Party. In the same year, Li Dazhao, on behalf of the Party organization, introduced him to study in Moscow Oriental University of the USSR, and returned to China in 1925, where he was sent by the Central Committee of the Party to carry out the work of the Party in the Northeast. He successively served as secretary of the Harbin branch of the C ****, secretary of the North Manchuria local committee of the C ****, special commissioner of the three northeastern provinces of the C ****, organization minister of the Manchurian Provincial Party Committee, etc. In the winter of 1929, in accordance with the instructions of the Party, he went to Shandong Province, serving as secretary of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the C **** In February 1930, due to betrayal by the traitors, he was arrested by the Kuomintang reactionary faction in Jinan. In the face of torture, steadfast, on April 5, 1931, and 21 comrades at the same time was killed in Jinan, at the age of 32 years.
In May 1962, with the approval of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, the Shuyang County People's Committee and the Shuyang County People's Committee relocated the coffin of Wu Ling Sheng to the Shuyang Martyrs' Mausoleum. In order to carry on the legacy of the revolutionary martyrs and to promote the construction of two civilizations, in April 1994, the Shuyang County Party Committee and the Shuyang County Government installed two statues of Wu Ling Sheng in the North Park of Shuyang County and the National Defense Park of Shuyang County Youth Square, so as to perpetuate the memory of Wu Ling Sheng for a hundred years to come! Not far north of the Monument to the People's Heroes, east and west from the mausoleum axis of 30 meters, symmetrically built two octagonal monument to the martyrs Pavilion. West Pavilion erected four monuments to the martyrs. This four monuments is in 1985 by the county party committee, the county government agreed to move from the north of the city park, respectively, is the National Revolutionary Army, the Eighth Route Army, Longnan South into the detachment of the third regiment of the Tang Shuhong Martyrs Memorial Monument, Huaihai Military Subdistrict, the head of the seventh regiment of Song Yaonan and Sundon early martyrdom Memorial Monument and any district chief of the nine martyrdom Memorial Monument. A monument to the martyrs is a heroic epic, which records the heroic deeds of the revolutionary martyrs that amazed the world and sobbed the gods. Mr. Tang Shuhong is a household name in Shuyang, Donghai, Guanyun and Gunnan. He was born in 1915 in Tanggou Town, Shuyang County (now part of Gunnan County), and pursued the truth of the revolution while studying in middle school. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, under the leadership of the Chinese ****production party, he organized the Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Force and the Chinese National Liberation Pioneers. On this basis, in April 1939, he set up the Third Regiment of the Longnan South Advancement Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and was appointed as the head of the regiment, and launched a sensational anti-Japanese struggle. The ambush of Japanese troops at Wulihuai and the victory in the first battle greatly inspired the confidence of the people of Dongguanshu in fighting against the Japanese invaders. Just when this young revolutionary army was growing strong, Tang Shuhong was unfortunately killed by the Kuomintang. Although he only lived to be twenty-four years old, he was like a star in the night sky, forever reflected in the hearts of the people.
West monument pavilion, two respectively engraved with the light shot Jinping and the mighty Tonghai tribute monument, expresses the people of Song Yaonan and Sun Dongchu two heroes of the regiment leader's reverence and love. 1943 July, I Huaihai military sub-division of the three detachments of the seventh regiment leader Song Yaonan, in the siege of Sangxu Japanese and pseudo-strongholds of the battle, in person at the forefront of the command, was unfortunately seriously injured, died at the age of 30 years old. In honor of the martyrs, the Huaihai Administration decided to change Liyi District to Yaonan District; Sun Dongchu, who took over as the commander of the 7th Regiment, was martyred again in August of the same year in the battle of attacking Caizhuang. In just one month, my seventh regiment sacrificed two regimental commander, a profound illustration of the cruelty of the war, the hard-won victory of the revolution!
East Pavilion, also erected four monuments to the martyrs. Respectively, the liberation war period to commemorate the sacrifice of the martyrs and Chaimi River seven heroes of the monument. One hundred and sixteen martyrs monument, recorded in October 1946, the nationalist army seventy-four divisions invaded my Huaihai district, my New Fourth Army Sixth Division Fifteen Regiment, in order to defend the liberated areas, in six ponds near the Qianji xiaozuo township, and the enemy a bloody battle for three days and nights, wiped out the enemy of more than 500 people. During the battle, 116 members of the 15th Regiment died heroically. In order to permanently commemorate the martyrs, in September 1954, a monument pavilion was built at the place where the martyrs sacrificed their lives; in 1978, the Shuyang County People's Government rebuilt the monument pavilion at Qianji; in 1985, the monument was modeled on the original monument of the martyrs of the 116th Heroes and its inscriptions, and was re-erected in the newly-built East Monument Pavilion in Shuyang Martyrs' Cemetery. The monument to the Seven Heroic Martyrs reads as follows: In the early morning of June 16, 1947, the Kuomintang army and the homecoming group of more than 400 people surrounded the residence of the Shuyang Zhongwan Township Office in Shuyang in a bid to annihilate the township and village cadres and the model team of the township. Under the situation of enemy strength and weakness, 17 comrades led by Zhang Jiexing, a township instructor, made a common cause and fought back nine enemy charges, killing more than 20 enemies. In the bloody battle, Zhang Jiexing and other seven people died heroically. In order to express the commemoration of the heroes, at that time, the six local committees in central China called for activities to be carried out in the whole region to learn from the seven heroes, and posthumously recognized Zhang Jiexing as a model party member of the C***. 1983 March, Shuyang County People's Government specially for the seven heroes of the stone monument for the permanent commemoration.
The east monument pavilion is about 20 meters to the north, which is the martyrs' grave area. Facing south, the graves are divided into two rows in front and behind, in which the remains of 16 martyrs, including the Old Red Army and the Old Eighth Route, who sacrificed their lives for the revolution in various periods, are buried. About 40 meters north from the Martyrs' Cemetery is a five-room brick structure with corridors for the ashes of revolutionary martyrs, in which the ashes of 17 martyrs are placed. The verdant cedars in front of the door, tall and straight, such as loyal guards, standing guard for the martyrs, like a green umbrella cover, for the spirit of heroism.
North of the West Monument Pavilion, is an area of about three acres of flower gardens and bonsai gardens, cultivating a variety of flowers and trees. At present, the mausoleum has more than 100 varieties of various types of flowers and trees, which not only beautifies the environment, but also increases the economic income of the mausoleum. Beyond the flower garden, at the back of the mausoleum is the newly-built Revolutionary Martyrs' Historical Exhibition Hall in classical national style, with flying eaves and purple glazed tiles, which is majestic and spectacular. Shuyang is an old revolutionary area, with 4,350 revolutionary martyrs*** who sacrificed their lives during the various revolutionary periods in the county. The life stories of 25 martyrs and 43 portraits of martyrs are displayed here, and revolutionary artifacts such as the inscription written by Chutunan, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, for the revolutionary martyr Wu Ling Sheng, who was devoted to the people and was infinitely loyal to the revolution, are also preserved here. Among the statues of the martyrs, there is a statue of a female revolutionary that stands out the most,
She is Wang Hua, the former deputy director of the Women's Federation of Zhouji District in Shuyang County. The first time I saw her, she was born in 1929 to a poor peasant family and joined the revolution at the age of 15. She worked as a leader of women in villages, townships, and districts, leading women to make shoes, grind noodles, pass on intelligence, and transport the wounded, and then joined the Chinese ****anization party honorably in August 1946. In order to protect the people, Wang Hua stood up for himself. In order to protect the people, Wang Hua stepped forward. The enemy took her into the Qianji stronghold and tortured her, but she did not give in, and she did not waver when lured by money and status. The enemy had no choice but to brutally kill her, when she died at the age of 18. Soon after the sacrifice of Wang Hua, Zhouji District held thousands of people memorial meeting, announced that the higher government awarded Wang Hua martyr Liu Hulan-style heroes glorious title.
In the Martyrs' Historical Exhibition Hall, there is a volunteer martyr, his name is Liu Jinzuo, Department of Sangxu Township Liuzhai village people, born into a farmer's family, participated in our army in 1944, was awarded the honorary title of first-class merit. In January 1951, during the battle of Yongwan Peak in North Korea, the U.S. Army launched an attack on Liu Company's position with five tanks to open the way, followed by infantry. He successively sent four blasters, were halfway to sacrifice, he had no choice but to pick up the explosive packets, bravely and wisely climbed to the enemy tanks, continuously blowing up the enemy three tanks, unfortunately, died heroically. Comrades endured the grief, rose up to blow up the other two tanks, and won the battle! The leading authorities of the army, posthumously recognized Liu Jinzuo martyr as a first-class war hero.