Fuyu County Martyrs' Cemetery

Fuyu County Martyrs' Cemetery

Fuyu County Martyrs' Cemetery is a cultural tourism attraction and a classic red tourism site.

Fuyu County Martyrs' Cemetery was established in 1988, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Northeast China. To express the profound respect of the people of the entire county for revolutionary martyrs, the Fuyu County Party Committee and County Government decided to build the "Sanchahe Town Martyrs' Cemetery." It covers an area of 10,900 square meters. After the restoration of the county system, the "Sanchahe Town Martyrs' Cemetery" was renamed the "Fuyu County Martyrs' Cemetery." Due to the small size of the cemetery, in 2002, the county government decided to relocate and rebuild the site. The new martyrs' cemetery was completed on August 13, 2004, covering an area of 39,000 square meters. The cemetery includes a Revolutionary Martyrs Monument, a full-body statue of Martyr Liang Shiyin, a Monument to Unknown Martyrs, a group of martyrs' tombs, and a Revolutionary Memorial Hall. As you enter the cemetery, the first sight is the towering and solemn "Revolutionary Martyrs Monument." This monument consists of three parts: the top, the main body, and the base. The main body bears the seven golden characters of "Revolutionary Martyrs Monument."

To the right of the Revolutionary Martyrs Monument stands a majestic, fully armed bronze statue of Martyr Liang Shiyin, holding a submachine gun and standing firmly and heroically. The statue’s base is inlaid with black marble, and the top of the monument is engraved with eight gilded characters by Liu Zhen: “Great Soldier, Glorious Role Model.” The back of the monument features a brief biography of Liang Shiyin.

To the left of the Revolutionary Martyrs Monument is the "Monument to Unknown Martyrs." The top of the monument reads: “For the 109 Unknown Martyrs Who Sacrificed Their Lives for the Liberation of the Chinese People and World Peace,” and below are four golden characters: “Immortal Glory.”

In the cemetery where the statue of Martyr Liang Shiyin stands, the surroundings are lush with green pines in the height of summer, with emerald lawns and vibrant flower beds filling the air with fragrance. The pathways among the pines, lawns, and flower beds, as well as the spacious square in front of the Revolutionary Martyrs Monument, the statue of Liang Shiyin, and the Monument to Unknown Martyrs, are all paved with colored bricks. To the east of the square lies a lotus pond covering over 300 square meters, with splashes of red and green creating a unique scene, offering solace to the spirits of the martyrs in this colorful cemetery.

Every year on Tomb-Sweeping Day, government agencies, schools, enterprises, institutions, and various organizations gather in the martyrs' cemetery to hold collective memorial activities. They offer white flowers to the monument and the martyrs' tombs and pay their respects to the statue of Martyr Liang Shiyin. Today, the cemetery where the statue of Martyr Liang Shiyin stands has become a patriotic education base for commemorating the martyrs. Standing before the monument, our memories unfold, as if we have returned to those smoke-filled days of the past, charging forward alongside Liang Shiyin...

Liang Shiyin was born in 1922 into a peasant family in Dalijia Village, Sanchahe Town, Fuyu County (now part of Xinchengju Township). As a child, he studied with his grandfather but had to drop out at age 10 after his grandfather passed away. He made a living by collecting manure and firewood to support the family. At 13, his father died, and Liang Shiyin went to tend cattle for a landlord before being taken by his second elder sister to Sanchahe to attend elementary school. Three years later, due to financial hardship, he dropped out again and earned money playing cymbals at musical performances. At 17, Liang Shiyin worked as a farmhand in Dongliuhao Village. He married a few years later, but the following year, his child died, and his wife passed away, making life even more difficult. In 1942, he returned to Sanchahe to work at musical performances. To avoid being conscripted as forced labor, in the winter of 1943, he took his mother, younger brother, and sister to work in Huangjiabao, Huolonggangzi, Zhaizhou County. The next summer, due to lack of shelter, he brought his family back to Sanchahe.

In January 1946, Liang Shiyin, from a poor background, joined the Northeast People's Self-Defense Army (later renamed the Northeast Democratic United Army, the predecessor of the Fourth Field Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army). He served as a soldier in the Eighth Company (Machine Gun Company) of the Third Battalion, Fifteenth Regiment, Fifth Division, Second Column. After enlisting, Liang Shiyin actively studied culture, trained hard, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in the winter of 1946.

In 1947, during battles to capture Changtu and Zhangwu, he was commended twice for his bravery in combat. In September 1948, he followed his unit southward along the Beining Railway Line to participate in the Battle of Jinzhou’s liberation. When the troops launched an assault on the enemy’s second line of defense, two heavy machine guns in a bunker near the railway blocked the advance. Several demolition squads failed to destroy the bunker. At this critical moment, Liang Shiyin volunteered and was approved by the company commander. Carrying a demolition charge, he crawled through intense gunfire to the bunker, inserting the lit charge inside. Just as he turned to leave, the smoking charge was pushed back out by the enemy inside. Without hesitation, Liang Shiyin reinserted the charge and held it firmly in place with his body. With a loud explosion, the bunker was destroyed, but the heroic Liang Shiyin sacrificed his life at the age of just 26. On October 16, the troops held a grand memorial service in Jinzhou. At the ceremony, Regimental Political Commissar Chen Shaokun read out the brigade party committee’s order posthumously awarding Liang Shiyin the title of Special Class Merit Hero and recognized his three major contributions. Due to his outstanding achievements, Liang Shiyin was recorded in the history of the CCP, and a monument was erected in his honor at the martyrs' cemetery in his hometown of Sanchahe Town.

Liang Shiyin composed a battle hymn with his life—a hymn for future generations to remember. The hero rests here forever, quietly listening to the flow of the Songhua River. Countless people visit here in the early morning and evening. The hero is no longer lonely, nor will he ever be, because people will always stand before him.