Monument to the Compatriots Who Died During the Japanese Puppet Regime

Monument to the Compatriots Who Died During the Japanese Puppet Regime

The Monument to the Compatriots Who Died During the Japanese Puppet Regime is a cultural relic protection unit of Jilin Province and also a patriotic education base.

The Monument to the Compatriots Who Died During the Japanese Puppet Regime is located at the foot of the eastern hillside of Huanggou Village, Xinglin Town, Tonghua County, about one li from the village center. The site remains well-preserved, covering an area of 3,500 square meters with a protected area of 1,600 square meters. It was built to commemorate the tragic “Baijiabuzi Massacre,” which was brutally carried out by Japanese invaders during the resistance war in Northeast China. The front of the monument is inscribed with the words: Monument to the Compatriots Who Died During the Japanese Puppet Regime. The monument stands 5.08 meters tall, 0.95 meters wide, and 0.5 meters thick.

Baijiabuzi Village is now known as Chaoyang Village, Xinglin Town, Tonghua County, Jilin Province. During the Japanese puppet regime, it was located within the “Heli” anti-Japanese guerrilla base established by General Yang Jingyu. The unity of soldiers and civilians effectively struck against the Japanese puppet rulers. The Japanese invaders designated an area within a 20-kilometer radius around Baijiabuzi as a “collaborator zone” and intensified their control. On July 8, 1936, a Japanese garrison unit and a puppet forestry team, totaling two platoons, entered the mountainous areas near Baijiabuzi to destroy poppies planted by the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces (AAAF) for medicinal use and to trade for ammunition and supplies. In response, General Yang Jingyu ordered a unit of the AAAF to set an ambush the following day, killing 11 Japanese soldiers within 15 minutes of battle. Enraged, the Japanese gathered over 100 troops from the Japanese garrisons in Tonghua, Liuhe, and Huinan, along with a full battalion of puppet soldiers. From July 14 to 15, they carried out a bloody massacre under the pretext of “collaboration,” slaughtering over 400 villagers in Baijiabuzi, creating the horrifying “Baijiabuzi Massacre.” The Baijiabuzi Massacre occurred before the outbreak of China’s full-scale war of resistance. Although its scale cannot be compared with typical massacres that took place afterward, such as —, the Japanese strategy of “burn all, kill all, loot all” (三光政策), regardless of age or gender, and the various methods of slaughter—including hanging, bayoneting, dog attacks, beheading, disembowelment, and heart extraction—were strikingly similar. Therefore, through a clear comparison of the atrocities committed by the Japanese before and after the full-scale war, it becomes evident that the “Baijiabuzi Massacre” is a microcosm of —, serving as evidence of the reliability of — and as irrefutable proof condemning Japanese right-wing forces for attempting to distort history and evade guilt.

Established on July 15, 1936, and officially erected on July 15, 1965. To forever remember the suffering of the class struggle and never forget the blood and tears of vengeance, on July 15, 1965, the CPC Tonghua County Committee and the Tonghua County People's Committee built the “Monument to the Compatriots Who Died During the Japanese Puppet Regime” at the foot of the eastern hillside of Dahuanggou Village, now Xinglin Town. It is currently a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit and a municipal-level patriotic education base. It is well maintained and managed. In 2010, over 200,000 RMB were invested in its renovation, giving it a completely renewed appearance. (Provided by the Party School of the CPC Tonghua County Committee)

Xinglin Town: Located in the northeast of Tonghua County, the town government is 52 kilometers from the county seat and 43 kilometers from Tonghua City. It administers 7 administrative villages and 21 natural villages, covering a total area of 255 square kilometers. The area is rich in mountain specialty resources, with 24,000 mu of arable land and 21,333 hectares of forestland, achieving a forest coverage rate of 87%. Leveraging these resource advantages, in recent years, the town has developed 50 economic valleys, supported 50 households in breeding forest frogs, cultivated 6,500 mu of various Chinese herbal medicines, newly developed 500 cubic meters of wood ear mushrooms, retained 500 cubic meters, and expanded wood shaving hanging bag cultivation... Detailed information about Xinglin Town++