Martyrs' Cemetery of Daquan Yuan Manchu and Korean Ethnic Township

Martyrs' Cemetery of Daquan Yuan Manchu and Korean Ethnic Township

The Martyrs' Cemetery of Daquan Yuan Manchu and Korean Ethnic Township is located 1 kilometer east of Yumin Village in Daquan Yuan Manchu and Korean Ethnic Township, Tonghua County. Yumin Village lies 2.3 kilometers south of Daquan Yuan Village, where the township government is headquartered.

It covers an area of 220 square meters, with a protected area also spanning 220 square meters. The cemetery was established in December 1947 and put into use in October 2004.

On August 28, 1935, Han Hao, commander of the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the First Army of the Northeast People’s Revolutionary Army, led over 300 troops to Liujia Street in Heping Village (present-day Daquan Yuan Manchu and Korean Ethnic Township, Tonghua County) to hold a mass meeting. He promoted the revolutionary army’s principles and its anti-Japanese and national salvation goals, mobilizing the public to resist the Japanese “village consolidation” policy. Upon hearing the news, over 100 Japanese garrison troops and puppet soldiers stationed in Daquan Yuan Village came to “suppress” them. Han Hao’s forces occupied the southern ridge of Liujia Street, while the Japanese and puppet troops took the northern ridge. The two sides exchanged fire. Just as the 1st Regiment was preparing to launch an attack, reinforcements arrived from the Jiangkou branch police station of Daquan Yuan. Facing unfavorable battle conditions, Han Hao led his troops to voluntarily withdraw. During the retreat, he was unfortunately shot and killed at the age of 30. Han Hao, originally named Kim Han-ho, was born in Korea in 1905. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1930, and in September 1933, became the commander of the 3rd Regiment of the Independent Division of the 1st Army of the Northeast People’s Revolutionary Army. In May 1935, he was appointed commander of the 1st Regiment.

In the autumn of 1946, the Nationalist army launched a full-scale offensive against the liberated areas. That winter, our forces abandoned the two Huai regions, and some students from the Central China Workers’ and Peasants’ Cadre School formed work teams that retreated with the army to the northeast. In the winter of 1947, over 100 comrades from the Central China work team arrived in Yumin Village (now part of Daquan Yuan Manchu and Korean Ethnic Township). Due to the extremely cold weather that winter and issues adapting to the local environment, many comrades fell seriously ill, and 13 of them passed away here.

In October 2004, the county civil affairs bureau and Yumin Village renovated the martyrs' cemetery, where Han Hao and the 13 comrades from the Central China Workers’ and Peasants’ Cadre School now rest.

Established in December 1947 and put into use in October 2004. In 1995, the government of Daquan Yuan Manchu and Korean Ethnic Township relocated Han Hao’s martyr’s grave from the southern ridge of Liujia Street in Heping Village to the Martyrs' Cemetery of Daquan Yuan Manchu and Korean Ethnic Township in Yumin Village, Tonghua County. In October 2004, the county civil affairs bureau and Yumin Village renovated the cemetery. The site has been well protected and utilized, with high standards of restoration and construction. (Provided by the Party School of the Tonghua County Committee of the CPC)

Yumin Village: Yumin Village... More information about Yumin Village++