YaoShang Martyrs' Park

YaoShang Martyrs' Park

YaoShang Martyrs' Park serves as a patriotic education base.

YaoShang Martyrs' Park is located south of YaoShang Village, Liulihe Town, Fangshan District. YaoShang Village has a glorious revolutionary tradition. During the War of Resistance against Japan, the main forces of the 7th Sub-district of the Eighth Route Army, the 75th and 76th Regiments, were stationed here.

In late 1939, over 2,000 troops of the Zhu Zhan-kui unit from the 10th Sub-district of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Border Region Anti-Japanese Forces engaged in fierce battle with Japanese troops in the village, killing and wounding 283 Japanese soldiers. This is the famous Battle of YaoShang.

In 1944, the Communist Party established the ZhuoLiangWan Anti-Japanese United Government here.

In 1948, comrades Zhang Jinling and Li Jingsen, district and county leaders of the liberated areas, were captured by the reactionary Kuomintang forces in an underground tunnel in the village due to betrayal and were subsequently brutally killed. Later, a martyrs' cemetery was built west of the current YaoShang Middle School, which is now YaoShang Martyrs' Park. It was established in 1972 by the then CCP YaoShang People's Commune Committee of Fangshan County, covering an area of 552 square meters, facing south with walls built around it.

Inside the park, there is a memorial pavilion—the YaoShang Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument Pavilion—comprising two connected antique-style pavilions with glazed tile roofs and a monument. It was built on August 1, 1992. Behind the pavilion are six stone coffin tombs carved from bluestone, dedicated to martyrs: Han Guoliang, Cui Zhenchun, Chang Tingwen, an unknown martyr, Zhang Jinling, and Li Jingsen.

As a cultural heritage site and patriotic education base in our town, YaoShang Martyrs' Park plays an important role. The park has long been open to the public free of charge. Our town has assigned two cultural relics assistants to manage the site daily and provide free guided tours. In recent years, focusing on patriotic education for young people, our town has fully leveraged the educational value of YaoShang Martyrs' Park. Every year during Qingming Festival, we organize activities for local youth, Communist Youth League members, university student village officials, and social workers to participate in commemorative ceremonies. We have also established partnerships with five nearby schools, including YaoShang Primary School and Nanzhao Middle School, using the park as an activity base to actively carry out events themed “Promoting National Spirit and Honoring Revolutionary Martyrs,” where Young Pioneers induction ceremonies are also held. To date, over 20 types of commemorative and educational activities have been organized, receiving thousands of visitors for learning and patriotic education, fully realizing the role of the patriotic education base.

Address: YaoShang Martyrs' Park, Fangshan District, Beijing

Opening Hours: 9:00–17:00 (Last entry at 16:00)

Admission: Free

On-site Collection: A limited number of 4,000 free tickets are issued daily on-site.

Phone Reservation: Groups of 20 or more (inclusive) can make a phone reservation at least 3 working days in advance.

Website: agzy.bjfsh.gov.cn/homepage/zhuanti10/