Dafeng Martyrs' Cemetery

Dafeng Martyrs' Cemetery

Dafeng Martyrs' Cemetery is a classic red tourism destination.

Dafeng Martyrs' Cemetery is located on Xingfu East Road in Dafeng District, Yancheng City. Dafeng was the site where the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army joined forces. On October 10, 1940, the two anti-Japanese forces successfully met at Bajiu Shizikou in Dafeng, marking the realization of the strategic goal of "consolidating the north and developing the central region" determined by the Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Chen Yi composed a poem for the meeting of the two armies: "Ten years of war, how many return? Yet here come comrades riding side by side. To whom now belong the rivers and plains? Red flags fly across the skies in October." To commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the battles of Dafeng, the cemetery was first built in 1958, covering an area of 134,000 square meters. It includes a Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Hall, a Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Wall, the Heroes' Garden, and the Stele Forest Garden. The cemetery is a provincial-level martyrs' memorial facility protection unit in Jiangsu Province.