Crossing-the-Yangtze Campaign Martyrs' Cemetery

Crossing-the-Yangtze Campaign Martyrs' Cemetery

The Crossing-the-Yangtze Campaign Martyrs' Cemetery is a cultural tourism attraction and a classic red tourism site.

The cemetery of the martyrs of the Crossing-the-Yangtze Campaign is located in Ligoutou Village, Lingang Subdistrict. In the early hours of April 22, 1949, after crossing the Yangtze River, 111 officers and soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 249th Regiment, 83rd Division, 28th Army of the Chinese People's Liberation Army sacrificed their lives in the Battle of Ligoutou and were buried on the north bank of the Ligoutou River. In 1971 and 1973, the Jiangyin County Revolutionary Committee built the burial ground, and the martyrs' cemetery was completed in 1984.