Jin Fozhuang Martyrs' Cemetery

Jin Fozhuang Martyrs' Cemetery

Jin Fozhuang Martyrs' Cemetery is a patriotic education base.

I. Overview of the Cemetery:

Address: Shuidui Mountain, southern end of Wansheng Street, Hengdian Town.

Construction Time:

Jin Fozhuang Martyrs' Cemetery: Built from March 1995 to September 1995; Jin Fozhuang’s Former Residence: Originally built around 1928, relocated from Liangdu Village in November 2000 and restored within the cemetery.

On October 21, 2004, it was designated as a Zhejiang Provincial Patriotic Education Base by the Zhejiang Provincial Committee and Provincial Government.

II. Introduction to Martyr Jin Fozhuang:

Jin Fozhuang (1887–1926) was from Liangdu, Hengdian. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in August 1922 and was one of the three founding members of the CCP Hangzhou Group, the earliest party organization in Zhejiang Province. In 1923, he represented the Zhejiang party organization at the Third National Congress of the CPC held in Guangzhou. In 1924, he participated in the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, successively serving as an executive committee member of the Academy’s Special Party Department, commander of the Third Battalion of the Second Training Regiment, party representative and commander of the Second Regiment of the First Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army's First Army, and in July 1926, as a major general and commander of the Guard Regiment at the National Revolutionary Army General Headquarters. In the winter of 1926, he volunteered to go to Shanghai and Zhejiang to secretly instigate uprisings among units such as the Zhejiang Army, but was unfortunately captured by the military police under warlord Sun Chuanfang at Xiaguan Pier in Nanjing and executed at Yuhuatai. He was one of the earliest military cadres of our Party and was valued by central leaders such as Mao Zedong and Luo Zhanglong. In 1964, he was approved as a revolutionary martyr by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

III. Architectural Overview:

The entire cemetery covers an area of over 100 acres, with building floor space of approximately 700 square meters and outdoor construction area of 2,000 square meters. The cemetery consists of a stone memorial archway, statues of guards, a martyr statue, the martyr’s former residence, a memorial monument, a memorial hall, and a park. The entrance archway inscribed with “Jin Fozhuang Martyrs' Cemetery” was calligraphed by the former Vice Chairman of the CPC Central Committee. Upon entering, 12 stone statues of guards in military attire line both sides of the avenue. At the center platform stands a spirited granite statue of Martyr Jin Fozhuang. To the right of the statue, in the garden, lies the martyr’s former residence—a two-story, five-room dwelling originally located in Liangdu Village, where the martyr was born and spent his childhood. It was relocated and rebuilt here in 2000. Behind the martyr’s statue are over 500 stone steps leading to the Martyr Memorial Monument. The monument is a tall white granite structure inscribed with the words “Immortal Glory.” Higher up behind the monument stands the memorial hall, a circular two-story building.

IV. Exhibition Details:

The second floor of the Jin Fozhuang Memorial Hall houses the exhibition area, featuring 11 exhibition panels, each about 4 square meters, with a total of 25 photographs, 4 illustrations, 40 textual materials (including copies), and over 3,000 words of explanatory text. The historical materials are quite rich, reflecting the martyr’s heroic and moving life of struggle.

The former residence has five rooms in total: the first room is the bedroom, displaying an iron bed used by Jin Fozhuang in the army, as well as the residence’s desk, bookcase, and the Four Treasures of the Study; the third room (the main hall) serves as the living room, showcasing some objects along with inscriptions by Luo Zhanglong and Zheng Dongguo; the fifth room is also a bedroom, exhibiting a thousand-piece lacquered bed and other items; the second and fourth rooms feature exhibits on Jin Fozhuang’s life and deeds, including sections titled: “Seeking Truth and Joining the Revolution”; “Founding the Party in Hangzhou and Attending the Third National Congress”; “Establishing Whampoa and Leading the Eastern Expedition”; “Joining the Northern Expedition and Martyrdom in Nanjing”; and “Sacrificing for the Nation, Immortalized in History.” Among them are the “List of Delegates to the Third National Congress of the CPC”; appointment orders signed by Chiang Kai-shek and Liao Zhongkai; the National Revolutionary Army command roster listing Jin Fozhuang as commander of the Second Regiment of the First Brigade and Ye Jianying as commander of the Second Regiment of the Instructional Brigade; “Biography of Commander Jin Fozhuang of the Guard Regiment” written by Shao Lizi, Secretary-General of the National Revolutionary Army General Headquarters; Chiang Kai-shek’s inscription for Jin Fozhuang: “Sacrificed for the Nation”; and the “Honorary Certificate for Families of Revolutionary Martyrs” issued by the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China and signed by Mao Zedong. There are also objects used by the martyr, such as a military leather bag and a pistol holster. The residence displays a total of 50 artifacts, 49 photographs, and 31 textual materials.