Taishun Anti-Japanese War Martyrs Memorial Monument

Taishun Anti-Japanese War Martyrs Memorial Monument

The Taishun Anti-Japanese War Martyrs Memorial Monument is a cultural relic protection unit of Zhejiang Province.

The Taishun Anti-Japanese War Martyrs Memorial Monument is located at the foot of the northwest side of Wanluo Mountain Park in Luoyang Town, facing southeast and backing northwest. It consists of the memorial monument, kneeling statues of Wang Jingwei and his wife, among other elements. The monument stands 2.9 meters tall with 0.34-meter sides, made of bluestone in a triangular prism shape with a wedge-shaped top. The front features an inscription in clerical script that reads “Monument to the Martyrs of the Anti-Japanese War,” while the back two sides are inscribed with “Taishun County's Anti-Japanese War and Nation-Building Commemorative Assembly” and “Erected on July 7, 1938.” About 2 meters in front of the monument are two kneeling stone statues, with the inscriptions “Traitor Wang Jingwei” and “Traitor Chen Bijun” on their backs respectively. On July 7, 1938, the first anniversary of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, people from all walks of life in Taishun County held a grand Anti-Japanese War and Nation-Building Commemorative Assembly in the county seat. To honor the soldiers who bravely sacrificed their lives during the war, this monument was specially erected, and the inscription was written by Xu Dunren, a renowned local scholar at the time. In 2017, it was listed as part of the seventh batch of provincial-level cultural relic protection units in Zhejiang Province.

Luoyang Town: Luoyang Town is the political, economic, cultural, and information center of the entire county, as well as the location of the county party committee and government. The town covers a total area of 102.82 square kilometers, including a built-up area of 4.6 square kilometers. It governs 20 administrative villages and 5 neighborhood committees, with a permanent population of 55,000, including 40,000 registered residents.

In 2004, the total industrial output value was nearly 200 million yuan (mainly in food, wooden toys, and chemicals); local fiscal revenue was 11.7924 million yuan, and the per capita income of farmers was 3,428 yuan. Schools under the town’s jurisdiction include Chengguan Middle School, Luoyang No. 2 Middle School, Luoyang... More detailed information about Luoyang Town++

Further Reading:

· Seventh Batch of Cultural Relic Protection Units of Zhejiang Province