Monument to Revolutionary Martyrs of Siming Mountain

Monument to Revolutionary Martyrs of Siming Mountain

The Monument to Revolutionary Martyrs of Siming Mountain is a cultural tourism attraction, a classic red tourism site, and a patriotic education base.

The Monument to Revolutionary Martyrs of Siming Mountain is located on Lion Mountain in Liangnong Town, Yuyao City (a county-level city), Ningbo, Zhejiang Province.

In September 1942, after the CPC East Zhejiang Regional Committee proposed the strategy of "holding Sanbei and opening up Siming," Tan Qilong, He Kexi, Zhang Wenbi, and others led the regional party, government, and military organs along with the Fourth Detachment of the New Fourth Army’s East Zhejiang Guerrilla Column into Siming Mountain. In April 1943, after capturing Liangnong, a key town in Siming Mountain, the CPC East Zhejiang Regional Committee and the headquarters of the East Zhejiang Guerrilla Column moved to Liangnong. From then on, Liangnong became the political, military, economic, and cultural center of East Zhejiang. According to incomplete statistics, from May 1941 when the first batch of Pudong armed forces crossed south into Sanbei until August 1945 before the northern withdrawal, the East Zhejiang Guerrilla Column, in coordination with various local armed forces and the broad masses, fought 643 battles, captured two county towns (Shangyu and Nanhui), destroyed over 110 enemy and puppet strongholds, killed or wounded 3,672 enemy and puppet troops, and captured 5,525. After the New Fourth Army in East Zhejiang was ordered to withdraw northward in September 1945, a small number of cadres and local armed personnel remained behind to continue the struggle in Siming Mountain. In early 1947, the East Zhejiang Siming Working Committee was established, and in May the Third Detachment of the Siming Mountain armed forces was re-established. In May 1948, over 300 troops from Pudong crossed the sea to join the Third Detachment in Siming Mountain. By the end of that year, an East Zhejiang guerrilla base centered around Siming Mountain had largely taken shape, extending east to Taizhou, north to Hangzhou Bay, west across the Fuchun River, and south to the line formed by Jinhua, Wuyi, and Yongkang, covering six regions including Siming and Sanbei. By the liberation of Liangnong on May 7, 1949, the soldiers and civilians of Siming Mountain had made great contributions and sacrifices for the revolution. According to statistics, during the Anti-Japanese War, 958 officers and soldiers of the New Fourth Army’s East Zhejiang Guerrilla Column were killed, bringing the total number of martyrs including local cadres to over 1,000; 1,858 were wounded, with total casualties exceeding 3,000. During the Liberation War, over 600 officers and soldiers and more than 100 local cadres sacrificed their lives in Siming Mountain.

Construction of the Monument to Revolutionary Martyrs of Siming Mountain began in November 1973 and took five years to complete. The site covers an area of 40,000 square meters, with a built-up area of 2,500 square meters. The main structure is built from granite. The monument stands 18.5 meters tall, with the eight gilded characters “Revolutionary Martyrs Live Forever” engraved on the front. The platform at the base of the monument covers an area of 3,600 square meters, and there is a 500-square-meter rest corridor behind the monument. There are seven tiers of steps leading up to the monument, with a total of 319 stone steps. In 1991, an exhibition room showcasing the deeds of revolutionary martyrs was added on the second floor. The front of the roof along the second floor features 12 bronze characters reading “Exhibition Room of Revolutionary Martyrs’ Deeds of Siming Mountain.” The exhibition displays photos and life stories of over 100 martyrs from the Agrarian Revolutionary War period onward, as well as a list of martyr names. To the west outside the monument park, there is a cemetery for famous leaders who contributed to the East Zhejiang Base Area, including Tan Qilong, He Kexi, Gu Dehuan, Ma Qing, and Zhang Wenbi. In May 1998, the monument park was expanded.

The Monument to Revolutionary Martyrs of Siming Mountain was approved by the State Council and announced by the Ministry of Civil Affairs in April 1994 as a National Key Martyrs’ Memorial Building Protection Unit. In February 1996, it was designated as a Zhejiang Provincial Patriotic Education Base by the Propaganda Department of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee.

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