Hangzhou Xinhai Revolution Martyrs' Cemetery Cluster

Hangzhou Xinhai Revolution Martyrs' Cemetery Cluster

The Hangzhou Xinhai Revolution Martyrs' Cemetery Cluster is a Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Hangzhou Xinhai Revolution Martyrs' Cemetery Cluster (Provincial-level Cultural Relics Protection Unit)

Period: Modern Era

Announcement Date: April 15, 1961; March 11, 1963

Located at Nantianzhu beneath Fenghuang Ridge in Xihu District, beside Longjing Road. The cemetery cluster faces southeast and is situated on the former site of Yanfu Temple. The martyrs’ tombs include those of Xu Xilin and Chen Boping, Ma Zonghan; Tao Chengzhang and Yang Zheshang, Shen Youzhi; as well as the Tomb of Zhejiang Army Soldiers Killed in the Battle to Capture Jinling. In September and October 1981, the three groups of tombs were relocated from Gushan and other locations to the current site. The tomb structures are built with strip stones and slab stones. The tombstones are inscribed in intaglio using Taihu Lake stones. The tomb platforms are paved with stone slabs. In 1991, a new set of Xinhai Revolution martyrs' statues was erected within the cemetery area, and the Xinhai Revolution Memorial Hall was newly constructed.

Source: Zhejiang Cultural Relics Website

Further Reading:

· First Batch of Zhejiang Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units