Former Revolutionary Site of Keling

Former Revolutionary Site of Keling

The Former Revolutionary Site of Keling is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Fujian Province.

The Former Revolutionary Site of Keling is located in Keling Village, Meilin Town, Nanjing County, dating from 1930 to 1979.

Description: It consists of the Fanshen Building and the Keling Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery. The Fanshen Building was originally the Yonglong Building built during the Qing Dynasty and served as the headquarters of the Yan-Yong-Jing Military-Political Committee. It was burned down by the enemy in late 1936. In 1951, the People's Government of Fujian Province allocated funds for its reconstruction and named it the Fanshen Building. It faces northeast and is a two-story square earthen building with an internal corridor, covering an area of 690 square meters, with 16 rooms on each floor. The load-bearing walls support the roof beams, and the roof is covered with gray-blue tiles. The Keling Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery consists of a memorial monument and a memorial pavilion, built in 1953 and 1979. The memorial monument is 11.7 meters tall, constructed of granite, with the inscription “Eternal Glory to the Revolutionary Martyrs” on the front, and a five-pointed star at the top. The memorial pavilion has a circular plan, supported by four Roman-style round columns that hold up a domed roof. A five-pointed star stands atop the roof. It is a reinforced concrete structure covering an area of 22 square meters. Inside the pavilion stands a stone stele inscribed with the “Names of Revolutionary Martyrs of 1931.” The stele is 1.1 meters tall, 0.64 meters wide, and 0.13 meters thick, with a five-pointed star emblem and a worker-peasant red flag engraved at the top.

In 2013, the Former Revolutionary Site of Keling was announced by the People's Government of Fujian Province as part of the eighth batch of provincial-level cultural heritage protection units.

Protected area: 30 meters eastward beyond the cemetery wall, 15 meters westward, and 10 meters each to the south and north; 24 meters southeastward, 5 meters northwestward, and 15 meters each to the northeast and southwest from the drip line of the Fanshen Building.

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Further reading:

· Eighth Batch of Provincial Cultural Heritage Protection Units in Fujian Province