Yingdu Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument

Yingdu Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument

The Yingdu Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is a classic red tourism destination and a patriotic education base.

The Yingdu Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is located at the eastern foot of Fengshan Mountain in Rongxing Village, Yingdu Town, Nan'an City.

The monument was built in accordance with the instructions of the late Zhang Kehui, former Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC, to commemorate revolutionary martyrs. It bears the names of 25 revolutionary martyrs. Among them, 16 were Yingdu natives—guerrilla fighters and district regular troops who sacrificed their lives in local revolutionary battles; 1 was a Yingdu native PLA soldier who died during the Yangtze River Crossing Campaign; 2 were Yingdu natives who fell in the Battle of Jinmen; 2 were Yingdu natives who died during the socialist construction period; and 4 were cadres who came from other regions (from Shandong Province, Hebei Province, Putian County in Fujian, etc.) and PLA soldiers who were killed in the early days of liberation while defending the newly established revolutionary government in Yingdu and Dongtian.

In the 1930s, the revolutionary base area in the border region of Anxi (Quanzhou), Nan’an, and Tong’an was established under the guidance of the CPC Xiamen Central County Committee. It was based in areas such as Longmen and Guanqiao in Anxi County, Xiangyun and Yingdu in Nan’an County, and Banling and Wufeng in Tong’an County, where underground revolutionary struggles were launched and carried out. The revolutionary masses in areas such as Xifeng and Liangshan Village in Yingdu, under the direct leadership of the Party organization, engaged in the anti-“Three Levies” struggle against the Nationalist government’s conscription, taxation, and grain requisition policies. As a result, Yingdu was known as the “forward outpost of the revolutionary struggle in the Annan Tong border region during the Liberation War.” In 1948, the CPC Minyuegan-Annan Tong Border Region Committee successively established underground Party branches in Yingdu, including those in Xibei, Xinan, Nan Ying Middle School, and Xinbang, organizing resistance teams to carry out armed struggle. In April 1949, Comrade Zhang Kehui, an underground CPC member, was ordered to work in the guerrilla zones of Anxi and Nan’an from Xiamen. In May of the same year, he personally participated in the Yingdu Uprising, which was under the unified command of the CPC Anxi Central County Committee. The uprising involved the guerrilla forces of the Annan Tong Border Region, including Lin Jinshi and Lin Shuiyun, as well as members of the Yingdu Work Team such as Xie Jinting, Hong Runze, and Han Shifang. They defeated the Nationalist county self-defense force stationed in Yingdu, destroyed the puppet Yingdu township government, liberated Yingdu, established the Yingdu People’s Liberation Committee, and formed the Yingdu District Committee of the CPC.

In October 1998, Zhang Kehui, then Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC, visited the old revolutionary base of Yingdu Town to retrace the steps of the battles fought there. During the visit, Vice Chairman Zhang Kehui deeply missed his close comrades who had fought alongside him in Yingdu 50 years earlier, especially the 16 Yingdu natives who had heroically sacrificed their lives for the new China. He said solemnly to the city and town leaders accompanying him: “The people of the old revolutionary base in Yingdu made great sacrifices for the Liberation War and the founding of the People’s Republic. On this red land stained with the blood of our comrades, a revolutionary martyrs’ monument should be erected so that the names of those brave martyrs who gave their lives can be engraved on the monument and remembered throughout history.” In accordance with Zhang Kehui’s instructions, the Yingdu Town Party Committee and government immediately applied to the Nan’an City Party Committee and government to establish the Yingdu Revolutionary Martyrs’ Monument. The application was approved in March 1999, the monument was completed in September of the same year, and the grand unveiling ceremony was held on October 19 of that year.

The Yingdu Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is managed as a county-level cultural relics protection unit by the People’s Government and is listed as a patriotic education base and cultural relics protection unit in Nan’an City.

Source: Party History Research Office of Nan’an City Committee

Rongxing Village: Rongxing Village is located in the center of Yingdu Town. Nestled at the foot of the beautiful Wengshan Mountain and by the Yingxi River, it borders Minshan and Yindong Villages to the east, Liangshan Village to the west, Daxin Village to the south, and the Yingxi River to the north. The village covers an area of approximately 1.7 square kilometers, has 13 villager groups, 782 households, and a population of over 3,500.

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