Tomb of Martyr Chen Xiancha

Tomb of Martyr Chen Xiancha

The Tomb of Martyr Chen Xiancha is a Fujian Provincial-level cultural relics protection unit.

The Tomb of Martyr Chen Xiancha is located in Shanting Village, Maxiang Town, Xiang'an District. It is a county-level cultural relics protection unit dating back to 1935.

The protected area extends 1.5 meters east of the wall, 5 meters west, 8 meters north, and reaches the main road to the south.

Chen Xiancha (1911–1935), courtesy name Qingliu, was from Shanhouting Village, Tong’an County. He served as the Organization Committee Member and Acting Secretary of the Tong’an County Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

Chen Xiancha was intelligent and studious from a young age. Due to family hardships, he dropped out after first grade but continued to help at home while studying classical Chinese with his father. As a young man, Chen was deeply dissatisfied with the oppressive and exploitative rule of the Kuomintang. At that time, Zhou Shaoliang, the head of the CPC Tong’an Special Branch who worked under the cover of being the principal of Houting Primary School and teaching, recognized his potential and approached him for a heartfelt conversation to inspire his thinking... More details about Chen Xiancha ++

Maxiang Town: A town under the jurisdiction of Xiang'an District. It boasts well-developed land and water transportation and lies at the transport hub of Xiamen, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou. The Quanzhou-Xiamen Expressway, National Highway 324, and Xiang'an Avenue all run through the town. The town center is 33 km from Xiamen City and 55 km from Quanzhou. It covers a total area of 66.87 square kilometers, with 27 administrative villages, 99 natural villages, and 7 community committees, and a population of 80,000. It is one of the important hometowns of overseas Chinese and ancestral homes of Taiwanese people in Southern Fujian. The town has 34,000 mu of arable land, 14,500 mu of tidal flats, 30,000 mu of aquaculture areas, and a coastline stretching 11.4 kilometers... More details about Maxiang Town ++