Luoyuan County Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery

Luoyuan County Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery

Luoyuan County Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery is a cultural heritage site of Luoyuan County and also serves as a science education base.

Luoyuan County Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery is located in Nancun Village, Fengshan Town, Luoyuan County.

Luoyuan County Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery is situated on the eastern foothills of Lianhua Mountain in the suburbs, around 3 kilometers from the city center, covering an area of approximately 50 acres. The site is covered with green trees and shaded by tall pines and cypresses. It features a centralized tomb for revolutionary martyrs, over twenty individual martyr tombs, a monument and a memorial wall commemorating the Red Army’s capture of Luoyuan City, as well as a monument dedicated to Martyr Lin Keyi. There are also two two-story rain-sheltered viewing pavilions with spiral staircases. In front of the monument lies a small square of over 200 square meters, serving as a venue for various revolutionary commemorative activities.

Luoyuan County Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery was first built in 1958 and has since undergone continuous renovation and expansion. The circular tomb chamber houses the remains of 62 martyrs who sacrificed their lives during the New Democratic Revolution period. These include those who fought during the Agrarian Revolutionary War, such as former Secretary of the Luoyuan County Working Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, village Soviet chairpersons, commanders and fighters of the Red Army guerrilla and militia units, couriers, as well as soldiers of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army’s Advance Division to Resist Japan who died during the capture of Luoyuan City on August 14, 1934.

Fengshan Town: Located in the county seat of Luoyuan, Fengshan Town covers a total area of 32.2 square kilometers and governs 4 neighborhood committees and 9 agricultural villages, with a total population of 60,000. In recent years, the town’s Party committee and government have made full use of advantages in location, information, talent, and market resources, focusing on economic development while advancing both material and spiritual civilization in tandem. The town basically achieved a well-off society in 1995. It has been successively recognized at the provincial and municipal levels as a “Famous Town of Fujian Province,” “Top 100 Townships of Fujian Province,” “Science and Technology Demonstration Township of Fujian Province,” “Advanced Township in Developing Export-Oriented Economy in Fujian Province,” “Advanced Township in Fitness Activities for Hundreds of Millions of Farmers in Fujian Province,” and “Fuzhou…” More details about Fengshan Town++