General Zuo Quan's Tomb

General Zuo Quan's Tomb

General Zuo Quan's Tomb is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

General Zuo Quan's Tomb is located in the Shanxi–Hebei–Henan–Shandong Martyrs' Cemetery in Handan City. The tomb was built in 1950, measuring 54.05 meters in width from east to west, 52.5 meters in length from north to south, and 6.6 meters in height. At the front is a bas-relief portrait of General Zuo Quan, and in front of the portrait stands a tall memorial archway. The front side of the white marble stele bears the inscription “General Zuo Quan’s Tomb,” personally handwritten by the Premier. The eastern stele is inscribed with the Commander-in-Chief’s poem “Mourning General Zuo Quan,” while the western stele features an inscription by He Long. Opposite the tomb is the General Zuo Quan Memorial Hall. It is now a Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit of Hebei Province.

Zuo Quan, a native of Liling, Hunan, was born in 1905. He was a member of the first class of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1925. After 1936, he held positions such as commander of the New 12th Army, commander and political commissar of the 15th Red Army, chief of staff of the 1st Red Army Corps, and chief of staff of the General Front Headquarters. On May 25, 1942, during an anti-sweeping battle in Shanxi, he died in action at Shizi Ridge in Liaoxian County (now Zuoquan County), Shanxi, at the age of 37, while commanding the breakout of the Eighth Route Army headquarters. He was buried at the foot of Shimen Village in She County. In October 1950, General Zuo Quan’s remains were reinterred at their current site. He was the highest-ranking Eighth Route Army officer to sacrifice his life during the War of Resistance against Japan.

On October 7, 2019, General Zuo Quan's Tomb was included in the eighth batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units.

Further Reading:

· Second Batch of Key Cultural Relics Protection Units of Hebei Province

· Eighth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units