Former Residence and Tomb of Martyr Rong Lianchao

Former Residence and Tomb of Martyr Rong Lianchao

The Former Residence and Tomb of Martyr Rong Lianchao date back to the late Qing Dynasty for the residence and 1945 for the tomb. They are located in Hexia Rong Village, Liangshui Town.

Lu Zhizhong joined the Communist Party of China in 1925. Coming from a poor family, he ventured into the northeast with others during his youth to make a living in Heilongjiang. Later, he traveled to Zhangjiakou, Zhengzhou, and Luoyang. In 1925, he joined the National United Army under Feng Yuxiang, serving as a battalion commander and participating in the Northern Expedition. After the September 18th Incident in 1931, he was sent to Xi'an, where he engaged in military work within Yang Hucheng’s forces. In 1932, he was transferred to Nanjing and Shanghai to carry out underground activities. In 1937, he returned to Shanghai. During the War of Resistance against Japan, he operated under the guise of a bread factory manager in Shanghai, engaging in anti-Japanese efforts and frequently traveling to northern Jiangsu, where he served as deputy commander and chief of staff of the New Fourth Army’s Anti-Japanese Allied Forces in northern Jiangsu. After the war, he was responsible for intelligence operations along the Shanghai–Nanjing–Hangzhou corridor. On March 2, 1947, he was arrested by Kuomintang agents and secretly imprisoned. On December 27, 1948, he died a heroic death.

In 2018, the Former Residence and Tomb of Martyr Rong Lianchao were designated as a county-level cultural relics protection unit.