Tomb of Mr. Zhang Zhenwu

Tomb of Mr. Zhang Zhenwu

The Tomb of Mr. Zhang Zhenwu is a cultural relic protection unit of Zhushan County.

Tomb of Mr. Zhang Zhenwu

In September 1912, after Mr. Zhang Zhenwu was assassinated in Beijing by Li Yuanhong, to appease public sentiment, his remains were transported from Beijing to Zhushan for a state funeral. The tomb is located on Muyu Mountain in Santai Village, Pan Kou Township. During the 70th anniversary commemorations of the Xinhai Revolution, with the support of the provincial Party committee and government, the county government allocated funds to renovate the tomb site. In December 1983, it was designated as a county-level cultural relic protection unit.

Zhang Zhenwu (1877–1912), of Han ethnicity, was from Luotian, Hubei. He was a modern Chinese democratic revolutionary, an early military leader of the Republic of China, and one of the main organizers and leaders of the Wuchang Uprising.

He graduated early from the Zhushan County Higher School and later attended the Hubei Provincial Normal School. Influenced by his teachers, he developed anti-Qing revolutionary ideas. After the First Sino-Japanese War, he sold family property to fund his studies in Japan at Waseda University, where he majored in law and politics. He also joined a sports association to learn military tactics and strategies. In 1905, he was implicated in Xu Xilin’s uprising and fled to Nagasaki, Japan. In 1905, he joined... More details about Zhang Zhenwu++