Martyr Peng Chufan's Tomb

Martyr Peng Chufan's Tomb

Martyr Peng Chufan's Tomb is a cultural relic protection unit of Hubei Province and a classic red tourism site.

Martyr Peng Chufan's Tomb

Located behind Lingquan Temple on Xishan Mountain in Xishan Subdistrict, Echeng District, Ezhou City. Peng Chufan (1884–1911), a native of Echeng, Hubei, was a modern democratic revolutionary and one of the “Three Martyrs” of the Wuchang Uprising during the Xinhai Revolution. He participated in revolutionary groups such as the Rizhi Society, the Gongjin Society, and the Literary Society. In September 1911, he was appointed as one of the military preparatory officers of the Hubei Revolutionary Army General Headquarters. On the evening of October 9, 1911, he was arrested while discussing the uprising with Jiang Yiwu and others, and was executed the next day. His remains were relocated here in 1934. The tomb mound has a base diameter of 6.3 meters and a height of 1.6 meters. In front of the tomb stands a memorial stele and a stone pillar frame, while a commemorative plaque is embedded in the retaining wall at the back of the tomb. (First Batch)

Source: Hubei Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau

Xishan Subdistrict: Located in the suburban-rural fringe of Ezhou City, Xishan Subdistrict covers an area of 27.9 square kilometers and governs 7 administrative villages and 9 communities, with a total population of nearly 79,000. In 2013, the subdistrict’s “Chatting with the People” initiative, launched as part of the Party’s Mass Line Education Campaign, received high praise from the city’s top Party and government leaders. Throughout the year, it successively won honors such as “National Model Grassroots Committee for the Five Good Programs,” “Provincial Advanced Grassroots Party Organization,” and “City-Level Advanced Unit in Dual Support Work.”

This is the former territory of the King of Wu. Geshan Mountain has long been known as an “ancient scenic site and center of Taoism...” More details about Xishan Subdistrict++

Further Reading:

· First Batch of Cultural Relic Protection Units in Hubei Province