Xu Hanlin Martyrs' Cemetery

Xu Hanlin Martyrs' Cemetery

Xu Hanlin Martyrs' Cemetery is a cultural relic protection unit of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a classic red tourism destination, and a patriotic education base.

Xu Hanlin Martyrs' Cemetery

A cultural relic protection unit of Yongning District, modern era. Located at the summit of Pangu Mountain, approximately 400 meters southwest of Hanlin Village, Xinjiang Town, Yongning District. Currently managed by the Yongning District Cultural Relics Management Office under the Yongning District Culture and Sports Bureau. Xu Hanlin’s tomb is situated on the summit of Pangu Mountain in Hanlin Village, Xinjiang Town, facing north. It was originally relocated in 1957 by funding from the then-county Civil Affairs Bureau, moving the tomb from Qisha Mountain to the summit of Pangu Mountain. The tomb was reconstructed in 1965 using reinforced concrete, shaped as an earthen mound with a circular base. The base has a circumference of 10.25 meters, a height of 1.8 meters, and the tombstone stands 2.2 meters high, 1.2 meters wide, and 37 cm thick, with inscriptions in regular script commemorating Xu Hanlin… and 23 other martyrs. Twenty meters north of the tomb is the hexagonal Xu Hanlin Memorial Pavilion (made of cement), and further down the mountain along the steps (on both sides of the staircase) are two Xu Hanlin Memorial Pavilions (constructed with brick and wood).

Xu Hanlin was originally from Zhangjiadian Village, Qiaomaitala Township, Ar Horqin Banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. He was born in 1925 into a poor farming family in Shijianfang, Linxi County. His family of eight lived in hunger and cold, toiling year-round for landlords, working themselves to exhaustion yet unable to secure enough food or warmth, and often suffering beatings and abuse. All of this fueled Xu Hanlin’s deep hatred for this oppressive society.

In June 1946, the Chinese Communist Party sent personnel to Ar Horqin Banner. In July, the Eighth Route Army liberated Zhangjiadian and initiated the “25% Rent Reduction” policy and land reform, enabling the impoverished masses to rise up as masters of their own fate. The Eighth… More details about Xu Hanlin ++