Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Red Army Martyrs' Cemetery

Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Red Army Martyrs' Cemetery

The Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Red Army Martyrs' Cemetery is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit, a Classic Red Tourism Scenic Area, and a Patriotic Education Base.

The Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Red Army Martyrs' Cemetery is located in Wangping Village, Shaxi Town, over 40 kilometers east of Tongjiang County, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province. In July 1934, the Northwest Revolutionary Military Commission built the cemetery next to the Fourth Front Army General Hospital to commemorate Red Army soldiers. Originally named "Wangping Martyrs' Tomb," Zhang Qinqiu, who was then the political director of the Fourth Front Army General Hospital, personally designed it, wrote the inscription, and drew the patterns. The collective martyrs' tomb here interred 7,823 Red Army soldiers, making it the only cemetery in China built by the Red Army for its comrades and the largest collective tomb of Red Army martyrs in the country. In April 1982, Xu Xiangqian, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, inscribed a dedication for the cemetery. In 1988, it was listed as a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit by the State Council, and in 1989, it was designated as a National Key Martyrs' Memorial Building Protection Unit. In 2002, the Ministry of Civil Affairs approved its renaming to the "Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Red Army Martyrs' Cemetery."

The Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Red Army Martyrs' Memorial Hall, built in August 2011 with an architectural style imitating residential buildings from northeastern Sichuan, covers an area of over 40,000 square meters. It serves as an important base for disseminating Red Army culture and promoting integrity education. The museum features eight exhibition halls arranged into five thematic sections: "Glorious Journey," "Blood on the Battlefield," "Loyal Spirits Through the Ages," "Monument Eternal," and "Generals Dazzling," all centered around the theme "The Loyal Spirits of Heroes." Along the cultural timeline of the Red Army—"Red Prelude – Red Battlefield – Red Monument – Red Memories – Red Continuation"—it showcases the promotional theme "Capital of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Area, Tragic Red Tongjiang," vividly recreating the heroic deeds of the Red Army soldiers in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Revolutionary Base and the historical contributions of the Fourth Front Army General Hospital.

Source: Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China

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