Meidonggou Martyrs' Cemetery

Meidonggou Martyrs' Cemetery

Meidonggou Martyrs' Cemetery is a classic red tourism destination.

Meidonggou Martyrs' Cemetery is located 300 meters north of Meidonggou Natural Village, Xinhua Village, Xingjiashe Township, Gujiao City. On November 16, 1948, the Central Military Commission issued an instruction to the Taiyuan Front: "Capture several more outlying strongholds, secure control of the airport, then cease attacks and shift to political offensives." The Taiyuan Campaign Front Committee ordered three independent brigades of the Jinzhong Military District to engage in combat on the Western Hills. During the Western Hills campaign, the Jinzhong forces suffered significant casualties — two main battalions of the 42nd Regiment of the 3rd Independent Brigade lost over half their men, and the 1st Battalion of the 43rd Regiment suffered more than seventy casualties. On January 19, 1949, Yan Xishan’s forces launched a counterattack against the Jinzhong troops’ positions along the Western Hills. The "Qinhe Unit" of the Jinzhong Military District, defending Wolf Slope Mountain at the junction of Gujiao and Taiyuan, repelled the Yan forces’ repeated assaults with support from allied units, thereby safeguarding the corps artillery positions. After the battle, the Jinzhong forces temporarily placed the coffins of those who had fallen near Meidonggou during the Western Hills campaign in six ancient cave dwellings. In November 2007, authorities discovered over sixty martyr coffins stored in these six cave dwellings. The Gujiao Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government decided to seal the tombs for the time being and erect a memorial monument. Meidonggou Martyrs' Cemetery is currently still under construction.

Xinhua Village: Xinhua Village is located in the southeastern part of Xingjiashe Township, bordered by Wulibei and Jinyuanqu in Taiyuan to the east and Dongqu Subdistrict Office to the north. It consists of three natural villages: Xinhua, Beishigou, and Meidonggou, with a total population of 203 households and 548 people, and 1,079 mu of arable land. The main crops include potatoes and beans. Xinhua Village lies on the watershed between Gujiao and Taiyuan and falls within the scope of the Taiyuan Western Hills Natural Forest Tourism Park. In 2013, Taiyuan planned the road from Meidonggou through Beishigou to Shiqianfeng as a tourism highway for the Western Hills Park and scheduled its renovation. Xinhua Village is a key area for forest fire prevention between Taiyuan and Gujiao. Between Xinhua and Wulibei... More details about Xinhua Village++