Zengtian Town Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery

Zengtian Town Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery

Zengtian Town Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery is a classic red tourism destination.

Zengtian Town Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery is located on Linggang Mountain in Zengtian Town, Dongyuan County.

The cemetery was built in 1966 and renovated in 1998, facing southwest and situated northeast. It commemorates 29 martyrs from Zengtian Town who sacrificed their lives heroically during the Liberation War and the Korean War. The cemetery includes a gatehouse, a memorial monument, and martyr tombs, covering an area of 479 square meters. The memorial monument consists of a base and a main body, with a pointed top and a wider lower section in a long rectangular shape. The base is a rectangular prism, with a dark-etched marble plaque on the front inscribed with the “Monument Record for the Expansion of the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery,” as well as the biographical inscriptions of Martyr Guo Changjian and Martyr Bao Weizhong. The main body of the monument features a dark-etched marble inscription reading “Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Monument” in clerical script, with a large bright red five-pointed star at the top.

Zengtian Town: Zengtian Town is located in the southeastern part of Dongyuan County, surrounded by mountains on all sides, with lower terrain in the southeast and higher in the northwest. It borders Liucheng Town to the east, Lan Kou and Huangtian Towns to the south, Luohu and Dengta Towns to the west, and Shangwan and Zhangxi Towns to the north. The total area is 149 square kilometers, with a population of over 17,000. It administers 9 village committees and 1 neighborhood committee. In 2005, the total industrial output value was 25.87 million yuan, and the per capita net income was 4,546 yuan. Industrial products such as mosaic and encaustic tiles are well-known throughout the province. Zengtian Town enjoys convenient transportation—the National Highway 205 runs through the town, connecting to Longchuan and Xingning to the east... More detailed information about Zengtian Town++