The Daojiao National Martyrs' Tomb, also known as the June 11 Pavilion, is a cultural relic protection unit of Guangdong Province. It was established to commemorate the civilians who were suffocated by poison gas during the second village massacre by Japanese invaders on the 11th day of the intercalary sixth lunar month in 1941. The pavilion was built in 1946 and reopened after renovation on February 24, 1949. The National Martyrs' Tomb serves as a base for patriotic education...
The Monument to Zhu Zhixin is located beside Zhu Zhixin Park (formerly the Naval Hospital) in Humen Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. To commemorate Zhu Zhixin, the anti-Japanese general Jiang Guangnai erected the monument on Renmin South Road in Humen. It was established in the 12th year of the Republic of China (1923) and constructed from polished granite. The monument bears an inscription handwritten by Hu Hanmin in the 20th year of the Republic of China...
The site of the Executive Committee Office of the Communist Party of China in Dongguan is located at Qinfen Garden, Shaojiang Mansion, Banbianjing (now Lane 4, Renhe Li, Guancheng), Dongguan City. In June 1926, the Special Branch of the Communist Party of China in Dongguan was reorganized into the Executive Committee of the Communist Party of China in Dongguan, under the jurisdiction of the Guangdong Regional Committee of the CPC, with its office set up at Qinfen Garden, Shaojiang Mansion, Banbianjing, Guancheng. The secretary was...
The site of the Local Executive Committee Office of the Communist Youth League in Dongguan is located at No. 11 Hengxiangzi, Guancheng, Dongguan City (currently marked as No. 13). The building was owned by the Jian family and was built around the Daoguang era of the Qing Dynasty. Originally a three-courtyard structure with an area of about 100 square meters, its middle and rear courtyards have since collapsed, leaving only the front courtyard as a dilapidated structure. The front courtyard has a main hall, above which there is…
The Cape Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is located in Wangzhou, Wangjiao Village, Wangniudun Town, Dongguan City. It was built in April 1967 by the Revolutionary Committee of the People's Commune of Wangniudun. Covering an area of approximately 156.76 square meters, the monument stands about 4.6 meters tall and is made of concrete. The front of the monument bears eight vertically inscribed characters: “Revolutionary Martyrs Live Forever.” In 194…
The Dabu Revolutionary Martyrs Monument and Martyrs' Tomb are located in the southwest corner of the collective cemetery "Anling" in Dabu Village, Machong Town, Dongguan City. They were built by Dabu Village on October 22, 1993. The monument faces south and stands 3.8 meters tall, 1.85 meters wide, and 1.85 meters long. Its base is tiled externally, and the main column is constructed with stone plaster...
The Liuhua Battle Site is located in Sangyuanxia, Liuwu Village, Shijie Town, Dongguan City, covering an area of approximately 200 acres. In October 1938, Japanese forces launched their invasion of South China. On the 12th, they landed at Daya Bay in Huizhou, Guangdong Province. On October 15, the Dongguan County Central Committee of the Communist Party of China formed the Dongguan Anti-Japanese Model Militia Unit...
The People's Revolutionary Memorial Wall of Machong is located on the north side of the Cultural Square in Machong Town, Dongguan City. It was built in 1999 by the Machong Town Party Committee and Town Government. The wall faces south and is 30 meters long and 4.5 meters high. At its center is a bas-relief depicting the history of revolutionary struggles, while commemorative inscriptions on both sides summarize the revolutionary history of the people of Machong. In 19…
Yuan Dushi Temple – Site of Dongguan County General Labor Union is located in the north area of Dongguan Middle School, Guancheng Subdistrict. GPS coordinates: latitude 23°02'45.4", longitude 113°45'15.9", elevation 50 meters. In 1926, labor union organizations sprang up all over Dongguan. By December...
Guangchanglong – Site of the Transportation Office of the Dongguan County Committee of the CPC is located at the position of the first shop on the left at the junction of Zhenhua Road and Dehoulane 0- in Xiyu Community, Guancheng Subdistrict, Dongguan City. In the autumn of 1927, the Dongguan County Committee of the CPC was established. It successively set up the county committee headquarters in secret at the ancestral hall of the Zhou family in Zhouwusha, Changping, and in Yongtai Village, Wanjiang. In Guancheng, it used the tinware shop operated by Lai Chengji (who became the County Party Secretary in March 1928), a member of the county committee — Guangchanglong — as the transportation office of the county committee.
Dongguan Xiuyuan — Site of the Dongguan Branch Office of the China Youth League is located at the northern foot of Boshan Hill in Dongguan People’s Park, Guancheng District, Dongguan City, covering an area of approximately 4,000 square meters, with several brick-and-wood flat houses. In the summer of 1935, Communist Party member Wang Junyu organized the China Youth League (later renamed the China Youth Anti-Japanese League, abbreviated as “China Youth”) in Guangzhou…
The Ancient Path Ancestral Home is located in Guwu Village, Gonglian Community, Wanjiang Subdistrict. GPS coordinates: 23°02'07.5"N, 113°42'15.9"E, at an elevation of 17 meters. Gu Dao, also known as Jin Rong, was born in 1919 in Gonglian Village, Wanjiang. In 1937, while attending high school at Dongguan Middle School, he often went to the countryside with classmates such as Luo Yao to...
The Shuili Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is located at the foot of Changpai Mountain in Shuili Community, Nancheng District, Dongguan City. The monument park covers a total area of approximately 350 square meters and is divided into two levels: the first level is the memorial plaza, with a concrete floor. The monument base stands on the second level, facing south and overlooking the majestic Shuili Mountain. The monument is 6.5 meters high and has a three-dimensional...
The Site of the Former Headquarters of the Dongguan Water Town North District Guerrilla Unit is located in Siyong, Sicun Village, Zhongtang Town. It was the former residence of Guo Jiangxian, the captain of the original Dongguan Water Town North District Guerrilla Unit. GPS coordinates: 23°03'06.3" N, 113°36'38.8" E, elevation 3 meters. The building features a traditional three-bay, three-courtyard layout. The current structure has…
The Ancestral Hall of Ronghai Li – Site of the People's Government of the New Fourth District of Dongguan County is located at No. 13, Qinyi Lane, Debente Street, Huangchong Village, Zhongtang Town, with GPS coordinates: 23°07'22.4"N, 113°43'48.3"E, and an elevation of 3 meters. In August 1949, the Nationalist Dongguan County Security Police’s Third Battalion, which had occupied Huangchong, was forced to withdraw from the village under successive attacks by the waterway guerrilla forces led by the Chinese Communist Party...
The Martyrs' Tomb of Huo Xixiong is located at Dutou in Dulang Village, Zhongtang Town, Dongguan City. In April 1987, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Huo Xixiong’s martyrdom, the Zhongtang Town People's Government relocated his remains from Fumei Village, Huiyang County (now Fuxing Village, Luzhou Town, Huicheng District, Huizhou City) to his hometown at Dutou in Dulang Village. The tomb faces east and is round in shape...
Hengshen Chen Ancestral Hall — Site of the Office of the Dongguan County Working Committee of the CPC is located in Wangjiao Village, Shanghe, Wangniudun Town. GPS coordinates: 23°04'10.7"N, 113°39'23.7"E, elevation: -5 meters. In October 1936, the Dongguan Special Branch of the CPC was established, under the leadership of the Guangdong Working Committee of the CPC…
The Lixin Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is located on the southern slope of Jinqijiling Mountain, north of Quanmianling Village in Lixin, Dongcheng District, Dongguan City. It was built in 1966. The monument houses the remains of 14 martyrs who sacrificed their lives during the War of Resistance Against Japan and the Liberation War, including Cai Zhuo, Zhang Jian, and Yuan Sheng. The monument covers an area of 150 square meters, and the memorial tower is 5.4…
The Liuhua Anti-Japanese Memorial Pavilion is located on the northern side of Tongling Mountain in Xiakou Village, Dongcheng District, Dongguan City. It was funded and constructed by the Dongguan Municipal Government in July 1997. On October 15, 1998, the municipal Party committee and government held a commemorative meeting for the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Dongguan Anti-Japanese Model Militia Team and the completion ceremony of the Liuhua Anti-Japanese Memorial Pavilion here. Along...
Wen Tang Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument and Cemetery is located on the campus of Wen Tang United Middle School at the foot of Da Wang Gong Mountain, south of Wen Tang Village in Dongcheng District, Dongguan City. In 1966, it was built to commemorate Yuan Luo Jiong, Lu Chang, Yuan Qiao Wen, Yuan Chou Yin, Yuan Xu Ji, Yuan Fa Zhi, Zhong Gen, Li Mei, Yuan Cheng, Chen Lin…