Lixing Primary School — Site of the Former Office of the Dongguan County Committee of the CPC is located on the west side of the basketball court in the southern campus of Dongguan Middle School in Dongguan City. It served as the office site of the CPC Dongguan County Working Committee, the CPC Dongguan Central Branch, and the CPC Dongguan County Committee during the Anti-Japanese War. In April 1937, the CPC Dongguan County Working Committee was established in Wangjiao Village, Wangniudun...
The former residence of Li Benli is located in Lizhoujiao Village, Hongmei Town, with GPS coordinates: 22°59'56.4"N, 113°36'27.1"E, and an elevation of 13 meters. The residence was originally a straight-line earthen-brick tile house facing west, surrounded by residential buildings, with a small alley to the right and cross alleys at the front and back. In 1982...
The Site of the Hongwuwu Peasant Association is located at No. 31 Miaolian Road, Hongwuwu Village, Hongmei Town, Dongguan City. Originally a temple-style building named “Yong’an Shexue,” it was 12 meters wide, 18 meters deep, and covered an area of over 200 square meters. Facing east and situated westward, it had three sections: a front hall, a rear shrine, a central courtyard, and corridors on both sides of the courtyard. The Shexue was…
The Gao Bu Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is located on the western side of the campus of Di Yong Middle School in Gao Bu Town, Dongguan City. During the Anti-Japanese War and the Liberation War, the people of Gao Bu engaged in numerous battles against the enemy. Over 40 guerrilla fighters from Gao Bu sacrificed their lives in these battles. Among them was Chen Zhihuai (from Lingwu Village), a platoon leader of the guerrillas who died in June 1949 while intercepting the electric boat of the bandit Liu Faru’s forces, as well as Huang Peinan, commander of the Di Yong Militia Regiment, and Xiong Jinzhi, deputy commander, who were killed in January 1945 during the battle to liberate Gao Bu.
The Tomb of Martyr Li Yizhi is located on the banks of the Dongjiang River at the entrance of Shangjiangcheng Village, Gaobu Town, Dongguan City. Li Yizhi (1904–1940), also known as Baigen, was a native of Shangjiangcheng Village, Gaobu Town, Dongguan. In 1926, he was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy, where he participated in the Northern Expedition during his studies. In the spring of 1937, he returned to his hometown to establish Dongpu Primary School, nurturing...
The Martyrs' Tomb of Fang Jiongxian is located at the entrance to Shenxianshui in Hetian Village, Houjie Town. GPS coordinates: 22°54'55.5" N, 113°41'24.2" E, elevation 69 meters. The tomb faces south with its back to the north and is surrounded by lush green trees. It stands 1.16 meters tall, 0.56 meters wide, and covers an area of 16.8 square meters. The square…
The site of the Liang Deming Uprising is located at the Yadan Ancestral Hall in Huangan Village, Houjie Town (demolished in the 1970s and rebuilt as the Huangan Village Cultural Center), with GPS coordinates: 22°55'43.2"N, 113°42'46"E, and an elevation of 37 meters. In January 1942, after the establishment of the Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Column...
The Huangtan Battle Site is located in Dakeng Village, Houjie Town, with GPS coordinates: 22°54'51.7"N, 113°45'01.5"E, at an elevation of 60 meters. In early November 1940, a reinforced Japanese squadron and an artillery unit totaling over 2…
The Site of the Training Class of the Guangdong People’s Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Column is located in Guanmeixia, Shuanggang Village, Houjie Town, Dongguan City, in the vicinity of the present-day Guangdong International Convention and Exhibition Center. The area lies at the waterway junction where the Dongjiang and Pearl River meet, characterized by flat terrain crisscrossed with rivers and canals, and was once a famous production site for “wan grass” (a type of bulrush). Before liberation, the waterways were surrounded by endless…
The former residence of Wang Zuoyao is located in Ximen Alley, Houjie Village, Houjie Town. GPS coordinates: 22°56'30.9"N, 113°39'11.3"E, elevation 26 meters. The site is a courtyard building from the Qing Dynasty, known as Xiaowu Garden. It originally had 20 rooms, covering an area of over 3,000 square meters within the walls, with orchards spread across the area outside.
The Tomb of Martyr Li Benli is located on the east side of West He Road in Hongmei Town, Dongguan City, adjacent to Hongmei Town Central Primary School. In September 1990, it was funded and built by Luo Huixian, the widow of Li Benli. The tomb is 2.4 meters long, 1.5 meters wide, and 1.3 meters high, with a trapezoidal shape formed by four layers of cement and red bricks. In the center of the tomb stands a 0.8-meter-high stone tablet…
The Cai Clan Ancestral Hall — Site of the Dongguan New Fifth District United Township Office is located on the right side of No. 10, Lane 8, South She, Zhengda Street, Xiaobian Community, Chang’an Town. GPS coordinates: 22°48'18.0"N, 113°48'34.4"E, elevation 10 meters. The Cai Clan Ancestral Hall was originally built around 1850 and is the ancestral temple of the Cai family in Xiaobian...
The Site of the Xiaobian Peasant Association is located in Xiaobian Village, Chang’an Town, Dongguan City, and consists of three structures: the Cai Clan Ancestral Hall at Qiyi Hall, the General Mountain Temple, and the Cai Clan Ancestral Hall at Dexin Hall. These three buildings were originally constructed around the years 1580, 1680, and 1850, respectively. Among them, the Cai Clan Ancestral Hall at Qiyi Hall was renovated in 1937, and the General…
The Dongjiang Column Monument Gallery is located within Songshan Park on Houjie Avenue, Houjie Town. GPS coordinates: 22°56'41.9"N, 113°39'43"E, at an elevation of 29 meters. The gallery stretches 81 meters in total and consists of 21 inscribed stone steles, 4 relief sculptures, and 2 inscribed yellow wax stones. It houses calligraphy works by veterans of the revolution such as Ye Jianying, …
The statue of Wang Zuoyao is located in Songshan Park, Houjie Town, Dongguan City. It was erected on July 3, 1996, by the People's Government of Houjie Town. The memorial stone statue is carved from granite. The general is depicted with his right hand on his hip and his left hand resting flat on a battle strategy map. He stands tall with his head held high, gazing confidently into the distance, embodying the spirit of General Wang Zuoyao...
The Houjie Revolutionary Martyrs Monument is located in Songshan Park on Houjie Avenue, Houjie Town, Dongguan City. It was funded and built by the People's Government of Houjie Town and completed on August 23, 1995. Covering an area of approximately 500 square meters, the monument is column-shaped and stands about 10 meters tall. During the New Democratic Revolution period, many revolutionary martyrs from Houjie Town...
The Monument to Revolutionary Martyrs of Dajing is located beside Wangtan Group in Dajing Village, Houjie Town, Dongguan City, covering an area of about 500 square meters. The monument is square-shaped and columnar, standing approximately 10 meters tall, built with marble on the exterior. The front features a piece of black marble inlaid with eight gold-plated characters reading “Eternal Glory to Revolutionary Martyrs,” rendered in bold and powerful strokes. The base has inscriptions on the front...
The Site of the Ambush Battle at Fuzhushan is located on Penling in Fuzhushan Village, Liaobu Town. GPS coordinates: 23°00'25.2"N, 113°52'08.6"E, elevation 45 meters. In late April 1945, the Sanlong Battalion and Mengbao Battalion of the First Detachment of the Dongjiang Column withdrew from the water towns of Dongguan. Under the leadership of Detachment Commander Huang Bu and...
Jianliu Ancestral Hall — Site of the Anti-Japanese Democratic Government of Dongguan’s New Third District is located at No. 5 Quanxin Street, Quantang Village, Liaobu Town, with GPS coordinates: 22°58'57.5"N, 113°52'13.4"E, and an elevation of 17 meters. The exact year of Jianliu Ancestral Hall’s construction is unknown, but it currently preserves architectural features from the Qing Dynasty. It faces northeast and is situated southwest...
The General Mountain Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is located at the summit of General Mountain to the west of Xiaobian Village in Chang’an Town, Dongguan City. It was built to commemorate the martyrs from Chang’an who bravely sacrificed their lives during the New Democratic Revolution period, as well as in the Korean War and the Sino-Vietnamese Self-Defense Counterattack after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Originally constructed in 1976, it covered an area of 80 square meters at that time. Later, due to...