"Eight Women Throwing Themselves into the River" Memorial Site

　　The "Eight Women Throwing Themselves into the River" Memorial Site scenic area is situated on the banks of the Wusuhun River in Linkou County — within the territory of Diaoling Town. It was developed and constructed in 2009. The main construction includes an artificial lake covering 70,000 square meters, a 1,600-square-meter "Eight Women Throwing Themselves into the River" Memorial Museum, a 50,000-square-meter cultural stele corridor, sculptures, a memorial square, a tourism service area, a scenic highway bridge, a mountain-surrounding Anti-Japanese Allied Forces road, parking lots, and more.

　　Six of the eight martyred women were from Linkou. At the moment of life and death, they used their flesh and blood to forge the immortal soul of the Chinese nation, creating a timeless legend that shines forever in the history of China. The story of the "Eight Women Throwing Themselves into the River" has been adapted into several films and TV dramas, including *Blood-Stained Ice River* and *Children of China*, and novels based on the story have also been published. The martyrs have been included in publications such as *Chinese Female Martyrs*, *China Tourism Dictionary*, *History of Manchukuo*, and *Women Heroes in the Global Anti-Fascist War*.

　　In 1982, the Linkou County People's Government erected a monument to the Eight Women Throwing Themselves into the River by the Wusuhun River. In 1999, the site was designated as a provincial-level cultural relics protection site by the provincial government. In 2010, it was named a provincial-level patriotic education base by the provincial Party committee and government. On September 14, 2009, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China, the "Eight Women Throwing Themselves into the River" were honored as one of the 100 heroes and role models who made outstanding contributions to the founding of New China. On September 18, 2011, the memorial museum was fully completed and had initially reached the scale of a national-level patriotic education base. The "Eight Women Throwing Themselves into the River" Memorial Site scenic area was rated as a National AAA-level tourist attraction in 2011, receiving nearly 100,000 visitors annually.