Ma Jun Memorial Hall

　　The Ma Jun Memorial Hall is situated within the ribbon park of the ancient city of Ning'an, set against the picturesque backdrop of the Mudan River, with its willow-lined banks on both sides — a truly spectacular sight. The memorial hall was completed in June 1995 and officially opened to the public in August of the same year. With a total construction area of 1,283 square meters, it is a three-story building designed in a traditional Chinese architectural style. The front of the hall is surrounded by lush pines, cypresses, and flowers, featuring eight white supporting pillars, arched blue film glass plastic-steel doors and windows, white marble walls, and a roof adorned with traditional Hui-style blue glazed tiles and upturned eaves that shine brilliantly, giving the building a solemn and classic appearance. A plaque inscribed with the name of the memorial hall, personally written by Comrade [Name], hangs under the upturned eaves on the second floor.

　　Today, the Ma Jun Memorial Hall has become a patriotic education base and national defense education base in Heilongjiang Province. In 1999, the exhibition on the life and deeds of martyr Ma Jun was honored as one of the “Top Ten Outstanding Exhibitions in Heilongjiang Province.” In 2001, it was designated by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee as a National Patriotic Education Demonstration Base. In 2004, it was included in the national list of “100 Classic Red Tourism Attractions.”

　　Ma Jun, a native of Ning'an and of the Hui ethnic group, was an early member of the Chinese Communist Party, a revolutionary, and a student leader during the May Fourth Movement. He led Beijing and Tianjin students in a major demonstration at Tiananmen Square, earning him the title “Ma Tianan,” and was a close comrade of Comrades [Name] and [Name]. He joined the Socialist Youth League in 1920, became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921, and went to study at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow in September 1925. After the failure of the Great Revolution in 1927, he was recalled to China. He served as Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and head of the Organization Department, tasked with rebuilding the Beijing party committee. On December 3 of the same year, he was unfortunately arrested and was martyred heroically in Beijing on February 15, 1928, at the young age of 33.

　　Over the more than ten years since its opening, the Ma Jun Memorial Hall has delivered remarkable social impact, attracting a continuous stream of visitors, with approximately 50,000 tourists received annually. It has become an important base for patriotic and revolutionary tradition education for government agencies, enterprises, rural party branches, military personnel, and especially young people and primary and secondary school students. During major holidays, it serves as a center for large-scale, organized educational activities. In 2006, it received 520,000 visitors. Now, the Ma Jun Memorial Hall has been established as a patriotic education base, a national defense education base, and an ethnic unity education base in Heilongjiang Province. In 1999, the exhibition on the life and deeds of martyr Ma Jun was honored as one of the “Top Ten Outstanding Exhibitions in Heilongjiang Province.” In 2001, it was designated by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee as a National Patriotic Education Demonstration Base. In 2004, it was included in the national list of “100 Classic Red Tourism Attractions.”

　　The Ma Jun Memorial Hall currently displays 739 exhibits. Among the most precious are: a commemorative badge from the Japanese Students’ Association given to Ma Jun during the May Fourth Movement, a bookcase and desk designed and used by Ma Jun, as well as secret revolutionary activity tokens such as a teapot and prayer beads used for making contact. These cultural relics illustrate, from various perspectives, the glorious achievements of the revolutionary martyrs who fought and sacrificed heroically for the liberation of the Chinese nation and for awakening the people.