Danfeng Martyrs' Cemetery

　　The Danfeng County Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery is situated at the foot of Jiguan Mountain, with a total area of 4,600 square meters and a built-up area of 540 square meters. It is enclosed by blue walls, and within the cemetery, lush pines and cypresses thrive alongside precious flowers that bloom in all seasons, creating a beautiful, elegant, and serene environment.

　　The cemetery was first built in the 1950s and consists of a front section and a rear section. The majestic memorial archway gate stands solemn and dignified, while the 13-meter-high Danfeng County Revolutionary Martyrs Monument rises in the center of the cemetery. Atop the monument stands a sculpture of a valiant People's Liberation Army soldier holding a submachine gun, guarding the martyrs day and night. On the screen wall in the center of the front section, eight golden characters shine brilliantly: “Honor the Martyrs, Inspire Future Generations.” Eight display windows are embedded in the dragon-patterned wall above the gate. In the rear section stands the Monument Pavilion dedicated to Xu Baoshan, a martyr and former Secretary of the Hubei-Henan-Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Xu Baoshan passed away from illness during the Long March on May 9, 1935, and was buried in Longjuzhai, Danfeng County. The Danfeng County Committee of the CCP and the Danfeng County People’s Government built a hexagonal pavilion with Ming-style architecture in the county’s Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery in his honor. They invited Guo Shushen, a comrade-in-arms of Xu Baoshan, Vice Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CCP, and member of the Central Advisory Commission, to write the inscription, which was engraved on a white marble stele measuring 1.7 meters in height and 0.7 meters in width. The front of the stele features the golden seal script “Monument to Comrade Xu Baoshan,” while the back is inscribed in regular script, recounting the glorious life of the martyr. On May 9, 1985, the Shangluo Prefectural Committee and the Shangluo Administrative Office held a grand unveiling ceremony for the pavilion in the Danfeng Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery. Comrades such as Guo Shushen and the martyr’s family members traveled specially from Beijing, Xi’an, Hubei, and other places to attend. The martyrs’ burial area is the resting place of the remains of 39 revolutionary martyrs, 17 of whom are unidentified.

　　A broad, hall-style exhibition hall built on the southwestern side of the cemetery displays over 400 precious revolutionary relics and materials, 124 photographs, and charts with over 20,000 words, providing a detailed account of the great achievements of the revolutionary martyrs of Danfeng. The exhibition hall is also equipped with audiovisual education tools such as slide projectors and video players, and features large-scale slides and TV documentaries including “The Majestic Song of Shangshan,” “The Red Flag of Mangling,” “The Bloody Battle of Gaoqiao,” “The Youth Stained with Blood,” and “The Little Yan’an in the Shangluo Mountains.”

　　Since its establishment, the Martyrs’ Cemetery has received over 500,000 visitors from home and abroad, organized more than 200 various report meetings, speech events, and commemorative activities, and held over 250 display window exhibitions. It has been designated as a patriotic education base at the provincial, prefectural, and county levels.

　　Transportation Guide

　　Location: Beifeng Street, Danfeng County, Shangluo City, Shaanxi Province

　　Transportation: You can take a taxi within Danfeng County to the western section of Beifeng Street to reach the site.