The Dajing Red Army Martyrs' Cemetery

　　    During the revolutionary struggle on Jinggangshan, Dajing Village was once the residence of comrades such as Mao Zedong, - , Chen Yi, Peng Dehuai, and Teng Daiyuan, and it was also the headquarters of the Jinggangshan Revolutionary Base and the rear base of the Fourth Red Army. The folk song that circulated in the Jinggangshan area at the time — “Xingzhou as the prefecture, Ciping as the county, and the Greater and Lesser Wujing as the imperial palace” — speaks to the important role Dajing played during the struggle. In early 1929, when enemy forces from Hunan and Jiangxi invaded Jinggangshan, they implemented a scorched-earth policy, declaring that “even the stones must be chopped, the thatch burned, and the people exterminated.” Dajing Village was set on fire nine times, and many Red Army soldiers as well as local Party and government officials were killed.

　　    In 1951, the People's Government of Jinggangshan District, Suichuan County, built this cemetery on the hill behind Dajing Village to commemorate the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the revolution. The north-facing cemetery features a gate that is 2.66 meters high and covers an area of 100 square meters. Inside are the remains of over 160 revolutionary martyrs who died heroically in Dajing. The cemetery gate is inscribed with a memorial plaque expressing the deep condolences of the people of Jinggangshan for the revolutionary martyrs.