Memorial to the Five Gentlemen
The Memorial to the Five Gentlemen is situated on Chengbei Road in Duanzhou District, now within Duanzhou Hospital. Constructed in 1922, it was initially named the Memorial to the Three Gentlemen, built to honor Deng Yaoguang, Ling Fupeng, and Ye Lianquan, three heroes who worked tirelessly to rescue people during the catastrophic breach of the Jingfu Weir in Zhaoqing in 1915. By 1935, Yu Hanmou and Liang Zugao, who were devoted to local water conservancy efforts, were also added to the memorial, leading to its renaming as the Memorial to the Five Gentlemen. During the Republican era, this site served as the office of the Zhaoqing Jingfu Weir Board of Directors. The memorial houses numerous inscribed stelae related to water management, three of which still remain today. In 1984, it was designated as a cultural relic protection unit of Zhaoqing City.
Memorial to the Five Gentlemen
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