Liu Qiuju Memorial Park

　　   Liu Qiuju Memorial Park is a patriotic education base in Haikou City, situated at the northwest side of the Dongmen Roundabout on the eastern section of the Haikou Ring Expressway in Fucheng Town, Qiongshan District, Haikou. The managing authority is the Civil Affairs Bureau of Qiongshan District, Haikou City.

　　   The Liu Qiuju Memorial Park was completed in March 1992, built with donations from all sectors of society. The park is rectangular in shape, covering an area of 5 mu, with the name "Liu Qiuju Memorial Park" engraved on the wall of the main gate. Inside the park stands a full-body white marble statue of martyr Liu Qiuju. The total height of the statue is 5.4 meters, with the figure itself being 3.2 meters tall. The front of the statue’s pedestal bears an inscription reading “Outstanding Heroine of Qiong Ya, Liu Qiuju,” which was penned by Kang Keqing on June 20, 1990. On either side behind the statue are two 24-meter-long inscription corridors featuring calligraphy from Xiao Ke, Ma Baishan, Xie Fei, Zeng Zhi, Liu Ying, Deng Liujin, Lin Xiude, and Hou Zheng, as well as elegiac couplets issued in 1949 by the Provisional Government of Qiongya and inscribed by Feng Baiju, Huang Kang, and others. Behind the statue is an octagonal pavilion with three floors and orange-yellow glazed tiles, standing 9.4 meters high, with the three large characters “Jieren Pavilion” (Pavilion of Exceptional People) inscribed on it.

　　

　　Liu Qiuju (1899~1949)　　   Liu Qiuju (1899–1949) Liu Qiuju, female, was born in Qiongshan, Guangdong (now Hainan Province). Orphaned at a young age, she lived with her elder sister, making a living by catching fish and shrimp and doing odd jobs. At the age of 16, she married a poor salt worker from a neighboring village. Not long after, her husband went abroad to seek work but died in a foreign land. Her mother-in-law regarded her as a “jinx” and frequently abused her. In January 1926, during the 15th year of the Republic of China, the National Revolutionary Army crossed over to Qiongsha, and a peasant association was established in her village. She signed up to join and was elected as the women’s representative of the village peasant association. The secretary of the local CPC branch gave her the name Qiuju, and that became her official name. She led women in struggles against landlords and local tyrants, participated in literacy classes, took the lead in cutting their hair short, and fought... More+

　　   Source: Party History Research Office of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee