Su Xunsan Township People's Revolutionary Memorial Pavilion

　　The Su Xunsan Township People's Revolutionary Memorial Pavilion is a patriotic and revolutionary tradition education base in Haikou City, situated to the southeast of the location of the Sucunsan Village Committee in Sanjiang Town, Haikou City. The managing authority is the Civil Affairs Bureau of Meilan District, Haikou City.

　　The Su Xunsan Township People's Revolutionary Memorial Pavilion was built in 1991 with donations of over 500,000 yuan from social contributors. The pavilion is made of reinforced concrete, surrounded by a square wall, and all structures are topped with glazed tiles. The main gate is 4.6 meters high and 4.8 meters wide, with an inscribed lintel bearing the pavilion’s name, “Su Xunsan Township People's Revolutionary Memorial Pavilion,” written by Xu Shijie, former Secretary of the CPC Hainan Provincial Committee. On either side of the gate are couplets reading: “The noble spirit of revolutionary martyrs lives on; the contributions of the people of the old revolutionary base endure through the ages.” Upon entering the gate, there is a 3.2-meter-high, 5-meter-long and wide four-cornered Martyrs’ Pavilion. To the left and right of the Martyrs’ Pavilion are smaller pavilions, each 3 meters high, with bases that are 3.5 meters long and wide. Behind the pavilion stands a 3-meter-high, 0.8-meter-wide white marble bust of Li Aichun, a pioneer of the Qiongya Revolution. The front of the base is engraved with “Biography of Martyr Li Aichun.” On the east and west sides of the statue are 7-meter-long, 3-meter-high wall galleries, inscribed with the names of 157 martyrs including Li Aichun, a “Brief Introduction to the Revolutionary History of Su Xunsan Township,” and the names of 50 old revolutionary villages in the former Su Xunsan Township. The total area covered by the memorial pavilion and its auxiliary facilities is 8 mu.

　　Su Xunsan Township is the hometown of martyr Li Aichun, one of the main areas of the Qiongwen Revolutionary Base, and also a well-known anti-Japanese township during the Qiongya Anti-Japanese War. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the people of Su Xunsan Township actively participated in the revolutionary struggle. They went through the Great Revolution, the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the Anti-Japanese War, and the Liberation War. Over 400 martyrs sacrificed their lives for the victory of the Qiongya Revolution. It is one of the famous old revolutionary base areas. In 1952, the Central People's Government presented Su Xunsan Township with a banner honoring it as a “Revolutionary Model Village.”

　　

　　Li Aichun (1901~1927)　　 Li Aichun, originally named Li Chunrong, was born in 1901 into a poor farming family in Aiguo Village, Yanfeng Town, Qiongshan County (now part of Haikou City), Hainan Province. His parents earned a living by farming and fishing. While studying in Qiongya, he co-founded the “Comrades’ Mutual Aid Society” with progressive students such as Feng Baiju, advocating progressive ideas. After graduating from the Sixth Provincial Normal School of Guangdong (now Qiongtai Teachers College) in 1924, he was admitted to the preparatory course of the National Sun Yat-sen University (now Sun Yat-sen University). During his studies in Guangzhou, influenced by Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s ideas of national revolution, he aspired to “not seek high office, but to accomplish great deeds.” Especially after hearing lectures from those who had returned from studying in the Soviet Union and served as leaders of the Communist Youth League of Guangdong and Guangxi... Details+

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