General Pi Dingjun’s Memorial Cemetery

　　General Pi Dingjun’s Memorial Cemetery is situated on Zao Mountain in Shen Tu Town and comprises three sections: the General Memorial Park, the ashes burial site, and the plane crash site. The park also includes three pavilions—an octagonal pavilion, a pentagonal pavilion, and a hexagonal pavilion—symbolizing the general’s iconic octagonal cap, the five-pointed star on his cap badge, and the six-pointed medal he wore on his chest. The entire cemetery exudes solemnity, tranquility, and reverence.

　　 July 7, 1976, was a day of profound sorrow. General Pi Dingjun, Commander of the Fuzhou Military Region, lost his life in a plane crash on Dan Mountain, where he now rests forever. In his memory, a memorial cemetery and pavilions were later established. Inscriptions at the front of the cemetery were penned by - and -, while the pavilions feature multiple calligraphic tributes from General Zhang Aiping, among others. In 2009, the cemetery was designated as a “Zhangzhou Patriotic Education Base.” General Pi Dingjun (1914–1976), hailing from Jinzhai County, Anhui Province, was an outstanding military leader and strategist of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. During the War of Resistance against Japan, he served as Commander of the Fifth and Seventh Sub-districts of the Eighth Route Army Taihang Military District and Commander of the Henan-Xinxiang Independent Anti-Japanese Detachment. During the Liberation War, he led the First Brigade of the First Column of the Central Plains Military District in a breakout from the Central Plains, achieving a miracle in military history and making immortal contributions to China’s liberation. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of Lieutenant General and held positions such as Deputy Commander of the Fujian Military District, and Commander of the Lanzhou and Fuzhou Military Districts. On July 7, 1976, General Pi Dingjun died in a plane crash on his way to Dongshan County to direct a military exercise, and was laid to rest atop Dan Mountain.