Xikuangshan Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument
The Xikuangshan Revolutionary Martyrs' Monument is situated on the northern peak of the Xikuangshan Mining Bureau in the city. The monument is 8 meters high and square in shape. On September 9, 1949, in order to liberate Xikuangshan, the 478th Regiment of the 106th Division of the 47th Army of the People's Liberation Army encircled and annihilated the remnants of the 63rd Division of an army unit at Huangtupit (now behind the North beneficiation Plant of the Xikuangshan Mining Bureau) on Shengli Mountain. During the battle, six comrades, including Battalion Commissar Wu Zhenzong and Company Commander Lü Tingxuan, sacrificed their lives heroically. The local people had built a martyrs' cemetery at the site where the martyrs fell. On August 1, 1974, to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs, the original martyrs' cemetery was relocated to its current location and this monument was erected.
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