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| - Longhua Cemetery of Revolutionary Martyrs - | ||||||||||
| 龙华烈士陵园 | ||||||||||
| Address: | 2887 Longhua Xi Lu | 龙华西路2887号 | ||||||||
| Known as: | Longhua Memorial Hall to the Martyrs | 龙华烈士纪念馆 | ||||||||
| Description: |
It used to be the site of the Song-hu Security Headquarters of
the Kuomingtang. At that time there was also a prison in the
area where many communist revolutionaries were imprisoned and
many of them even killed during China's civil wars (1927-1941,
1945-1949). Now it is the resting place for more than 500
martyrs who died for the revolution against the Kuomingtang as
well as those who were killed during the Anti-Japanese War. In
July 1995 it was opened to the public to commemorate these
heroes of New China and has become one of the most important
patriotic educational bases of Shanghai. Surrounded by varied flora you can have a relaxing walk on paved paths through green fields. Mostly there are no tombs in sight but many monuments are spread all over the area which commemorate revolutionary martyrs who fought and died in Shanghai. At the center of the park stands a monumental sign which quotes Jiang Zemin: "Red Heart Fresh Blood for the People" - meaning 'sacrifice everything for the people'. In the north west of the cemetery, behind the pyramid shaped memorial hall you can find graves of a more revolutionaries - among them the first wife of Deng Xiaoping. Close to the graves there is the martyr's memorial hall and the revolutionary cadres memorial hall, but both are not open to the public. Besides the big Memorial Hall, a museum with more than 1,000 relics and numbers of pictures, you can visit the execution ground of the former prison. |
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| Province | Shanghai |
Direction Metro : |
Longcao Lu (Line 3) | |||||||
| District | Xuhui | |||||||||
| City | Shanghai | Comments : | Official Web: | |||||||
| Genre | Memorial | Related links: | http://en.chinahotel | |||||||
| Best exposure | All day | http://shanghai.cult | ||||||||
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| Opening time | 09h00~15h30 | http://en.xh.sh.cn/w | ||||||||
| Entry fee | Few RMB | GPS: | 31.176587 | 121.447088 | ||||||
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