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North China Military Region Martyrs Cemetery
The Martyrs Cemetery of the North China Military Region is a department-level institution directly under the Civil Affairs Department of Hebei Province. It is located at No. 343, Zhongshan West Road, Shijiazhuang City, the provincial capital, and covers an area of 210,000 square meters. It is one of the famous martyrs cemeteries in my country that was built early, on a large scale, and with high architectural specifications. It was built in the autumn of 1948 at the suggestion of Commander-in-Chief Zhu De to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs who died in North China. Construction began in March 1950 and was completed and opened to the public on August 1, 1954. It is the first batch of key protection units of martyr memorial buildings in the country named by the State Council, a national patriotism education demonstration base named by the Central Propaganda Department, one of the top 100 red tourism classic scenic spots in the country named by the Central Propaganda Department and other seven ministries and commissions, and a national patriotism education base for primary and secondary schools named by six ministries and commissions including the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Civil Affairs. It is a national national defense education demonstration base. Internationalist fighters Bethune, Dr. Ke Dihua, the commander of the Hui Muslim Detachment - "national hero" Ma Benzhai, and the "mother of the soldiers" Rong Guanxiu and other famous martyrs are buried or placed here. Over the years, the construction and development of the North China Military Region Martyrs Cemetery has always received the care and support of party committees and governments at all levels. Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi, Zhu De, Peng Dehuai, Deng Xiaoping and other older generation proletarian revolutionaries have successively written inscriptions for the cemetery, expressing their high hopes and entrustments.
Dong Cunrui Memorial Hall
To commemorate the heroic deeds of the martyr Dong Cunrui, two Dong Cunrui Martyrs Memorial Halls were built in Huailai County, Hebei Province, the hero's hometown, and Longhua County, where he died. The Dong Cunrui Martyrs Memorial Hall in Huailai County is usually called the old hall, with a construction area of 8,800 square meters. Next to the Dong Cunrui Martyrs Cemetery in Longhua County, the rebuilt Dong Cunrui Martyrs Memorial Hall is divided into four parts: reception area, memorial square for paying tribute to martyrs, exhibition area and stele forest area, with a total investment of 5 million yuan.