The Nanyue Martyrs’ Shrine, also known as ‘Nanyue Hengshan Anti-Japanese Martyrs’ Shrine’, is a place where Chinese soldiers who died in the frontal battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War are commemorated and buried. The martyrs’ shrine is located under the Incense Burner Peak near ‘Yanshou Pavilion’ in the scenic area. It takes about an hour to walk here from the scenic area gate. You can also take the scenic area environmental protection vehicle (80 yuan for a round trip, not included in the scenic area ticket) to get here, and the journey takes about 10 minutes. The martyrs’ shrine was completed on July 7, 1943, and a public memorial service was held at the same time. The martyrs’ shrine was destroyed by the Japanese army in 1944 and then severely damaged during the Cultural Revolution. The existing building was fully restored in 1992. The construction style of the martyrs’ shrine is modeled after Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing. It consists of two major parts: the shrine and the cemetery. On the central axis of the shrine are the main buildings such as the three-arched memorial archway, the July 7th Memorial Tower, the memorial hall, the memorial pavilion and the sacrificial hall. When you come to the main entrance of the martyrs’ shrine, you can look up and see five gilded characters of ‘Nanyue Martyrs’ Shrine’, which were inscribed by Xue Yue, the commander-in-chief of the Ninth War Zone at that time. Passing through the main entrance, you can see five shells pointing straight to the blue sky. This is the July 7th Memorial Tower. The five shells represent the unity and joint resistance against Japanese aggression of people of all ethnic groups such as Han, Manchu, Mongolian, Hui and Tibetan. In the memorial hall, you can see a white marble stele as high as 6 meters. On the stele is engraved the ‘Inscription on the Monument of Nanyue Martyrs’ Shrine Memorial Hall’ written by Xue Yue. The full name of the memorial pavilion of the martyrs’ shrine is ‘Anting Battle Memorial Pavilion’. It was built to commemorate the soldiers who died in the Anting Battle in the ‘Battle of Songhu’. This battle was personally supervised by General Xue Yue. There is a salute stele in the pavilion with the words: ‘Tourists come here and take off their hats to pay tribute’. After climbing more than two hundred steps, you can see the’sacrificial hall’ with the gilded plaque of ‘Martyrs’ Shrine’. Inside the hall, there is a stele recording the life stories of 37 anti-Japanese generals. Behind the sacrificial hall stands a huge white marble stele with the words ‘General Spirit Tablet of Anti-Japanese Martyrs’ inscribed in the middle.
Opening hours: Open all year round from 7:00 to 17:30. Must-see tips: The martyrs’ shrine is a place to commemorate and bury the martyrs who died in the Anti-Japanese War. Please keep quiet when visiting. Don’t make loud noises or laugh. When you come to the monument, you might as well bow.Nanyue Martyrs’ Shrine
The Nanyue Martyrs’ Shrine, also known as ‘Nanyue Hengshan Anti-Japanese Martyrs’ [...]
