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Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Martyrs' Cemetery 晋冀鲁豫烈士陵园Jìnjìlǔyù Lièshì Língyuán
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Handan, Hebei
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Handan
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Martyrs' Cemetery
A memorial cemetery and museum in southern Handan, inaugurated in October 1950 with the reburial of General Zuo Quan and other soldiers of the Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu border region, and described as the first martyrs' cemetery built after the founding of the People's Republic. Zuo Quan's tomb, with an inscription by Zhou Enlai, stands in the grounds, and the cemetery is noted for the many inscriptions by senior Communist leaders. The site now also operates as the Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Revolutionary Memorial Museum, whose collection runs to more than 21,000 items.
How to get to Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Martyrs' Cemetery
On Lingyuan Road in southern Handan, about 1 km east of Handan railway station and about 2 km south of Congtai Park.
Nearby
- Yinxu 殷墟 60 km
The last Shang capital, where China's earliest writing and Fu Hao's tomb came to light
Also within 20 km: Congtai Park 丛台公园 (under 10 km), Zhaoyuan Park 赵苑公园 (under 10 km), Zhao Royal City, Handan 赵邯郸故城 (under 10 km), Handan Garden Expo Park 邯郸园博园 (under 10 km), Huangliangmeng Lüxian Temple 黄粱梦吕仙祠 (under 10 km), West Eight Sluices on the Fuyang River 滏阳河西八闸 (20 km).
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