SHENZHEN Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery is located at the intersection of Beihuan Boulevard and Caitian Road in Futian District. An imposing 27-meter-tall monument, erected in 1983, is inscribed with the words “Revolutionary Martyrs Are Immortal” written by Zeng Sheng, commander of the Dongjiang Column of Guangdong People’s Guerilla Against Japanese Aggression. At the southwest corner of the cemetery lies a pavilion, where the names of 1,050 Shenzhen revolutionary martyrs since 1900 had been inscribed, including 490 who gave their lives during the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-1945), 416 during the Chinese People’s War of Liberation (1945-1949), 65 during the Socialist Revolution and Socialist Construction (1949-1976) and 25 martyrs who had died since the launch of reform and opening up. The ashes of Zeng, a Pingshan native, were also interred at the cemetery. Zeng joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 1936 and made great contributions to the victory in the South China battlefield. He died in 1995 and the CPC Central Committee and State Council approved to lay his ashes at the cemetery in 1996. The Dongjiang Column was formed in 1943. The Dongjiang Column Memorial Hall was built in 2000 in Pingshan to display historical documents, photos, veterans’ paraphernalia and a monument inscribed with thousands of martyrs’ names. (SD News) | 