Where is Lanzhou Martyrs Cemetery located?

Lanzhou Martyrs Cemetery is a classic scenic spot of red tourism and a patriotic education base.

Lanzhou Martyrs Cemetery is located in the south of Hualinping and the north of Shenjialing in Qilihe District, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province. Built in 1952 to commemorate the martyrs who died in the battle of Lanzhou in August 1949.

Lanzhou Martyrs Cemetery is built to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs who died in the liberation of Northwest China and Lanzhou, and has become a base for patriotic ideological education.

Lanzhou Martyrs Cemetery was founded in 1952, completed and opened in 1959, and the second phase expansion project was carried out in 1972. The cemetery covers an area of 629.29 mu, with a building area of 10800 square meters. There are Luo, one of the founders of the former Red Fourth Front Army, the commander of the Red 25 th Army, the former deputy secretary of the Gansu Provincial Working Committee, the head of the 3 1 regiment of the former First Field Army who died for the liberation of Lanzhou, and the political commissar of the Martyrs Monument Pavilion thirty miles away. Martyrs memorial facilities include Lanzhou Campaign Memorial Hall and Luoqi Martyrs Memorial Hall. In the tomb area of 20,000 square meters, 808 martyrs who died in the battle of Lanzhou were buried.

The memorial tower of Lanzhou Martyrs Cemetery 1958 was completed, 1986 was listed as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit, 1989 was approved by the State Council as a national key martyrs building protection unit, and 200 1 was announced by the Propaganda Department of the CPC as the second batch of patriotic education demonstration bases in China.

history

Lanzhou Martyrs Cemetery was one of the main battlefields of Lanzhou Campaign, located at the northern foot of Shenjialing, far from the Yellow River and passing through the city, with a planned area of 28.7 hectares. The cemetery was designed by Ren Zhenying, a famous designer. The first phase of the project started on 1952 and was opened to the public at the beginning of 1959. Phase II project was completed on 1972. After the maintenance project of 1997, the planning of the garden has been basically realized at present, and 9 17 revolutionary martyrs, such as Luo, commander of Red 25th Army and deputy secretary of Gansu Working Committee, who died heroically in the liberation of Lanzhou, are buried here.

change

Due to the lack of funds, in addition to good greening facilities, the existing buildings and facilities in the cemetery have been seriously lagging behind, which has affected the role of patriotic education bases in provinces and cities to some extent.

In order to improve the ornamental level of memorial buildings and cemeteries in the martyrs' cemetery and enhance the attraction and artistic appeal of the patriotic education base in the cemetery, Lanzhou decided to invest 84 million yuan in a new planning of the martyrs' cemetery in Lanzhou without changing the original planning framework.

According to the guiding ideology of "environmental gardening, artistic exhibition, diversified functions and scenic spots", we will strive to improve the cultural taste, artistic taste and scientific taste of memorial buildings and exhibitions in the martyrs cemetery, and build the cemetery into a first-class landmark building in northwest China and a famous revolutionary traditional education base, patriotic education base and national defense education base in accordance with the principle of long-term, one-time planning and phased implementation.

form

Lanzhou Martyrs Cemetery consists of four parts: memorial scenic spot, garden scenic spot, front area and logistics service area. Among them, the memorial scenic spot consists of five parts: the central memorial area, the modern hero memorial area, the martyrs' tomb area, the ashes hall and cemetery for leading cadres, the urns for revolutionary martyrs in peacetime, and the Tianqiao cemetery to show the great achievements of revolutionary martyrs. The planned area of the garden scenic spot is 7. 18 hectares, which consists of a bonsai garden, a forest of steles and a waterscape garden. Garden scenic spot is a new scenic spot planned to improve the landscape quality and environmental capacity of cemetery, improve the garden rate and economic benefit of cemetery, and realize the goal of "environmental gardening"

general layout

The cemetery is arranged in parallel with memorial activities and entertainment activities, fully combining the characteristics of natural terrain, and the memorial area adopts the planning composition of symmetry axis, which is solemn and tidy and highlights the theme of the memorial tower; The recreation area adopts natural composition, which is vivid and natural, highlighting the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers.

Lanzhou Martyrs Cemetery is built to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs who died in the liberation of Northwest China and Lanzhou, and has become a base for patriotic ideological education.

Lanzhou Martyrs Cemetery was founded in 1952, completed and opened in 1959, and the second phase expansion project was carried out in 1972. The cemetery covers an area of 629.29 mu, with a building area of 10800 square meters. There are Luo, one of the founders of the former Red Fourth Army, the commander of the Red 25th Army, the former deputy secretary of the Gansu Provincial Working Committee, the head of the 31st Regiment of the former First Field Army who died for the liberation of Lanzhou, and the martyr memorial pavilion of the Sanli Political Committee. Martyrs memorial facilities include Lanzhou Campaign Memorial Hall and Luoqi Martyrs Memorial Hall. In the tomb area of 20,000 square meters, 808 martyrs who died in the battle of Lanzhou were buried.

The memorial tower of Lanzhou Martyrs Cemetery 1958 was completed, 1986 was listed as a provincial key cultural relics protection unit, 1989 was approved as a national key martyrs building protection unit by the State Council, and 200 1 was announced as the second batch of patriotic education demonstration bases in China by the Propaganda Department of the CPC.