Tombs of martyrs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

Tombs of martyrs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom

The tomb of the martyrs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is located in tunliangxiang village, Gaoqiao Town, Pudong New Area, Shanghai. It was built in 1945 to commemorate the martyrs who died in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement.

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On the 600 square meter granite platform, surrounded by stone railings, stands the black stone tombstone in the center, with stone pillars on both sides and a roof (stone roof) on top, which is similar to the stone Que in front of ancient tombs. On the tablet is engraved "the tomb of the martyrs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", and it is recorded in the inscription: "under the historical conditions of the 1850s, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom not only took on the task of opposing feudal forces, but also took on the task of opposing foreign capitalist aggressive forces. The heroes of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fought bravely in order to accomplish the revolutionary task entrusted to him by history. Their record is brilliant. In 1862, Li Xiucheng, the loyal king, successfully marched into Shanghai, where he effectively attacked the aggressive forces of foreign capitalism. It shows the lofty spirit of patriotism. The heroes of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom who died in this anti aggression war are immortal! "This was written when it was built in 1954.

Behind the monument is the tomb platform, which is oval in shape. There are pines and cypresses and evergreen trees in the cemetery, which is full of solemn and quiet atmosphere.

historical origin

In the battle of Gaoqiao more than 100 years ago, the bodies of the soldiers of Taiping army who died bravely were all moved to tunliang lane, and there was no time to bury them. Later, the peasants covered them with soil and piled them into a long and narrow grave, which was called "Changfen" by the local people. The brutal burning and killing of Qing soldiers and foreign invading forces in Gaoqiao made the people in this area hate them very much, thus increasing the memory of the Taiping army. After the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom revolution, on the Qingming Festival, people always brought wine and vegetables for sacrifice and burned tin foil. It was not until the 16th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1890), when too many people came and the government paid attention to them, that they ordered the ban. Since then, the earth grave has been damaged, and no one dares to repair it. As a result, it is overgrown with weeds and becomes a wasteland grave.

After liberation, in order to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in Nanjing, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of cultural administration restored the tombs of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom martyrs in 1954 and built stone tablets. In 1959, the tomb was listed as a class a cultural relic protection unit in Shanghai. In the cultural revolution, tombstones were destroyed. In 1985, the cemetery was rebuilt and doubled, 41 meters from east to west and 11 meters from north to south. The protection area is 50 meters around the cemetery.

The Taiping army attacked Shanghai three times: the first time, in June 1860, the Taiping Army marched into Suzhou and Changzhou, conquered Suzhou at one stroke, and established Sufu province. Li Xiucheng's troops continued to March eastward into the county seat of Shanghai. Because the British and French allied forces helped the Qing army to defend the city, they failed to conquer it for several days. Later, because Jiaxing was in a hurry, they withdrew from the battle. The second time, in January 1862, Li Xiucheng's troops attacked Shanghai for the second time. They attacked Fengxian, Nanhui and Chuansha from Hangzhou and fengtianyi and Liu Zhaojun from Suzhou to Shanghai via Jiading, Qingpu and Baoshan. Shanghai officials and gentry set up a Joint Defense Office (also known as "Shanghai joint defense bureau") in Yangjingbang to join the British and French forces in joint defense. Moreover, Li Hongzhang led more than 6500 newly formed Huai army to land in Shanghai by anqing ship for war. The first appearance of the Huai army was in Shanghai, which led to the retreat of the Taiping army. For the third time, in May 1862, Li Xiucheng gathered elite troops to try to counterattack. He pushed forward from Taicang in Kunshan and occupied Songjiang city for a time. However, at this time, the Xiang navy was under Tianjing City, and the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan urged Li Xiucheng to lead his troops back several times. By the end of the year, all the Taiping army had withdrawn to Kunshan.

Address: caogao Branch Road, tunliang lane, Gaoqiao Town

Longitude: 121.56495

Latitude: 31.350459

Tel: 021-68769317