Tomb of Ji Hongchang

Ji Hongchang tomb is located in the cemetery of martyrs in the western suburb of Zhengzhou city. Ji Hongchang, a famous Anti Japanese hero, died in Peking on November 24, 1934. His tomb is made of concrete into a rectangle. A stone tablet is erected in front of the tomb, with a porcelain statue of martyr Ji Hongchang embedded in the head of the tablet. A monument and a memorial pavilion are built 90 meters away from the tomb. The monument is engraved with eight characters "Ji Hongchang martyr monument" inscribed by Hu Yaobang. The green pines and cypresses around the tomb make people feel solemn and solemn.

Tomb of Ji Hongchang

Ji Hongchang's tomb is located in the cemetery of martyrs in the western suburb of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. It is the tomb of Ji Hongchang, a famous Anti Japanese patriotic general.

Ji Hongchang, a famous Anti Japanese hero, died in Peking on November 24, 1934. His tomb is made of concrete into a rectangle. A stone tablet is erected in front of the tomb, with a porcelain statue of martyr Ji Hongchang embedded in the head of the tablet.

Personage introduction

Ji Hongchang (1895-1934), also known as Hengli, was born in Lutan Town, Fugou County, Henan Province. He was born in poverty. Before the May 4th movement, he joined Feng Yuxiang's northwest army as a soldier. He served successively as company commander, battalion commander, division commander, garrison commander, army commander and chairman of Ningxia provincial government. During the great revolution from 1925 to 1927, he served as commander of the 25th army of the national revolutionary army. During the northern expedition, the soldiers went out of the pass, the famous "late night boat sneaking across Hebei", that is, Hongchang's deeds of "September 18th Incident", the Northeast was occupied, Ji Hongchang advocated Anti Japanese and national salvation, which was hated by Chiang Kai Shek. In 1931, Chiang Kai Shek withdrew his post and "funded overseas". After returning to China, Ji Hongchang firmly believed that the workers' and peasants' Red Army led by the Communist Party of China was a truly reliable military force to resist Japan and save the country. Only under the leadership of the Communist Party of China could the complete liberation of the nation and society be saved. In 1932, Canada joined the Communist Party of China. In May 1933, the Japanese invaders occupied SHANGUAN customs. Ji Hongchang, Feng Yuxiang, Fang Zhenwu and others formed the chasui Anti Japanese Alliance Army in Zhangjiakou, which shocked the whole country. He served as the commander of the second army and the commander in chief of the former enemy on the North Road. However, the anti Japanese Alliance Army was defeated because of the attack between Chiang Kai Shek and the Japanese invaders At the end of 1934, Chiang Kai Shek sent people to assassinate Ji Hongchang. Later, he colluded with the French imperialists to arrest him in Tianjin French Concession hospital and send him to Peking military police headquarters. He died on November 24, 1934. He died at the age of 39.

Brief introduction of cemetery

Ji Hongchang tomb is located in the cemetery of martyrs in the western suburb of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province. Ji Hongchang, a famous Anti Japanese hero, died in Peking on November 24, 1934. A monument and a memorial pavilion are built 90 meters away from the tomb. The monument is engraved with eight characters "Ji Hongchang martyr monument" inscribed by Hu Yaobang. The green pines and cypresses around the tomb make people feel solemn and solemn.

Ji Hongchang's tomb was originally moved to Zhengzhou martyrs' cemetery in Fugou County, Henan Province in 1964. The tomb is made of Yongbai cement. It is rectangular, 3.2 meters long, 1.4 meters wide and 0.6 meters high. In front of it is a white marble tombstone, which is square and 0.95 meters long. It is 0.23M wide and 1.6m high. The front is inlaid with the martyr's photo in the middle, and the back is engraved with a brief introduction of the martyr's life and his poems before his death.

Traffic tips

Take a bus from Zhengzhou railway station to the martyrs cemetery in the western suburbs

Address: Martyrs Cemetery in the western suburb of Zhengzhou

Longitude: 113.622552

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