Xiushuhezi Martyrs Cemetery

Xiushuhezi Martyrs Cemetery is situated on the northern hill of Xiushuhezi Village, the seat of Xiushuhezi Town, an important town in northern Liaoning. National Highway 101 runs through the area. It is 35 kilometres away from Faku County and 70 kilometres from Shenyang City. To its west lies Badger Cave Wetland Nature Reserve, and Shengji Mountain with the Liao Dynasty Tomb Group is merely 5 kilometres to the southwest.

Approved by relevant central authorities, the cemetery was designed and started construction in 1968 and completed in 1970, in memory of revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the Battle of Xiushuhezi, known as "the first victory of annihilation in the Northeast Liberation War". It is a Grade II Cultural Heritage Protection Unit. Since 2008, a total of 3.8 million yuan of provincial and municipal funds has been raised for renovation projects. The complex includes the Monument to Martyrs of the Xiushuhezi Annihilation Battle, the Memorial Hall of the Xiushuhezi Battle, a stone carving wall, 84 martyr tombs, boundary walls and a main gate. The memorial hall preserves wartime photographs, historical pictures, martyrs’ relics, battle documents and victory dispatches. More than 800 martyrs who died in the battle are buried here. The cemetery has received numerous leading cadres from central, provincial, municipal and county authorities.

On July 19, 2007, a ceremony themed "Devotion to Xiushuhe" was solemnly held in the memorial hall. The CPC Faku County Committee and county government invited descendants of commanders who fought in the battle: Zhou Bingjun and his wife (nephew of Premier Zhou Enlai), Huang Xu and his wife (son of General Huang Kecheng), Peng Longjiang and his grandson Peng Bo (son of General Peng Mingzhi), Liang Xiaodong and Liang Xiaoyuan (sons of Lieutenant General Liang Xingchu), as well as Liang Dingding and her husband (daughter of Lieutenant General Liang Biye). The guests toured the cemetery and memorial hall, and left inscriptions and group photos.

In 1997, the CPC Shenyang Municipal Committee and Shenyang Municipal People’s Government designated the cemetery as a Municipal Patriotic Education Base. In 2009, it was rated a Municipal National Defense Education Base by the Shenyang National Defense Education Office