Tomb of Four Martyrs in Honghuagang, Memorial tomb in Guangzhou, China.
The Tomb of Four Martyrs in Honghuagang sits within the Guangzhou Insurrectional Martyr Cemetery Park and comprises a large memorial structure adorned with stone inscriptions. The site holds multiple commemorative monuments and stones honoring those who died for the revolutionary cause.
The four men buried here were not killed in a single uprising. Wen Shengcai assassinated the Guangzhou general Fu Qi on 8 April 1911 and was executed a week later; Lin Guanci and Chen Jingyue attacked admiral Li Zhun on 13 August 1911, Lin dying at the scene and Chen executed in November; Zhong Mingguang was executed on 28 August 1915 after a failed attempt on the warlord Long Jiguang. The simple original graves were rebuilt in 1918 after a fundraising campaign led by Lin Sen.
The four martyrs are Wen Shengcai, Lin Guanci, Chen Jingyue and Zhong Mingguang, buried together in a tomb whose stele reads their names in the order Wen, Chen, Lin, Zhong. The site is also called Honghuagang, "Red Flower Hill". A 1981 radio drama, "Spring Comes, March Honors the Loyal Souls", was broadcast about them.
The tomb lies inside the main gate of the Guangzhou Insurrectional Martyr Cemetery Park on Zhongshan Er Road, east of the entrance axis. A four-column, three-bay stone archway leads to a platform, then a stone stair climbs north to the circular tomb. The grave faces south; two hexagonal pavilions flank it.
The memorial stone records the four martyrs' deeds for founding the Republic of China, but the names of its calligrapher and signatories were chiselled away during the Cultural Revolution and the space remains blank. The stele stands on the platform east of the stone archway, facing it directly.
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