Guangzhou Insurrectional Martyr Cemetery Park, Military cemetery and park in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, China.
Guangzhou Insurrectional Martyr Cemetery Park covers 260,000 square metres on Zhongshan 3rd Road in Yuexiu District. Its grounds hold the Sino-Korean and Sino-Soviet friendship pavilions, the Xuezhe Xuan pavilion, the Four Martyrs' Tomb at Honghuagang, Ye Jianying's tomb and the Guangdong Revolutionary History Museum in the former Guangdong Consultative Bureau building.
The park was founded in 1957 to commemorate those who died in the 1927 uprising against the ruling government of that time. This event became a defining moment in the region's political history.
The eight characters over the main gate, "广州起义烈士陵园", were written by Zhou Enlai, China's first premier. Since 1963 the site has been listed among the Eight Sights of Guangzhou as "Red Tomb at Dawn" (红陵旭日), a name repeated when the list was renewed in 1986. The Metro station beside the gate takes its name from the park.
The park sits at 92 Zhongshan 3rd Road in Yuexiu District, with Martyrs' Memorial Garden station on Metro Line 1 directly in front. City buses also stop at the Martyrs' Memorial Garden and Dadongmen (Zhongshan 3rd Road) stops. The grounds cover 260,000 square metres, so allow time to walk between the monuments.
The park's name is also that of the Guangzhou Metro Line 1 station in front of it, Lieshilingyuan (Martyrs' Memorial Garden). Inside, the Guangdong Revolutionary History Museum occupies the former Guangdong Consultative Bureau building, and the grounds also hold the tombs of the four Honghuagang martyrs and of Marshal Ye Jianying.
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