Introduction of Xuzhou Huaihai Campaign Memorial Tower

Huaihai Campaign Memorial Tower, located in Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, is a famous patriotic education base and red tourist attraction in China, and has been selected as one of the "classic red tourist attractions" in China 100.

The memorial tower was approved by the State Council, China in April 1959 and completed in June 1965. The tower height is 38. 15m. On the front of the tower is the name of the tower inscribed by President Mao Zedong. The front of the tower seat is engraved with inscriptions, and both sides are large reliefs.

Since the opening up, it has received more than 3.5 million people from all walks of life every year. Approved by the State Council and Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China, it has been named as a national key martyrs memorial building protection unit, the first batch of patriotic education demonstration bases, national defense education demonstration bases and national AAAA-level tourist attractions. ?

20 17 12. The Memorial Tower for the Martyrs of Huaihai Campaign was selected as the second batch of China 20th century architectural heritage list. 20 17- 12 was selected as the first batch of national primary and secondary school students' research and practice education bases and camps by the Ministry of Education of China.

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Huaihai Campaign is one of the three major battles in the War of Liberation. From1948165438+1October 6 to1949 65438+1October 10, there were 600,000 field troops in East China and the Central Plains.

With the elite troops of the Kuomintang as the center, a fierce battle lasted for 65 days and nights in a vast area with Xuzhou as the center, starting from Haizhou in the east, Shangqiu in the west, Lincheng (now Xuecheng) in the north and Huaihe River in the south, and successfully completed the glorious task of annihilating the enemy north of the Yangtze River, creating extremely favorable conditions for the China People's Liberation Army to cross the river and liberate all China.

Under the memorial tower for the martyrs of Huaihai Campaign, a garden is lush. The vigorous cedar has silently guarded the loyal souls of martyrs for decades. Climb the stairs, and in five or six minutes, the magnificent and tall memorial tower has stood solemnly in front of us.

In the sunshine, nine gold-plated characters inscribed by Comrade Mao Zedong "Huaihai Campaign Martyrs Memorial Tower" shine brightly. The reliefs on both sides of the memorial tower vividly show the heroic picture of the PLA's heroic fighting and people's heroic support-thoughts suddenly drifted to the winter 7 1 year ago.

The land of Huaihai was filled with smoke, and the heroic and wise China producers led the people's army and launched this strategic Armageddon with the trend of swallowing mountains and rivers.

This great battle played a favorable role in "drinking horses along the Yangtze River and liberating all China" and greatly accelerated the historical process of the people's liberation war; This great campaign created a brilliant record of winning more with less and winning the strong with weakness, which laid the foundation for the liberation of China.

In this great battle, more than 30,000 soldiers and 49 cadres at or above the regimental level devoted themselves to the battlefield, and their fame, like the sun and the moon, will forever be engraved on the historical monument of the China Revolution!

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