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Where is the Yiwu Martyrs Cemetery?

Yiwu Martyrs Cemetery is a cultural tourist attraction and a classic red tourist attraction.

The cemetery of tour guide martyrs was built for revolutionary martyrs who died heroically in the "40-day Defence War in Yiwu". After the victory of the 40-day defence war in Yiwu, the county party committee and the county people's government decided to build the Martyrs Cemetery and the Army Horse Monument in Yiwu. After three relocations, Yiwu Martyrs Cemetery was finally located on the flat slope of Nanshan, the county seat, with an area of 55 mu. The main buildings are monuments, tombs of martyrs, exhibition rooms, etc. The cemetery is110m wide from east to west,160m long from north to south, and the monument is10m high. The top of the monument is decorated with iron red and five stars, and the monument is hollow. Scaffolding is installed, which leads directly to the top of the monument.

The charger statue is 2.46 meters long, 1. 14 meters wide, 3.2 1 meter high and weighs 8.5 tons. It is a load-bearing hoof, which reproduces the majestic posture of that year.

In 2002, the Martyrs Cemetery was named "Patriotism Education Base" by the Youth League Committee of the Autonomous Region and "National Key Martyrs Memorial Building Protection Unit" by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

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