The historical development of Datong mass graves

In 1968, the Huainan Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government and Huainan Mining Bureau (the predecessor of Huainan Mining Group) studied and decided to verify and protect the five-point evidence site of the Japanese invasion of China, including the Datong "Mass Grave". It was officially opened for display in the same year.

In 1986, the Datong Mass Grave was designated as a key provincial cultural relic protection unit by the Anhui Provincial People's Government.

In 1995, the Datong Mass Grave Education Center was named a provincial-level patriotism education base by the Anhui Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government.

In June 2007, Datong Mass Grave Education Center was approved by the Anhui Provincial Tourism Bureau as a national 2A-level scenic spot.

In March 2011, Datong Mass Grave Education Center was rated as a national 3A-level tourist attraction by the Anhui Provincial Tourism Bureau.

In 2010, on the occasion of commemorating the 65th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the "Mass Grave" Education Center in Datong, Huainan was named "Anhui Province National Defense Education Base" by the provincial government.

In March 2013, 9 sites that were evidence of the Japanese invasion of Huainan, including the Datong Mass Grave, the Secret Water Prison, the Bunker Behind the Station, and the Japanese Army Headquarters, were approved and announced by the State Council as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics for protection. unit.

On September 1, 2014, in order to commemorate the 69th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, the State Council announced the first batch of 80 national anti-Japanese war memorial facilities and sites. Among them, there are two in Anhui Province, and the Datong Mass Grave Education Center in Huainan City is among them.

In 2015, in order to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage supported 2 million yuan to renovate the Datong Mass Grave Site. The Datong Mass Grave Education Center on the site was opened from February 8 to the end of August. Closed for renovations. At the end of April, the "Plan for the Protection, Exhibition and Utilization of the Huainan Crime Evidence Site of the Japanese Invasion of China" was completed; at the end of May, the storage outline was completed. In addition to the education center, 9 sites will be planned at the same time. The main body of cultural relics at the Huainan Crime Evidence Site of the Japanese Invasion of China includes mass graves, bunkers behind the station, bunker water dungeons, secret water dungeons, kiln temples, Japanese army headquarters, Japanese army ammunition depots, Japanese army bunkers, and Japanese army south dormitory bunkers. The first phase focuses on repairs. The five sites of mass graves, post-station bunkers, bunker water cells, secret water prisons, and kiln temples were taken. Necessary rescue and reinforcement measures were taken for the Japanese headquarters, Japanese ammunition depot, Japanese bunker, and Japanese south dormitory bunker, and the cultural relics environment was cleaned up. Remediation.