Zhajin is an important town in western xiushui county with a long history and outstanding people. It is the capital of the ancient state of Aihou in the Yin and Shang Dynasties and the central area of Xiushui Soviet Area during the Second Revolutionary Civil War.
1 In late August of 927, the 3rd and 4th Battalions of the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants of the Autumn Harvest Uprising Army 1 Division1Regiment were stationed in Zhajin. On September 9th, the headquarters of Lu Deming, commander-in-chief of the autumn harvest uprising, entered Jin Wanshou Palace. On June 5438+00, a swearing-in meeting attended by thousands of soldiers and civilians was held in Dashazhou, Wanshou Palace, calling on workers and peasants to unite and take up arms to fight the reactionaries to the death. 1August, 928, Peng, Teng, and others led the Red Fifth Army to Xiushui. On September 29th, after annihilating a military police battalion in Zhu Peide at Guihua Bridge in Zhajin, he arrived at Taizhuang, reorganized the famous Taizhuang, and resumed the reconstruction of the special committee on the border of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi. From the end of 1930 to the beginning of 193 1, the special committee of northern Jiangxi (later renamed the branch committee of northern Jiangxi) was stationed in Huangniwan, Zhajin, leading the party organizations and people in northern Jiangxi to carry out revolutionary struggles. At the same time, it is also the seat of 0 Xiushui Central County Committee, 0 Xiushui County Committee and xiushui county Soviet Government, and the gateway of 0 Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Soviet Government to Xiushui, where the important campaign of "Huang Fang Victory" against encirclement and suppression of Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi Revolution took place. During the Second Revolutionary Civil War, there were 1587 famous revolutionary martyrs in Zhajin area, and famous revolutionary martyrs such as Chen, Fang and Zhang Boqin emerged.
In order to celebrate the historical achievements of martyrs, Xiushui County Party Committee and xiushui county Municipal People's Government decided to build a martyrs cemetery here. The cemetery covers an area of17340m2, and the cemetery covers an area of 2148m2. There are 89 steps in the Martyrs Cemetery. 1006 revolutionary martyrs' bodies are placed in the cemetery, with evergreen pines and cypresses and blooming flowers.
Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, the crowds here are solemn and solemn, and the cadres, the masses and teenagers who come to the cemetery to pay homage are in an endless stream. Over the years, it has become a solemn place for young people to join the league, join the team and take the oath to join the Party in New party member. It has also become a red tourist attraction and a patriotic education base in Zajin area.