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南京航空烈士公墓

南京市, People's Republic of China

南京航空烈士公墓

The Aviation Martyrs' Cemetery is one of the most important historical sites and representative buildings of modern times in Jiangsu Province. It is located in the northern part of Zhong Shan (also known as Zi Jin Shan) in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, and was built in 1932, with pagodas, a pavilion, a

n altar, and a cemetery. There are 4,296 martyrs in the cemetery, including R.O.C. Airmen who died in the Northern Expedition and the Shanghai War of the National Revolutionary Army, Chinese and foreign airmen who died in the Second Sino-Japanese War, and R.O.C. Airmen who died in the civil war between China and the Communist Party. Some of the martyrs have a tomb with their clothes, while the rest have their names, origins, and dates of birth and death inscribed on the memorial. The Aviation Martyrs' Cemetery was burned down by the invading Japanese army during the war and was rebuilt to its pre-war condition after the war. Later, the cemetery was completely destroyed by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution, all the skeletons were lost and reconstructed in 1987.

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