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Final Victory: Name list of Martyr's Shrine, Yuelu Mountain

Editor:李莎宁
Source:english.rednet.cn
Updated:2015-08-26 16:30:01

【最后的胜利】城池守护者:云麓宫前存抗战将士名录 


(岳麓山山顶上古炮台遗址立着石碑,无言的记录着当年的长沙战火,静静守望着湘江对岸繁华的城市。The ruins and a monument of the ancient fortress on Yuelu Mountain is a silent witness of fierce battles in Changsha and the downtown Changsha City across Xiangjiang River. )

 


(护栏上刻着五千多抗战将士的名字。More than 5,000 soldiers’ names carved on the fence near the Martyr’s Shrine )


(从云麓宫的前坪,俯瞰湘江大桥和长沙主城区。The bird view of downtown Changsha City across Xiangjiang River from the ground in front of Martyr’s Shrine on Yuelu Mountain) 


     岳麓山风景名胜管理处介绍,赫石坡景区附近的麓山忠烈祠、第七十三军阵亡将士公墓、陆军第七十三军第七十七师抗日阵亡纪念碑、岳王亭将规划形成抗战文化园。现场工人们介绍,整个修缮工作将于9月初全部完工。

     Martyr’s Shrine on Yuelu Mountain was built to commemorate the 4th National Army of Republic of China in 1939. Original Yuefei’s Temple, the shrine was rebuilt to a museum for the history of Counter Japanese War of Hunan Province. In October 1938, after the fall of Wuhan and Guangzhou, Hunan province became the battlefield of Counter Japanese war in the main combat zone of China. Chinese army had concentrated the troops of more than 1.4 million of soldiers to the battles including the first, the second and the third battles with Japan invading armies in Changsha, the battle of Western Hunan, the battle of Changde and the battle of Changsha-Hengyang. The total death and wounded of Japan invaders reaches 293,000 which is 10% of the total casualties of Japanese invaders in China.  The War Memorial of the 73th National Army is located on the back of Martyr’s Shrine on Yuelu Mountain.