China News Service, Tangshan, September 2

　　China News Agency reporter Bai Yunshui

　　"Tomorrow is the anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression!" On September 2, the 69-year-old Zhang Jiancheng got up earlier than usual. He carefully cleaned the yard and helped his wife clean up and down the house. "Every year there are always places everywhere. Of guests who come to visit my'home' and must be ready to entertain at any time."

　　Right now, although it is the peanut harvesting season, Zhang Jiancheng said that his family's farming work is slowing down because hospitality is more important than farming work.

　　Zhang Jiancheng’s "home" is located in Chijiatun Village, 20 kilometers northwest of Fengrun District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province. It was built in 1946. It has been baptized for 75 years. )The place.

　　Compared with ordinary northern houses, the architectural style of the memorial building is different: the whole is a two-story blue brick and wooden frame structure.

Workers, farmers, soldiers and other figures were carved on the top of the memorial building, showing their joy after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War in the form of simple dialogue.

　　"The memorial building was built by my grandfather Zhang Zhiquan to commemorate the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and to educate future generations." Zhang Jiancheng said that his grandfather was one of the earliest members of the Communist Party of China in eastern Hebei. Director and other positions, responsible for secretly recruiting party members in eastern Hebei during the Anti-Japanese War.

　　When the War of Resistance Against Japan was won in 1945, his grandfather Zhang Zhiquan was full of hope for a better life in the future. He decided to use all his savings to mobilize the family's strength and build a memorial building for the victory of the War of Resistance on his homestead.

　　"It was not easy to build such a small building at that time." Zhang Jiancheng said. Grandpa took the whole family to work hard for more than a year, and the memorial building was finally completed at the end of 1946.

In the same year, in order to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the 25 counties of Jidong, Zhang Zhiquan also advocated the construction of a martyrs cemetery in a private plot not far from the memorial building.

People in more than a dozen villages near Chijiatun responded, donating rice and donating money, and finally carved the names of 37717 warriors on the stone tablets.

　　Back then, because the base of the stone stele in the Martyrs Cemetery was engraved with "The Communist Party is the People's Savior", this caused dissatisfaction with the Kuomintang at that time, and Zhang Zhiquan was imprisoned and tortured to death.

The Anti-Japanese War Victory Memorial Building and the Martyrs Cemetery were also brutally damaged and severely damaged.

　　In the face of adversity, the Zhang family has never abandoned the memorial building, staying in it and guarding it firmly.

Zhang Jiancheng’s father, Zhang Shouye, told his 6 sons more than once: Grandpa was not easy to build a building back then, we must think about it to keep it.

　　In 1960, the local government allocated funds to repair the dilapidated buildings.

It was damaged again in the Tangshan earthquake in 1976. In 1985, the government again allocated funds for repairs.

In 2008, the Martyrs Cemetery in the 25th County of East Hebei and the "War Victory Memorial Building" were recognized as cultural relics protection units in Hebei Province.

　　"Every Ching Ming Festival and the anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan, we will go to the memorial building to review the touching stories of the revolutionary martyrs. The nearby schools will also organize students to pay homage to the martyrs. Many descendants of martyrs will come from all over the country to pay their respects to the memorial building." Chi Jia Guan Xiujun, a member of the Tuncun Party Branch, said that what Zhang Jiancheng protects is not only the great achievements of the older generation of revolutionary martyrs, but also the patriotism that needs to be passed down through the ages.

　　Now, both of Zhang Jiancheng's sons are working in other places, and they have long offered to take them to the city to enjoy the blessing. The couple always refused.

Hao Suxiang, Zhang Jiancheng’s wife, said, “Now, I feel proud to live here, and it’s meaningful to live by it!”

　　"Every holiday, my sister and I love to come to live with my grandfather. There are endless stories in this'small building'. We will share these stories with our classmates when we go back to school. Everyone will listen to it cutely." Zhang Jiancheng’s granddaughter Zhang Qihan is proud In other words, when he grows up in the future, he will also take on the responsibility of guarding the memorial building.

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