TheLonghua Memorial Placefor Revolutionary Martyrs rests onLonghua Roadin Xuhui District,ShanghaiCity.
In March 1927, the KMT set up the Songhu (SongjiangRiverandShanghaiRiver) Garrison Command Department, used to imprison and murder communists and revolutionaries. During the next 10 years, the number of communists and revolutionaries imprisoned there topped 9,000, with over 800 killed. Among the victims were many leaders of the Communist Party of China, such as the famous Longhua 24 Martyrs: Lin Yunan, He Mengxiong, Long Dadao, Ouyang Li'an, and the Left-Wing Writers League Martyrs, including Li Qiushi, Rou Shi, Hu Yepin, Yin Fu and Feng Qiang.
The former sites of gatehouse, the male prison, the female prison, the water prison, the martial department and the like still remain at the memorial place.
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