Ticket price for Xifeng Concentration Camp Revolutionary Historical Memorial Hall: 15 yuan, Yanglang Village, Yongjing Town, Xifeng County, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province.
Xifeng Concentration Camp is located in Yanglangba, 6 kilometers away from the Chengguan of Xifeng County. The concentration camp headquarters covers an area of ??about 2 square kilometers and has 8 prison buildings and 43 cells. It was built in November 1938. Its predecessor was A secret prison set up here by the Kuomintang in the Nanjing Army Prison. Known as a "college-level" prison. The concentration camp is divided into two parts, namely the main part of Yanglangba and the Xuantian Cave prison camp about 7.5 kilometers to the northeast.
Xifeng Concentration Camp is surrounded by mountains and towering ancient trees. There are lakes and caves in the mountains, and the terrain is hidden and dangerous. The headquarters of Xifeng Concentration Camp controls an area of ??approximately 2,000 square kilometers, with eight prison buildings and 43 cells. The prison cells are named after the characters of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, faith, justice and peace. It is called Zhongzhai, Xiaozhai, Renzhai and so on. Yizhai is a women's prison. Chongqing Wanglongmen Detention Center is called an elementary school, Chongqing Baigongguan Prison is called a middle school, and Xifeng Concentration Camp houses key criminals from all over the country. It is called a university, and studying abroad is a slang term for execution.
In the nearly eight years from its establishment in 1938 to its dismantling in 1946, more than 1,200 people were imprisoned, more than 600 people were secretly murdered, more than 400 people were missing, and there were less than 100 survivors. Famous revolutionary martyrs Luo Shiwen, Che Yaoxian, Xu Xiaoxuan, Zhang Luping, Huang Xiansheng and patriots Ma Yinchu and Chen Qiyou were detained here. Xuantian Cave, 14 kilometers away from the concentration camp headquarters, imprisoned General Yang Hucheng, his wife Xie Baozhen, their youngest son Yang Zhengzhong, and their youngest daughter Yang Zhenggui for eight years. On July 22, 1946, Xifeng Concentration Camp was dismantled, and only 72 people were transferred to Chongqing. The former site of Xifeng Concentration Camp is listed as a national key cultural relic protection unit, a national patriotic education demonstration base, and one of the 100 classic red tourism scenic spots in the country.
The former site of Xifeng Concentration Camp was a special prison and secret prison set up by the Kuomintang in Guizhou during the Anti-Japanese War. Together with Chongqing Wanglongmen Detention Center and Zhazidong Prison System, they were known as the three major concentration camps under the Kuomintang military command. Among them, Xifeng Concentration Camp was the largest.
The memorial hall will be renovated on the basis of the current site of the concentration camp. In line with the principle of restoring the old, new facilities such as the Siyi Cooperative, Special Zhai, and the former military canteen will be added. Outside the camp area, we will focus on the construction of roads leading to villages, commemorative activity venues, sound education centers, reception halls, etc. At the same time, 30 stone and bronze sculptures, 3 forests of steles, and 20 wax figures will be built, and people will be sent to 12 provinces and cities including Chongqing and Chengdu to collect the information that was transferred to Bai Gongguan and Zhazidong in Chongqing when the Xifeng Concentration Camp was dismantled in 1946. Relevant pictures, relics and other information of 72 detainees.