Zhazi Cave

Last Update: 2013-4-25; By poyuzhe   

Zhazi Cave
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Zhazi Cave is located at the foot of Gele mountain in Ciqikou and Wulingguan, suburban area of Chongqing. Zhazi Cave used to been a coalmine founded in 1920 by a businessman named Chen Erchang. Since 1938, it became a clandestine prison for Kuomintang to lock up and persecute revolutionaries. During the war, lots of heroic, solemn and stirring stories happened in the prison. Those stories were really very touching that they encouraged the patriotic sentiment among the Chinese. In 1943 Kuomintang founded an intelligence agency: Sino-American Co-operation office. Then the Bai Gongguan, another clandestine prison, became the office building of Sino-American Co-operation office. Revolutionaries were transferred from Bai Gongguan to Zhazi Cave prison. Among those revolutionaries are the likes of the Chinese famous hero Jiang Zujun, who was honored as Jiangjie. She was also sentenced to imprisonment in the Zhazi Cave.

The day before the new Chinese government was founded in 1949, secret agents of Kuomintang set fire to Zhazi Cave prison, it was a pity that only 15 Revolutionaries survived from the fire. Zhazi Cave, as a political prison, was filled pain and death at that time, yet it was also a place where heroes were produced. It is a place that witnessed the Chinese people devoting their lives to their political belief.

Important Tips on Zhazi Cave

Location:

Gele Hill Shapinba Area  Chongqi

Ticket Price:

5yuan/one person

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How to get there:

Frist you need take a bus to Xinqiao of Shaping Area to Geleshan Town then get a nonstop to  Zhazi Cave

Tips:

Tel:65505778

 

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posted by kim1030 at 2008-7-27 8:23:00

After visit this place, I understand how hard it is for our ancestor to fight for buliding a new country and searching for new life.

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david replied at 2013-1-13 19:06:00

The two High Tech Zones have many factories that are open to tours which many foreigners are curious about -- making shoes, clothes, high tech electronics, cards, batteries, and building houses that are less than 1/6 of the cost per square foot of places like Guangzhou and Shenzhen. When was the last time you saw good quality homes for sale at 3000 to 4000 per square meter. Shenzhen people, Hong Kong people, Dongguan people and Guangzhou People are buying second, third and fourth homes for cash in preparation for the new train from Zhenzhen late this fall or early spring next year when Huizhou will be connected to Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Guangdong and points beyond. I recently went on a 4 day weekend from Huizhou to Shenzhen and then from Shenzhen to Changsha by high speed train in 2 hours and 45 minutes!!! It is only 3 hours from Shenzhen to Xiamen by high speed train as well.

"I think it is a good place to visit. It can help us to know more about Chiese history." Good
posted by susan at 2008-7-27 1:23:00

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"To see the crime of Kuomingtang at that time" Good
posted by go2c at 2008-7-27 0:25:00

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