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Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery
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The Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery is Beijing's main resting place for revolutionary heroes and high government officials. In Chinese, Babaoshan literally means "The Eight-Treasure Mountains". The cemetery is located in the Shijingshan District, a municipality located in Western Beijing.
The Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, located in the western frontiers of Beijing's massive urban sprawl, was first built as a temple in honor of General Gang Bing, a Ming Dynasty soldier who castrated himself as an act of obedience for Emperor Yongle. The emperor designated the area surrounding the temple as the final resting place of concubines and eunuchs, which it remained for five centuries of imperial rule until it was converted to honor the elite of the Chinese Communist Party five decades ago. [1][2]
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