Death and glory in the mountains
By Zhao Xu | China Daily | Updated: 2015-04-22 07:41
Nearly 80 years ago, Chinese forces resisted the invading Japanese at a small hillside village just outside of Beijing. The soldiers' stories and the sacrifices they made have become an obsession for one resident of the capital, who is determined to keep their memory alive, as Zhao Xu reports.
On April 4, the day before the national Tomb Sweeping Festival, Yang Guoqing stowed two coffins in the trunk of his car and took a 20-minute drive to the hills near his home.
After walking uphill for two hours accompanied by about 40 people, Yang arrived at a piece of land less than 4 meters square.
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