Chongwu Army Temple

[1] The attack occurred when a PLA brigade was preparing to depart Chongwu beach for a landing on Jinmen and Xiamen islands.

[1][2] After the attack, Chongwu residents buried the soldiers and, in the local custom, built a simple shrine of straw and thatch.

[7] Behind them is an inscription in the style of a traditional spirit tablet which reads, "People's Liberation Army Martyrs.

[4] High-ranking PLA officers have visited the temple, including Major General Shao Hua, daughter-in-law of Mao Zedong.

[9] Academic Jifeng Liu writes that the temple is included in Party study materials, consistent with Xi Jinpeng's goals of building a "new 'Communist civil religion.

[2] The authenticity of Zeng Hen's story is disputed by two other Chongwu sites which venerate the twenty-seven PLA soldiers, the Martyr's Palace and the Memorial Hall.