Introduction to the Memorial Tower: The Memorial Tower for the Revolutionary Martyrs of the New Fourth Army Huangqiao Battle was built in October 1989. The tower is 23.8 meters high. The main body is two fluttering red flags, symbolizing the victorious meeting of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army and the moving scene of "the army and the people are united as one"; the base of the tower is octagonal, implying that the Eighth Route Army is the rock that resists Japan and saves the nation and saves China; there are four steps around it, and you can climb up step by step. , which symbolizes the New Fourth Army’s ladder of happiness for the people, and the idea of ​​eight and four, which also symbolizes the successful rendezvous between the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army.
The name of the memorial tower is inlaid with gold foil in Su Yu’s handwriting. On the north side of the tower, Chen Yi's poem handwriting is engraved: "Who belongs to the Jianghuai River and the Han Dynasty now? Red flags fly all over the sky in October", echoing the main shape.

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