However, in May of 20 13, the political climate changed, and the central authorities stressed the need to safeguard the party's history. Under the pressure of online public opinion, Shaanxi officials had to change Zhanglingfu Cemetery into Dongdacun Cemetery.
20 13 At 4 o'clock in the afternoon on May 30th, under the on-site supervision of the person in charge of East Street Office, the big stone originally standing on the south side of South Ring Mountain Road in Dongda Village, Chang 'an District was demolished. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, in the south of Dongda Village, four workers covered the Shipai Building with the words "General Zhang Cemetery". A worker said that they came after receiving the notice in the afternoon. "Now it is changed to' Dongdacun Cemetery' according to regulations.
In response to the construction of the cemetery in Dongda Village, the person in charge of the Foreign Affairs Office of Chang 'an District said that the government departments of Chang 'an District and the East Street Office did not participate in the construction of the cemetery. During the construction of the new campus of Northwestern Polytechnical University, the collective cemetery land located in the north of Huanshan Road in Dongda Village was requisitioned. Therefore, in order to meet the needs of villagers' tombs, the 15 mu of land south of Huanshan Road in Dongda Village is used as the villagers' cemetery. Because not many people were willing to move their graves here at that time, considering that Zhang was a historical celebrity in the village and a famous anti-Japanese, Zhang's cenotaph was also built here to guide the villagers to move their graves.
At present, the Chang 'an District Committee and District Government has reported the investigation to the Xi Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal Government and relevant departments in the province in a timely manner. "This 15 mu graveyard includes Zhang's graveyard and other villagers' graves, but there is an iron gate and a fence between them. Last night 10:30, it was demolished by the villagers of Dongda Village overnight to restore the original intention of the villagers' cemetery. This cemetery archway was restored to the' Dongdacun Cemetery', but it just returned to its original position. "
According to the Chongqing Evening News, "In any case, you can't build a luxurious mausoleum for the dead senior Kuomintang generals!"
"This is just a cenotaph. When the tomb was built, the descendants of the Zhang family made a special trip to retrieve a piece of soil. " The old man watching the tomb told the reporter.
Zhang Lingyuan, located in the southeast corner of the intersection of Xiahuanshan Highway in the southern suburbs of Chang 'an District and Yu Xiang Road in Dongxiang (Dongda Village), is the burial tomb of Ms. Xing Qiongying, Zhang Heyuan. The tombstone of Zhang cemetery reads "General Zhang and Mrs. Xing Qiongying are buried together", and a photo of them is attached.
At about 8 am on May 26th, an insider of the village committee told the reporter: "There was no response when the garden was built. During the construction process, the relevant departments at higher levels did not publicly state that construction was not allowed, nor did they come out to stop it. "
At about 8: 00 am on May 27th, the director of Dongda Sub-district Office in Chang 'an District, who is in charge of the civil affairs work in the jurisdiction, told the reporter that the construction of Zhangcemetery was not greeted and the office did not know the situation. At about noon that day 10, the reporter went to the Civil Affairs Bureau in the newly-built Chang 'an District Government Building. The staff of the Special Care and Resettlement Section of the Civil Affairs Bureau said that Zhang was a general of the Kuomintang, not a martyr of the Party, and did not have the conditions to build a cemetery at all. The person in charge of the Comprehensive Section of the United Front Work Department Office of the district also said that he was unaware of the construction of Zhanglingfu Cemetery in Dongda Village and would investigate the illegal occupation of the cemetery.