Lying below Xiaotuanpo Village by Dieshui River, 1km southwest of Tengchong County, the cemetery serves to memorize the soldiers killed in the battle launched by the 20rd army group of the Chinese expeditionary force to recover the lost county. Its name was referred by Mr. Li Genyuan, a veteran of 1911 Revolution and a patriotic personage, from a poet entitled “Guo Shang” (Hymn to the Fallen) in the Songs of Chu, an anthology of ancient Chinese poetry by Qu Yuan and others.  

      On August 2, 1944, the Chinese expeditionary force launched a general offensive against Tengchong, while the Japanese troops resisted desperately behind the lanes, houses, connected trenches, over 30 blockhouses scattered along the streets and other fortifications built in the two years when they stationed in the town. The Japanese were wiped out com  pletely after over one month. Tengchong was completely recovered on the morning of September 14, 1944, when the last few enemies in the town were eliminated. Being extremely destructive and fierce, it is called “battle on burned ground” by the historians.