Liu Hulan museum's visitor count crosses 20 million since its opening

Since its opening in 1957, the Liu Hulan Memorial Hall in Wenshui county, Shanxi province, has received more than 20 million visitors from home and abroad, according to Duan Xiaodong, the museum's director. This is not surprising because Liu Hulan, who sacrificed herself before the age of 15 during the War of Liberation (1946-49), is one of the country's well-known revolutionary heroines, her nephew, Liu Junxiang, told China Daily.

Liu was born into a small farming family on Oct 8, 1932, in Yunzhouxi village in Wenshui. That village, which had a population of over 1000, was renamed Liu Hulan village in 1971, serving as a living classroom for patriotic education for youth nationwide.

As the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) erupted, she was influenced by the Communist Party of China's teachings and actively joined its revolutionary activities, showing remarkable courage and dedication.