Pic story: grave keeper for Red Army martyr

Villager Xie Nanjing leads his two granddaughters to remove wild grass from the grave of martyr Deng Yigang in Shihan Village, Kuantian Town, Yudu County, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 13, 2019. Xie Nanjing, 65, is a second-generation grave keeper for Deng Yigang, a Red Army martyr, in Shihan Village. In 1932, Xie Nanjing's father Xie Benrong and other villagers buried the body of Deng Yigang who died at the age of 28 years old near Ruijin in Jiangxi and since then voluntarily kept the grave for the martyr. Xie Nanjing started watching over the grave at the will of his father who died in 2001. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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