Remains of 12 CPV martyrs buried in Shenyang

The remains of 12 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs who lost their lives during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were buries in a cemetery on Thursday in Shenyang, the provincial capital of Liaoning in northeast China.

The burial ceremony began at 10:00 at the CPV martyrs' cemetery as the honor guards carrying the caskets of the fallen CPV soldiers entered the cemetery. All attendees paid their respects with three bows, followed by a gun-salute tribute, the highest military honor, to express profound reverence for the martyrs. Then the honor guards carried the caskets in a half-circle around the square before slowly moving toward the burial crypt.

The remains of the fallen soldiers and 146 pieces of their personal effects were brought back to China from the Republic of Korea (ROK) aboard a Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force Y-20B transport aircraft on Wednesday. Since 2014 when China and the ROK signed a handover agreement, the two countries have completed 13 consecutive handovers involving the remains of 1,023 CPV martyrs in the ROK.

About 76 yeas ago, the CPV crossed the Yalu River and fought the U.S. aggressions in Korea in defense of their motherland. They struggled alongside the army and civilians of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for two years and nine months and eventually won the great victory in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. More than 197,000 CPV soldiers lost their lives in the war.

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