Yu Hua Tai means a platform with yuhua (yu means rain, hua means flower, tai means platform) pebbles. It is a mound 60 meters high and 2 kilometers wide, lying 1 kilometer away from the Zhonghua (center) Gate. It is located in an artificial forest covering an area of 86.87 hectare. Legend says that there was once an accomplished monk in the Liang Dynasty who expounded the texts of Buddhism here. He explained the scripture so well that the heavenly god was moved and flowers began to rain down. 


The flowers rained here later on became this kind of Yuhua pebbles only found on this mound and thus the mound was called Yuhuatai. On 12th, April 1927, Jiang Jie Shi, the main leader of Koumingtang staged to oppose the Communist and butcher revolutionists and revolutionary workers. At that time, Yu Hua Tai became an execution ground and many thousands of revolutionists were slaughtered here. In 1950, after establishing of the People's Republic of China, the place was turned to a park in memory of the martyrs. At present, museums and memorial halls have been built here for to commemorate these people. There is also an exhibition hall for displaying all many kinds of collected beautiful yuhua pebbles.
Yu Hua Tai, the most noticeable is the group of martyr's statue in huge size. Behind of it, it is one of the execution grounds. There is a Monument to the revolutionary martyrs with a Mao Ze Dong's inscription in calligraphy: 'Long Live the Martyrs!' standing on the highest peak of the mountain. In 1979, Deng Xiao Ping also autographed words for the renovated Monument: 'Yu Hua Tai Monument to the Martyrs.'