Ye Ting

　　Ye Ting, originally named Xun and had the courtesy name Xiyi, was honored as the “Iron General” in the Northern Expeditions by the Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army. He participated in directing the Nanchang Uprising, Canton Uprising and was commander of the New Fourth Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. In the Wannan Incident, he was captured by the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) and imprisoned. After the victory over Japanese invasion, he was saved and discharged from prison. During an air trip from Chongqing to Yan’an, Ye Ting, his wife Li Xiuwen and their children died in a plane crash. Upon completion of the renovation of Ye’s former residence, a “Collective Sculpture of Ye’s Family” is erected at its courtyard to recollect the days of his family in Macao.