Destructed opium

Lin Zexu's destructed opium pond

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Destructed opium destructed opium Lin Zexu.

Lin Zexu destructed opium pool is located in the south of Dongguan Humen town Kou village Humen Memorial Hall in Humen. There are two pools, each more than 15 feet in length and breadth.

Introduction to scenic spots

In from June 3 to 25, 1839, imperial envoy Lin Zexu presided over the sale of cigarettes, and destructed opium from Britain, the United States and other countries, and allowed foreigners to visit. In advance, Lin Zexu consulted extensively and adopted the method of lime leaching of opium with brine to make opium spontaneously ignite without cooking. The pool is boiling like soup. And then make the people turn over to make the particles melt. When the tide is low, open the culvert to send out the sea, and then wash the bottom of the pool with clean water, so as not to let the trickle remain. Destructed opium in 23 days, "when the crowd destructed opium, the people applauded quickly, and the foreigners took off their hat and hands to show their fear of sincerity". The smoke collection pond was restored to the old in 1972, and became an important base for patriotic education.

Address: No.88 Jiefang Road, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province

Longitude: 113.66069115153

Latitude: 22.82412283754

Chinese PinYin : Xiao Yan Chi