China Sino Japanese War Museum

The Museum of China's Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895 was built on the original site of the Beiyang naval commander's office, the only military yamen of the Qing Dynasty in China. It contains a large number of precious cultural relics and truly reproduces the original history of the Beiyang Navy and the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895. Among them, the giant naval gun salvaged from the seabed, weighing more than 20 tons, is the only one left in the world. The museum is now open to visitors such as the Dragon King Temple, Ding Ruchang's residence, Beiyang Navy Memorial Hall, Naval Academy, and QIDINGSHAN fort. You can pay homage to the patriotic soldiers in the hometown of Jiawu.

China Sino Japanese War Museum

Located on Ding highway, Huancui District, Weihai City, Shandong Province, China Sino Japanese War Museum was built on March 21, 1985. The title of the museum was inscribed by former President Jiang Zemin.

It covers an area of more than 10000 square meters and a construction area of 8800 square meters. As a memorial museum, it is the only well preserved high-level military Yamen in China with the theme of Beiyang Navy and Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895.

China Sino Japanese War Museum is the special protection and management organization of Liugong Island Sino Japanese war memorial site in Weihai. It is a famous patriotic education demonstration base in China. Since its opening, the museum has received more than 60 national leaders and more than 10 million visitors from more than 100 countries. In 1988, the State Council announced "Liugongdao memorial site of the Sino Japanese War of 1894" as a national key cultural relics protection unit. On May 16, 2008, it was listed in the first batch of national first-class museums of the State Administration of cultural relics

Development history

In 1984, in order to develop foreign economy and tourism, and promote the construction of four modernizations, the state decided to open 14 coastal cities to the outside world. Weihai port and Liugong Island were officially opened to the outside world on April 1, 1985. The State Council and the Central Military Commission have decided that the Beiyang Navy's superintendence office and its affiliated buildings shall be transferred by the garrison to the local administration in batches.

On March 21, 1985, the people's Government of Weihai City approved the establishment of the cultural relics management office of the Beiyang Navy Supervision Department of Weihai City, which is a cultural institution of the whole people with a staff of four and is under the leadership of the Cultural Bureau of Weihai City (now Huancui District).

On December 9, 1987, the cultural relics management office of Weihai Beiyang navy was designated as a municipal cultural unit under the leadership of Weihai education, culture and Sports Committee.

On March 1, 1992, it was assigned to Weihai Culture Committee. On April 25 of the same year, with the approval of the State Department in charge of cultural relics, the cultural relics management office of the Beiyang naval superintendence of Weihai City was renamed the Museum of the Sino Japanese War of 1894.

On June 30, 2003, Weihai municipal Party committee and government once again decided to put our library under the leadership of Liugongdao Management Committee and remain a municipal cultural institution.

In 2008, the State Administration of cultural relics announced that it was one of the first batch of first-class museums in China.

In September 2009, Weihai Organization Committee approved its name change to China Sino Japanese War Museum.

Venue composition

battery

A total of 9 coastal fort were built. Taking the entrance of Lushun as the boundary, there are five in the East and four in the west of the entrance. From east to west, they are laolizui rear fort, laolizui fort, mozhujiao fort, Huangjinshan sub fort, Huangjinshan fort, huhuwei fort, Weiyuan fort, manziying fort and mantoushan fort. Except for laolizui turret, which is of dome kiln type, the rest are open-air turrets, with a total of 58 guns, including 9 guns with a diameter of more than 200 mm.

Exhibition Center

The exhibition hall of China Sino Japanese War Museum is a comprehensive exhibition hall that comprehensively displays the history of Sino Japanese war. Under the direct care of Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, the museum was started in March 2005 and officially opened to the outside world in 2008. The Museum covers an area of more than 10000 square meters, with a construction area of 8800 square meters. The main building is designed by Professor Peng Yigang, a famous architectural designer and academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences. The building is bold in conception and unique in shape. It creatively integrates the main building symbolizing the Beiyang navy ship with the towering statue of the Beiyang navy general, which is known as the "century old Chinese architectural classic in the 20th century".

Taking the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895 as the basic display, the museum displays more than 650 precious historical pictures of the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895, reproduces a large number of weapons and equipment during the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895, restores and reproduces a number of scenes of super realistic figures, such as "the scene of Qu's family throwing into a well in Jinzhou", "the scene of Li Hongzhang's negotiation in Maguan" and so on, opening up the first 3D film and television Hall of "the Yellow Sea war" in China, In addition, there are a large number of giant oil paintings and sculptures reflecting the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895. The whole exhibition hall is divided into five parts: "preface hall", "China and Japan before the Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895", "Sino Japanese War of 1894-1895", "abyss and resistance" and "tail hall".

The exhibition of the museum is designed and produced by the well-known art Decoration Engineering Corporation of Lu Xun Academy of fine arts. It uses advanced display means and represents the highest level of today's exhibition. It integrates authenticity, observability, participation and interest. It has great visual impact, spiritual shock and appeal.

Liu Gong Temple

Liugong temple is located on the north side of Ding highway, about 300 meters east of Liugong Island tourist wharf. It is said that in the Han Dynasty, Liu Gong and Liu Mu saved the boat people at sea many times. In memory of Liu's old man, later generations built a temple on the sunny slope in the middle of the island, in which the statues of Liu Gong and Liu Mu were created. From then on, ships from south to North passed by, and the boat people went ashore to pray in the temple, praying for the old man to protect their sea safety.

In 1889, Li Hongzhang, Minister of Beiyang, and Zhang Wenxuan, commander of the Liugong Island garrison, donated money to rebuild the Liugong temple. In 1898, the British forced to rent Weihaiwei and Liugong Island, and the statues of Liugong and liumu were moved to Beigou village outside the island. The Liugong temple was rebuilt in 1994 with an investment of more than 4 million yuan by the Liugong Island Management Committee, covering an area of 6000 square meters.

temple of the Dragon King

There is a male gingko tree near the gate of Longwang temple. It is two Zhang high and thick. They are more than two people. There is a female ginkgo tree in the temple yard, which has a thick arm and bears many ginkgo every year. There are ten green stone tablets under the male ginkgo tree, among which there are the merit tablets for building temples and donating materials. There is also a small temple on the east wall of Longwang temple, which is five feet high. There is a small stone God inside. There is a couplet carved on the stone beside the door. The first couplet is destroyed, and the second couplet is "without this mountain light, there is me", which reads "the first year of Hongwu". It is speculated that the temple was built in the first year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty.

About 50 meters south of Longwang temple, there is a theater. The theater tower faces north, and below it is the stage. There are thick stone pillars on each side, supporting the tile roofs on all sides, which is very imposing. It is said that the theater building at the Longwang temple was built according to the same drawing as the theater building in Chuxian village of Jieshi town and the theater building in ximenli of Weihai. At that time, there was a carpenter named junior two in haocun village. During the construction of the Dragon King Temple theater, the second day of junior high school made a special trip to see the west gate theater in Weihai for five days, and recorded all the wood and stone structures of the theater. Later, the Dragon King Temple theater was built.

Naval Academy

Weihai Naval Academy is located at the west end of Liugong Island. It is the fourth naval officer training academy founded by the Qing government after Fuzhou Naval Academy, Tianjin Naval Academy and Guangdong Naval Academy. It is also the only one with complete scale and trace in the four modern naval academies in the late Qing Dynasty. After Beiyang Navy became an army, Li Hongzhang asked to set up a Naval Academy in Liugong Island, so that he could learn driving, torpedo, gun and other skills nearby. The school started construction in 1889, building nearly 70 houses, covering an area of nearly 20000 square meters. On June 3, 1890, the Weihai Naval Academy was completed and began to teach. Ding Ruchang, the commander-in-chief of the Academy, was also the general manager of the Academy. There were one member, one tune, one chief teacher, one foreign language teacher and two Chinese language teachers. There were four training boats, namely agile, Kangji, Weiyuan and Haijing. There are more than 30 courses in English, geometry, algebra, driving and naval gun operation, marine engineering, astronomy, geography, swimming, etc. All rules and regulations, management, rewards and punishments shall be handled in accordance with the regulations of Tianjin Naval Academy. Because the school is located in Weihai harbor, the naval base of Beiyang Navy, the naval facilities can be used for the trainees' practice, and some of the instructors are also held by the coaches of Beiyang Navy. The trainees can go on board to practice practical operation while studying in the school, which is an advantage that other naval schools do not have.

Ding Ruchang Memorial

Ding Ruchang memorial hall was built on the basis of Ding Ruchang's residence. The name of the museum was inscribed by general Zhang Aiping. Ding Ruchang's residence is the official residence of the Admiral Ding Ruchang. According to the regulations of the Beiyang Navy, except for the commander-in-chief, other officers live on the ship all the year round and do not build yamen or residence on the shore. Built in 1888, the apartment covers an area of 14000 square meters, including the front garden, the apartment and the back garden. In the garden in front of the museum stands a 385cm high bronze statue of Ding Ruchang. Facing the sea, Ding Ruchang holds a Book of war and is far sighted.

Beiyang naval commander's Office

Beiyang naval commander's office is one of the important historic sites in Weihai. In 1887, the imperial court established the Beiyang Navy and set up the governor office on the island. It is commonly known as the Beiyang Navy Tidu yamen, which is the commanding organ of the Beiyang Navy.

As the command center of China's first modern navy, the Beiyang Admiral's office is the only well preserved high-level military Yamen in the Qing Dynasty, covering an area of 17000 square meters. There are nearly a thousand precious historical relics in the museum, including the Jiyuan warship salvaged from the bottom of the sea

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