Lin Zexu's destructed opium pond

Lin Zexu's destructed opium pond

Lin Zexu's destructed opium pool is located in the south of the town of Humen Town, Humen, Dongguan, where the Humen memorial hall is located. There are two pools, each more than 15 feet in length and breadth.

The destructed opium pool in Dongguan, Lin Zexu, is located in the pavilion of the Humen Lin Zexu memorial hall, south of Humen Town, Dongguan city. There are two pools, each more than 15 feet in length and breadth.

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. It takes 23 days to sell out. "When the smoke is sold, the audience is very numerous, and the people applaud it." the foreigner takes off his hat and hands to show his destructed opium. Destructed opium in 1972, the smoking pool became an important base for patriotic education.

In February 1982, the State Council announced it as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

Address: in the area of Opium War Museum, 113 Jiefang Road, Humen Town, Dongguan City

Longitude: 113.659576

Latitude: 22.825186

Tel: 0769-85512065

Ticket information: free.

Chinese PinYin : Lin Ze Xu Xiao Yan Chi Jiu Zhi