Roaming the World (1568): Lüshun Naval Battle Park

In early November 2021, during a trip to Lüshun, I visited the Lüshun Naval Battle Park. The picture shows the entrance of Lüshun Naval Battle Park.

Lüshun Naval Battle Park is located at 369 Sigou Road, Lüshun, within the Qingfeng Town (Chuang Guandong) Film Base. The picture shows the Qingfeng Town (Chuang Guandong) Film Base taken from the Zhiyuan ship in Lüshun Naval Battle Park.

The park covers an area of about 2,800 square meters, took one year to build, and cost about 20 million yuan. It aims to display the cruelty of war and the development of the Chinese navy, expressing a wish for world peace. The picture shows an introduction to Lüshun Naval Battle Park.

The park's square displays more than 20 exhibits related to the Lüshun naval battles, including propellers, boilers, naval guns, anchors, and shipwreck remnants. Photo taken at Lüshun Naval Battle Park square.

These ship parts, once lying on the seabed of Lüshunkou waters, tell tragic war stories. Photo taken at Lüshun Naval Battle Park square.

This is an 1892-type naval gun.

This is an introduction to the 1892-type naval gun.

This is a crankshaft from a warship.

This is an introduction to the crankshaft.

This is a Bell anchor.

This is an introduction to the Bell anchor.

This is a marine high-cylindrical boiler.

This is an introduction to the marine high-cylindrical boiler.

This is an introduction to the stocked anchor.

This is an introduction to the propeller.

Lüshun Naval Battle Park also houses the Lüshun Naval Battle Museum.

The Lüshun Naval Battle Museum is a 1:1.33 scale replica of the Beiyang Navy's Zhiyuan ship, constructed using about 500 tons of steel. The picture shows the entrance of the Lüshun Naval Battle Museum.

The Lüshun Naval Battle Museum displays nearly 500 exhibits related to naval battles, covering historical events such as the Westernization Movement, the First Sino-Japanese War, the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China, the Russo-Japanese War, the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the development of the Chinese navy after 1949. The picture shows the preface of the naval battle exhibition hall.

The Lüshun Naval Battle Museum displays nearly 500 exhibits related to naval battles, covering historical events such as the Westernization Movement, the First Sino-Japanese War, the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China, the Russo-Japanese War, the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the development of the Chinese navy after 1949.

The Lüshun Naval Battle Museum displays nearly 500 exhibits related to naval battles, covering historical events such as the Westernization Movement, the First Sino-Japanese War, the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China, the Russo-Japanese War, the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the development of the Chinese navy after 1949.

This is Li Hongzhang, the advocate and founder of China's Westernization Movement and the Beiyang Fleet.

This is a souvenir of the Russo-Japanese War.

The museum also has a screening room that plays films related to the Lüshun naval battles on a loop.

One of the Beiyang martyrs—Deng Shichang.

One of the Beiyang martyrs—Ding Ruchang.

These are relics of the Japanese invaders.

These are relics of the Japanese invaders.

These are relics of the Soviet Red Army.

These are relics of the Soviet Red Army.

These are relics of the Soviet Red Army.

These are pictures related to the return of Lüshunkou to China.

These are early PRC coins and magazines.

These are relics from a Chinese naval academy.

These are relics from a Chinese naval academy.

Bronze sculpture of the Chinese Navy.

The museum also displays over 20 models of various Chinese naval vessels, accompanied by text and illustrations.

This is one of the four initial missile destroyers of the Chinese Navy—Ship 101.

The museum also displays over 20 models of various Chinese naval vessels, accompanied by text and illustrations. This is the Chinese Navy's Changzheng 6 nuclear submarine.

The museum also displays over 20 models of various Chinese naval vessels, accompanied by text and illustrations. This is the Chinese Navy's 213 conventional submarine.

The museum also displays over 20 models of various Chinese naval vessels, accompanied by text and illustrations. This is the Chinese Navy's Type 094 nuclear submarine.

This is a souvenir photo of my wife taken on the replica of the Beiyang Navy's Zhiyuan ship.

A bird's-eye view of Lüshun Naval Battle Park from the replica of the Beiyang Navy's Zhiyuan ship.