Baiyu Mountain
Baiyu Mountain (
Dalian, Liaoning, China. It is located near the center of the urban area, with an altitude of 130 meters.[1]
Name
Baiyu Mountain was formerly known as Xiguan Mountain (西官山). During the
Emperor Guangxu
. When they learned that the opposite mountain was called Gold Mountain, they said that, where there is gold, there must be white jade, so it was renamed Baiyu Mountain. There is another saying that the mountain got its name from the white terrain like jade in the early years. In 1995, Baiyu Mountain was named as Dalian City's Patriotic Education Base.
Baiyu Mountain Tower
The Baiyu Mountain Tower is located on the top of Baiyu Mountain. It was built in 1909 by the Japanese after the Russo-Japanese War to commemorate the Japanese officers and soldiers who had died in Lüshun. It was a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier monument called "Biaozhong Tower" (表忠塔) at that time. More than 3,000 Chinese laborers were forcibly recruited to build this tower, which took two and a half years to complete.
Gallery
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Baiyu Mountain from Lüshun's New Town -
Road up to Baiyu Mountain -
The nameplate of Baiyu Mountain Tower -
Baiyu Mountain Tower -
The view from Baiyu Mountain Tower: the Naval Port on left & Tiger's Tail Peninsula on right -
Looking over another peak of Baiyu Mountain -
The entrance to the education facility now (Japan's former armory or arsenal) -
The schematic map of defending & attackingPort Arthur -
Learning about the First Sino-Japanese War -
Learning about the Russo-Japanese War -
Learning about Japan's colonial rule -
Learning about the China-Soviet Russiafriendship
See also
- List of Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Liaoning
- 203 Hill and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier spiremonument on its summit
References
- ^ "Baiyushan Tower, Dalian". cityseeker. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baiyu Mountain.
38°48′36″N 121°15′11″E / 38.81013°N 121.25296°E
- Baiyu Hill (Travelco, 2019) (in Japanese)