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Memorial of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea 抗美援朝纪念馆Kàngměi Yuáncháo Jìniànguǎn
4A scenic area · Dandong, Liaoning
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Dandong
- Region
- Liaoning
- Type
- Culture
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Memorial of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
This national first-grade museum on Yinghua Mountain in Dandong is devoted to the Korean War, which China calls the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and to the campaign in China to support it. The complex has an exhibition building with halls on the war, the home-front campaign, Sino-Korean ties and those who died, a panorama hall with a large painting of the 1950 Chongchon River battle, a 53 m memorial tower and an outdoor park of displayed weapons, with views toward Sinuiju across the river. It reopened in 2020 after a refit that began in 2014 and holds more than 20,000 relics, according to the provincial tourism page.
How to get to Memorial of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea
On Yinghua Mountain in Zhenxing district, about 2 km west-south-west of Dandong railway station; closed on Mondays except public holidays.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Yalu River Broken Bridge 鸭绿江断桥 (under 10 km), Yalu River Scenic Area 鸭绿江风景名胜区 (under 10 km), Hushan Great Wall 虎山长城 (20 km).
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