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Opium War Museum and Humen Forts 鸦片战争博物馆Yāpiàn Zhànzhēng Bówùguǎn
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Dongguan, Guangdong
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Dongguan
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Opium War Museum and Humen Forts
The museum in Humen town stands where the imperial commissioner Lin Zexu publicly destroyed confiscated opium in 1839, the event that led to the First Opium War, and its grounds keep the two destruction pools, rebuilt in 1957. Its Sea Battle Museum branch, opened in 1999 near the Weiyuan forts on Nanshan hill, holds the main exhibition on the Opium Wars, and the museum also looks after the Shajiao forts to the south. The Humen forts were begun in 1717, wrecked in both Opium Wars and rebuilt each time.
How to get to Opium War Museum and Humen Forts
In Humen town, south-west Dongguan, about 40 minutes by road from the city centre; the Sea Battle Museum beside the Weiyuan forts, and the Shajiao forts, are 5–8 km away by taxi.
Nearby
- Canton Tower & Pearl River 广州塔 50 km
A slim-waisted tower glowing over the Pearl River in China's Cantonese food capital
Also within 20 km: Former Residence of Jiang Guangnai 蒋光鼐故居 (under 10 km), Nansha Tianhou Temple 南沙天后宫 (under 10 km), Waterlands Resort (Haishang Tianyuan) 海上田园 (20 km), East River Column Memorial Hall and Dalingshan Base Sites 东江纵队纪念馆 (20 km).
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