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Tangshan Earthquake Ruins Memorial Park 唐山地震遗址纪念公园Tángshān Dìzhèn Yízhǐ Jìniàn Gōngyuán
National heritage site · Tangshan, Hebei
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Tangshan
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Tangshan Earthquake Ruins Memorial Park
A memorial park built around the ruined steel-casting workshop of the former Tangshan Locomotive and Rolling Stock Works, left standing as evidence of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake of 28 July 1976 that flattened the city. A long black wall beside the ruins is engraved with the names of more than 240,000 people who died, and the China Tangshan Earthquake Museum next door covers the quake, the rescue and the rebuilding with objects from old Tangshan and a shaking simulation. The ruined workshop is one of three earthquake sites in the national-level listing; the others, a former college library and a former school, are elsewhere in the city.
How to get to Tangshan Earthquake Ruins Memorial Park
In Lunan District, about 4 km south of central Tangshan, on the north-east side of Nanhu Park. The earthquake museum is closed on Mondays.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Tangshan Nanhu and Kailuan Scenic Area 唐山南湖·开滦 (under 10 km), Tangshan Science and Technology Museum 唐山市科技馆 (under 10 km), Qixin Cement Industry Museum, Tangshan 唐山启新水泥工业博物馆 (under 10 km), Hetou Old Street 河头老街 (10 km).
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