Relics of the Battle of Tianzhuangtai during the First Sino-Japanese War

Relics of the Battle of Tianzhuangtai during the First Sino-Japanese War

The Relics of the Battle of Tianzhuangtai during the First Sino-Japanese War are a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Relics of the Battle of Tianzhuangtai during the First Sino-Japanese War cover a total area of 96,000 square meters, including a battlefield site spanning 76,000 square meters, a cemetery for soldiers who died in the war covering 10,000 square meters, and an ancient battery site also covering 10,000 square meters. These relics have long been under the protection of Liaoning Province as a cultural heritage site and as a provincial defense education base. They also serve as a vivid educational resource for fostering ideological, moral, and patriotic values among young people. Let us turn back to that painful and difficult page in history: the Battle of Tianzhuangtai, the final land battle of the First Sino-Japanese War.

In May 2013, the relics of the Battle of Tianzhuangtai during the First Sino-Japanese War were listed as part of the seventh group of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units.

(1) Battlefield Site

Protected Area: With the stone coordinate marker as the reference point, the area extends east to the Liao River, 30 meters south, to the centerline of Ersha Highway to the west, and within 920 meters north.

Construction Control Zone: A secondary construction control zone exists within 50 meters west of Ersha Highway.

(2) Battery Site

Protected Area: With the stone coordinate marker as the reference point, the area extends 186 meters east, to the centerline of the flood prevention dike to the south, 100 meters west, and 100 meters north.

Construction Control Zone: A secondary construction control zone exists within 50 meters of the protected area.

(3) Qing Army Tomb Site

Protected Area: With the center of the Qing Army Tomb as the reference point, the area extends within a radius of 100 meters.

Construction Control Zone: A secondary construction control zone exists within 50 meters of the protected area.

Further Reading:

· Sixth Group of Cultural Heritage Protection Units in Liaoning Province

· Seventh Group of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units