Sino-Soviet Friendship Tower

Sino-Soviet Friendship Tower

The Sino-Soviet Friendship Tower is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Sino-Soviet Friendship Tower is a testament to the friendship between China and the Soviet Union in the 1950s. In 1955, the then Premier personally laid the foundation stone and inscribed the words “Foundation of Sino-Soviet Friendship.” The tower was completed in February 1957. Standing 22.2 meters tall, the lower square base of the tower features reliefs on all four sides; the front side depicts Beijing’s Tiananmen and Moscow’s Kremlin; the west side shows combine harvesters from the Sino-Soviet Friendship Farm in the fields; the east side shows the blast furnaces of Anshan Iron and Steel; the north side shows the scenery of Lushun Port and the Victory Tower by the harbor. At the base of the twelve-sided tower, there are 20 group sculptures of Chinese and Soviet people, each 1.2 meters high and with distinct expressions. The top of the tower is adorned with lotus petals carved from snowflake jade, with a shining red Sino-Soviet Friendship Emblem on each petal. The tower has been listed as a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Transportation: Accessible via Lushun Bus Routes 2, 3, and 5.

Liaoning, Lushunkou

Further Reading:

· First Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units