"September 18th Incident" Bomb Monument

"September 18th Incident" Bomb Monument

The "September 18th Incident" Bomb Monument is a cultural tourism attraction.

"September 18th Incident" Bomb Monument

The "September 18th Incident" Bomb Monument is located on the north side of Wanghua Overpass in Liutiaohu, Lingdong Township, Yuhong District. To the west of the monument in Yuhong District

lies the Changchun-Dalian Railway, to the east is a highway, and to the north was the former Beidaying military barracks. On the east side of the railway, the former Japanese Kwantung Army once erected a wooden signboard with vertical characters reading "September 18th, Showa 6th Year, Site Where Chinese Soldiers Blew Up the Railway Line." In 1938, Japan rebuilt this bomb-shaped cement memorial. The upper part, resembling a bomb’s tail fin, serves as the monument body standing 5 meters tall, while the lower base is a trapezoidal platform inscribed horizontally with the words "Blast Site." Additionally, within Beidaying, a military achievements memorial hall and a military achievements monument were established. From the site of the railway explosion at Liutiaohu by the Japanese Kwantung Army to the attack on the Chinese military garrison—Beidaying—this marks the scene of the shocking "September 18th Incident," which triggered Japan’s imperialist invasion of China.

The September 18th Incident was a major premeditated act of aggression by Japanese imperialism against China, marking the beginning of large-scale armed invasion. At 10:20 PM on the night of September 18th, 1931, the Japanese Kwantung Army, which had occupied the South Manchuria Railway, deliberately blew up a section of track near Liutiaohu and falsely accused Chinese troops of the sabotage. Using this as a pretext, they launched a sudden attack on the Beidaying garrison and Shenyang city. Under Chiang Kai-shek's order of "non-resistance," Chinese forces withdrew to inland areas. By March 1932, the provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, and Rehe had all fallen, becoming bloody Japanese imperial colonies. This occupation lasted 14 years until Japan’s defeat and surrender in August 1945. At the time, to flaunt their so-called "glorious military achievements," Japanese imperialism erected this bomb-shaped cement monument. Today, it stands as historical evidence of Japan’s war of aggression against China.

After liberation, the people of Shenyang toppled the monument, which remains on display at its original site. In February 1985, the monument was designated as a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit.