Memorial Park of the Yuwangshan Anti-Japanese Battle Site

Memorial Park of the Yuwangshan Anti-Japanese Battle Site

The Memorial Park of the Yuwangshan Anti-Japanese Battle Site is a national AAA-level tourist attraction and a cultural tourism site.

The Memorial Park of the Yuwangshan Anti-Japanese Battle Site is located in Liwei Village, Daizhuang Town, Pizhou City. Ascending the mountain from the entrance on the side of Yuwangshan facing National Highway 310, visitors can see from afar the 8-meter-high memorial tower. The construction plan for the Yuwangshan Anti-Japanese Battle Memorial Museum was designed by Tsinghua University, with multiple main structures situated along the mountaintop. These structures follow a commemorative axis formed along the mountain ridge, arranged rhythmically from west to east: the memorial square, the Mirror Pool, the memorial museum, the trench ruins, and the Yuwang Temple, among other key buildings and sites. The axis ultimately points precisely toward Chenwafang Village, the site of the first clash in the Yuwangshan Battle.

The memorial museum extends 8 meters both underground and above ground, divided into the basement levels one and two, and the ground floor. The protruding part above ground resembles a bunker in shape, surrounded by a three-tiered cascading architectural structure, symbolizing the 182nd, 183rd, and 184th Divisions of the 60th Army that participated in the Yuwangshan Anti-Japanese Battle.

West of the memorial museum lies the preserved trench ruins used by soldiers during the war. The restoration of this site has been kept as true to the original as possible. The total length of the outer wall is designed to be 140 meters, symbolizing the soldiers who were killed or wounded in the battle—each meter representing 100 soldiers. Historical records indicate that a total of 14,000 soldiers were killed or injured in the Yuwangshan Anti-Japanese Battle. Additionally, the names or numerical codes of these 100 soldiers will be engraved on each meter of the wall.

Looking at the entire commemorative axis, the stone staircases laid out also reflect the rhythm of the battle's timeline in their step pattern, while varying widths of the steps signify important dates during the campaign.

The Memorial Park of the Yuwangshan Anti-Japanese Battle Site is located in Liwei Village, Daizhuang Town, Pizhou City.

Liwei Village: Located 4 kilometers southwest of Daizhuang Town. … Liwei Village detailed information++