Museum of the Seven Victories in the Central Jiangsu Campaign

　　Located in the city center of Hai’an County, Jiangsu Province, at No. 91 Ninghai South Road, Hai’an Town, it was built in 1986. Originally known as the “Management Office of the Memorial Monument of the Seven Victories in the Central Jiangsu Campaign,” it was renamed the “Museum of the Seven Victories in the Central Jiangsu Campaign” in 1998. It is a Jiangsu Provincial Patriotic Education Base and a Jiangsu Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

　　The museum covers an area of 21,000 square meters and includes a memorial monument, exhibition hall, national defense park, and plaza. It features the world-famous “No. 1 Bayonet Under Heaven” and the “No. 1 Victory in China” stele corridor, among others.

　　The monument was designed by Qi Kang, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, one of China’s Top Ten Architects, and professor at Southeast University. The base of the monument consists of a sand-blasted ground, geometric pits, lawns, carved stone retaining walls, toasting cups, gradually ascending steps, and a scroll-style stele wall — all rich in meaning, depth, and thought-provoking symbolism. Ji Pengfei, former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, inscribed the words for the “Monument of the Seven Victories in the Central Jiangsu Campaign.”

　　The front of the exhibition hall features seven guns pointing skyward in a victorious salute. Inside, the hall displays a large number of historical photos, hundreds of cultural relics and historical materials, as well as over 500 works by central leaders and calligraphers and painters from across the country, recreating the battle process and victorious scenes of the Central Jiangsu Campaign.

　　The national defense park exhibits various weapons used by the Chinese military in different periods, including cannons, tanks, and missiles. It serves as an intuitive and effective educational resource for national defense education and revolutionary tradition education.

　　The Seven Victories in the Central Jiangsu Campaign: Also known as the Central Jiangsu Campaign, it marks the starting point of victory in the nationwide War of Liberation. From July 13 to August 27, 1946, under the command of Su Yu and Tan Zhenlin, the Central China Field Army, with a force of 30,000 troops, confronted 120,000 U.S.-equipped enemy troops. They fought seven consecutive battles, winning each one, and achieved victory by annihilating more than 53,000 enemies. A spokesperson for the Yan’an Headquarters highly praised the Central Jiangsu Campaign, calling it the “Seven Victories in Seven Battles.”

　　Admission: 35 RMB.

　　Opening Hours: 8:30–17:30.

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