Pianma Port

　　Pianma Port
　　Pianma is the only provincial-level open port in Nujiang Prefecture, situated in the western foothills of the Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve.
　　Pianma is located in the western part of Lushui County, bordering Myanmar to the south, north, and west, and is just 200 kilometers from the capital of Myanmar’s Kachin State, Myitkyina. The Pianma Border Tourism Area boasts enchanting dense virgin forests, picturesque pastoral landscapes, and distinct vertical vegetation zones due to its unique climate. In the early 20th century, the “Pianma Incident” took place here, where people of various ethnicities heroically resisted British imperialism. Lushui County

　　The Pianma Border Tourism Area offers diverse sightseeing opportunities and unique scenery, including: the Pianma Anti-British Memorial Monument (Museum), Fengxue Pass, the mysterious Listening Lake, wreckage from the Hump Route airplanes, and borderland pastoral views. On the way from Lushui County town to Pianma, you’ll pass by Yaojiaping Mountain Villa within the Gaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve. Surrounded by lush forests and blessed with a pleasant climate, it is a summer retreat in the Nujiang Gorge. Half a century ago, from May 1942 to August 1945, in southwestern China, the peoples of China and the United States fought shoulder to shoulder against Japanese fascism, staging a unique battle and opening an international strategic air supply route known as the “Hump Route.” Over 2,000 aircraft were deployed, carving out one of the most tragic “death corridors” in aviation history between Yunnan and Dinjan, India, transporting more than 800,000 tons of military supplies for China’s anti-Japanese war efforts. During this time, a total of 609 planes crashed and nearly 2,000 pilots lost their lives. To this day, many aircraft wrecks remain scattered across the Gaoligong Mountain area.
　　Pianma Port
　　On the thirty memorial plaques for Chinese martyrs of the Anti-Japanese War aviation, a total of 3,300 names are engraved, including 2,200 Americans. These young American pilots gave their lives for the skies of China. Every Chinese person holds them in high reverence. They left behind nothing except for the names inscribed on these monuments. To visit the wreckage of Hump Route Plane No. 53, you can take a bus from Liuku to Pianma and return, covering a total distance of 180 kilometers.