December 12, 2002, I went to Port Arthur.
Dalian is my Jiuyang city, Port Arthur is I'm going to place. Not because other: it's military history.
I have entered on behalf of China's modern political and military history has always been very interested. One section is the Qing Empire in the nineteenth century, the seventies to the nineties of the twentieth century can be with the same achievements of reform and opening up era comparable to the Westernization Movement. (Then same as that now is indeed very similar: just going through a long-term instability, reform, opening up a new technological revolution, and pragmatic leadership, etc.).
However, in 1894, Sino-Japanese War broke out in a ruined "Great Qing Empire, Restoration," a cause (the slogan are related to the present, "the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," Qi is similar). The war, as well as many times after the war, the total appears in the Port Arthur on the cusp. So I have to go to a trip.
Port Arthur Day Tour decided to participate in the time of 9:30. In the paid 120 yuan for 20 minutes, the hotel the reception desk to contact a travel agent driving a small plane sent me to a bigger Pakistan and China. Travel on the CMB has been 6,7 individuals, they just play on an aquarium. Since visited an eye-opener of the Beijing Aquarium, the I never interested in spending money to buy expensive tickets to teach you to death, another aquarium (including the Hong Kong Ocean Park, passing time), so I skipped this attraction is also do not feel regret.
Next stop is the Port Arthur snake museum, China and Pakistan should open 40 minutes, so an endorsement like tour guides along the way began to introduce humanistic style. "Port Arthur is a military port, nearly 20 million people, 5 million civilians, the rest are soldiers. Points of the old liberated District. Old liberated civilians, and more can enter. New Area are the military bases and factories, is strictly prohibited entry 。..."
During the sense that the guy sitting next to me, seems to be a foreigner. Yes, the Japanese. Guide from time to time to say that Port Arthur Naval Base is strictly prohibited entry of foreigners to report one can get 50000 for that Japanese guy say no Yaogen people outside the car to speak, or to be arrested and deported. Who knew she was not joking.
But then the driver said, Port Arthur's National Security Bureau, plainclothes people are often caught foreigners. They travel a good relationship with the National Security Bureau, Port Arthur, who can often be mentioned smoothly. Said, it is low season for tourism, Richard Pine, it should be okay. Has the nose has eyes, not help to believe him.
Port Arthur Museum, next to the museum in the snake. Watched a hibernation of the snake, thought: travel really black, put it so rich tourism resources in the history of the military do not allow us to visit, but let us look at a snake hibernation! Visit all must drive, either we request, you may not see the Sino-Soviet monument of. Behind the monument is the Japanese Kwantung Army headquarters. Port Arthur had been before the Japanese occupation of Manchuria as a major military base. Very Europeanized architecture. I thought, when Japan and China, at the same time learning from the West and Japan to learn more thoroughly. Before the Japanese say there is no "backbone" of the original Tang completely, then thoroughly Europeanized, and then subsequently landscaping. Today is the insight into. In particular, the complete extent of the Meiji Restoration.
The next stop is a mass grave.
Story takes place in 1895, Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War drawing to a close, the Japanese occupation of Port Arthur has spent great efforts. Port Arthur city may be due to the military accounted for the vast majority of reasons, the Japanese carried out the cruel of the Port Arthur massacre. More than 20,000 Chinese were killed. Li from 1875 onwards, painstakingly built over 20 years, the Far East's largest military port was the Japanese overrun. In the Western powers (particularly Czarist Russia) intervention, the Japanese shortly after the return of Port Arthur. The Qing government built it. Memorial, where he was massacred compatriots.
Looked inside the exhibition hall on the Sino-Japanese war photos, the first time there was awareness of the strength of Qing. It was a modern military, rifles, mountain artillery is the standard configuration. Even 200-mm cannon on the fort is the most advanced. This is more than 20 years the results of the Westernization Movement. But why I still lost to the Japanese?
I have spent far more time than others to see these old photographs and text descriptions, that the Japanese spend more time than I am.
After we pulled into Port Arthur CMB highest mountain (Bai Yushan) and one side of hill, there is a weapons museum device. Exhibition hall, there are many photos on the Russo-Japanese War. Photo of Japanese costume is completely westernized. Seem very "powerful." With the formation of the Qing Dynasty, a huge contrast to the traditional Guanpao. Hall Lane recorded Russo-Japanese War took place in 1905. Czarist Russia in 1895 by the Japanese military and diplomatic means plus out of Port Arthur, after he occupied this natural harbor. At that time the Japanese still have to lag behind much more than the tsarist Russia, (be able to beat in 1895, the Qing Empire of Japan is already a pleasant surprise in terms of a) has attacked once, failed. Japan After several years of painstaking preparation, in 1905, launched another attack against Czarist Russia occupied Port Arthur and spent 6 months time and pay a 5 million lives and captured Port Arthur.
Czarist Russia was the sea army position of strength. Despite what several major battles at sea, but the Japanese still eat can not afford to Tsarist Russia's navy, but to use mines siege tactics to block Port Arthur. Army's Japan in a disadvantageous position. Port Arthur a few hilltop fortifications are strong, Czarist Russia has strong firepower, the Japanese suffered quite a lot. Was able to win, is entirely a spiritual force. The incident on the impact of modern Japan are enormous. This is the first Japanese casualties in the land tough and lasting. Loyal to the Japanese Emperor to be the greatest manifestation of the spirit of Bushido. For the first time defeated the whites, greatly stimulated the Japanese self-confidence.
Also learned from the text description of this weapon is actually the original museum store Russo-Japanese War the Japanese soldiers who died in the shrine. (If, prior to the Japanese emperor visits annually over.) Outside the square, there is a protrusion xintaizi. Above put a lot of aircraft and artillery. However, below is xintaizi casket had been placed in caves.
And written a note: the Japanese militarist aggression against incriminating evidence.
That young man in Japan, where they stay a long time. According to a lot of phase.
Then we embarked on the next to Bai Yushan. Panoramic view of the entire Port Arthur Harbor. Li could not help but cheer for. Really natural harbor. Bai Yumi Yamashita gold Straits only wide, it is a few square kilometers inside a large bay. Especially the smaller part of the left is the original northern naval base. Now stop a number of small warships. (Heard that large ships either in Qingdao, either inside the stomach in the mountains, is visible.) The right side of the bay a great, well see submarine base, 4,5-ships lined up in neat vertical dock side, I heard that are conventional submarines, nuclear submarines in Qingdao, a full stomach inside the mountain. A critical point of the Strait of gold, there are two hills. The most famous is the left side of the golden mountain. The Japanese in order to capture the hill to die for a maximum. Heard of the Gulf (referring to the left of that a smaller part) and the nearby hills (including the Gold Hill) Xiuman the fortifications organs. Mainly during the Japanese occupation left behind, and now no clear.
White Jade Peak is a Japanese repair the memorial anniversary of Russo-Japanese war, rifle bullet shape, hollow, with spiral staircase up the ceiling, European architectural style. 3 women in Tarifa selling tickets, five of money on the top of the tower.
This time, we waited in the car that the Japanese about 10 minutes. Who did not know he went to where we are. We speculate on what his potential is to go top of the tower of the. Also said that we simply forget that he reported, 50000 money, divided equally among everyone. This proposal sparked everyone's imagination, drawing a big laugh.
4 pm, we have safely returned to Dalian. Nothing dramatic happens, neither one was the National Security Bureau found, and no one to report that a person is Japanese, and no bonus was 50,000 yuan.
But I can not calm a long time. What is that history can give us lessons? Of our reform and opening up of the outcome will be like? "Backbone"? Total Westernization? War? Pragmatic? I do not know.
Author: maltig
