China - Dalian / Port Arthur
April 2016: Europe in China and new islands
Part 1: This time from Dalian, the place where the Chinese dream comes true? At least some typical main clichés can be discovered. ^^
Part 2: Port Arthur, an hour from Dalian. Awesome view/weather and again, another place to find Chinese clichés. Enjoy ;).
Port Arthur's Lushun Russo-Japanese Prison (China)
Lushun Russo-Japanese Prison / 旅顺日俄监狱旧址博物馆 is a cluster of restored red-brick buildings that functioned as a prison from 1902 to 1945. It may have changed hands from the Russians to the Japanese, but its purpose remained unchanged: more than 450,000 prisoners came through its cells. Sombre displays, including an unearthed wooden-barrel coffin containing an executed inmate, paint a picture of a working early 20th-century jail.
English captions illuminate the plight of prisoners, torture methods, work camps and more.
139 Xiangyang St, Lvshunkou Qu, Dalian Shi, Liaoning Sheng, China
辽宁省大连市旅顺口区向阳街139号
A DAY IN LUSHUN - DALIAN (大连）
Some Siege of Port Arthur Sites Today (China)
Lüshunkou District / 旅顺口区 / 旅順口區 is a district of Dalian (also called Lüshun City / 旅顺市 / 旅順市 or literally Lüshun Port / 旅顺港 / 旅順港) that was formerly known as Port Arthur / 亚瑟港 / 亞瑟港 / Порт-Артур and Ryojun / 旅順 and is located at the extreme southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.
The Siege of Port Arthur / 旅順攻囲戦 / Оборона Порт-Артура (August 1, 1904 – January 2, 1905) was the longest and most violent land battle of the Russo-Japanese War. Port Arthur had been widely regarded as one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world. However, during the First Sino-Japanese War, General Nogi Maresuke had taken the city from the forces of Qing China in only a few days. The ease of his victory during the previous conflict, and overconfidence by the Japanese General Staff in its ability to overcome improved Russian fortifications, led to a much longer campaign and far greater losses than expected.
Some defensive guns from the battle still remain overlooking the city; but are difficult to find on your own.
Baiyu Mountain Scenic Area / 白玉山景区 (158 Baiyushan Street / 白玉山街158号) is a small mountain (130 metres above sea level), offering good views of the Lüshun Military Port. A memorial tower stands at the peak of the mountain. The memorial tower was built by the Japanese to commemorate their victory in the Russo-Japanese War. It now stands as a reminder of the Japanese invasion. Entry is free.
Lüshun Railway Station / 旅顺火车站 was built by the Russians between 1900 and 1903 as part of what was then known as the Chinese Eastern Railway. The station is noteworthy for its Russian architectural style. Passenger rail services ceased in 2014, but the station remains open to visitors.
Note that the Lüshun Metro Station / 旅顺地铁站 is the metro station closest to the historic city of Lüshun. Nonetheless, it's still relatively remote, so it's probably best to transfer to a bus or taxi upon your arrival.
Chinese Navy (Submarines/Ships) at Lüshun (Port Arthur, China)
Formerly known as Port Arthur, Lvshunkou / 旅顺口区 or Lüshun City /旅顺市 / 旅順市 is a small city an hour to the South of Dalian used to be difficult for foreign tourists to access, but has since opened up a lot. Military areas are still off-limits of course.
Baiyu Mountain is 130 meters above sea level. At its top, people can enjoy panoramic views of all of Lushun and check out the Chinese navy below!
Kawashima yoshiko house in Lushun
Kawashima yoshiko house in Lushun July 2011.
Some Siege of Port Arthur Sites Today / 旅順攻囲戦
Lüshunkou District / 旅顺口区 / 旅順口區 is a district of Dalian (also called Lüshun City / 旅顺市 / 旅順市 or literally Lüshun Port / 旅顺港 / 旅順港) that was formerly known as Port Arthur / 亚瑟港 / 亞瑟港 / Порт-Артур and Ryojun / 旅順 and is located at the extreme southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.
The Siege of Port Arthur / 旅順攻囲戦 / Оборона Порт-Артура (August 1, 1904 – January 2, 1905) was the longest and most violent land battle of the Russo-Japanese War. Port Arthur had been widely regarded as one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world. However, during the First Sino-Japanese War, General Nogi Maresuke had taken the city from the forces of Qing China in only a few days. The ease of his victory during the previous conflict, and overconfidence by the Japanese General Staff in its ability to overcome improved Russian fortifications, led to a much longer campaign and far greater losses than expected.
Some defensive guns from the battle still remain overlooking the city; but are difficult to find on your own.
Baiyu Mountain Scenic Area / 白玉山景区 (158 Baiyushan Street / 白玉山街158号) is a small mountain (130 metres above sea level), offering good views of the Lüshun Military Port. A memorial tower stands at the peak of the mountain. The memorial tower was built by the Japanese to commemorate their victory in the Russo-Japanese War. It now stands as a reminder of the Japanese invasion. Entry is free.
Lüshun Railway Station / 旅顺火车站 was built by the Russians between 1900 and 1903 as part of what was then known as the Chinese Eastern Railway. The station is noteworthy for its Russian architectural style. Passenger rail services ceased in 2014, but the station remains open to visitors.
Note that the Lüshun Metro Station / 旅顺地铁站 is the metro station closest to the historic city of Lüshun. Nonetheless, it's still relatively remote, so it's probably best to transfer to a bus or taxi upon your arrival.
New year Xinghai Square,Dalian
Beautiful place in China ( Nanshan Hill in Zhenjinag )
On 24 May 1904, during a heavy thunderstorm, the Japanese Fourth Division under the command of Lieutenant General Ogawa Mataji attacked the walled town of Chinchou (modern-day Jinzhou District 金州), just north of Nanzan hill. Despite being defended by no more than 400 men with antiquated artillery, the Fourth Division failed on two attempts to breach its gates. Two battalions from the First Division attacked independently at 05:30 on 25 May 1904, finally breaching the defenses and taking the town.[2]
With his flank thus secure, General Oku could then commence the main assault on the entrenched Russian forces on Nanshan Hill. The assault was postponed a day due to the weather. On 26 May 1904, Oku began with prolonged artillery barrage from Japanese gunboats offshore, followed by infantry assaults by all three of his divisions. The Russians, with mines, Maxim machine guns and barbed wire obstacles, inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese during repeated assaults. By 18:00, after nine attempts, the Japanese had failed to overrun the firmly entrenched Russian positions. Oku had committed all of his reserves, and both sides had used up most of their artillery ammunition.[2]
Finding his calls for reinforcement unanswered, Colonel Tretyakov was amazed to find that the uncommitted reserve regiments were in full retreat and that his remaining ammunition reserves had been blown up under orders of General Fok. Fok, paranoid of a possible Japanese landing between his position and the safety of Port Arthur, was panicked by a flanking attack by the decimated Japanese Fourth Division along the west coast. In his rush to flee the battle, Fok had neglected to tell Tretyakov of the order to retreat, and Tretyakov thus found himself in the precarious position of being encircled, with no ammunition and no reserve force available for a counter-attack. Tretyakov had no choice but to order his troops to fall back to the second defensive line. By 19:20, the Japanese flag flew from the summit of Nanshan Hill. Tretyakov, who had fought well and who had lost only 400 men during the battle, lost 650 more men in his unsupported retreat back to the main defensive lines around Port Arthur.
The Russians lost a total of about 1,400 killed, wounded and missing during the battle. Although the Japanese did not win lightly, having at least 6,198 casualties, they could claim victory. Among the 739 dead was the eldest son of General Nogi Maresuke. The Japanese had fired 34,000 artillery shells during the battle – more than had been expended during the entire First Sino-Japanese War.[2] The Japanese had also fired 2.19 million rifle and machine gun rounds in one day of fighting- more than the number (c. 2 million) fired by the Prussians during the entire Austro-Prussian War.[3]
Due to lack of ammunition, the Japanese could not move from Nanshan until 30 May 1904. To their amazement, they found that the Russians had made no effort to hold the strategically valuable and easily defendable port of Dalny, but had retreated all the way back to Port Arthur. Although the town had been looted by the local civilians, the harbor equipment, warehouses and railway yards were all left intact.
After Japan occupied Dalny, a memorial tower was erected on top of Nanshan Hill with a poem by General Oku. The tower was demolished after the Pacific War, and only the foundation is left. A portion of a stone tablet with the poem is now displayed in the Lushun Prison, Dalian
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Lüshunkou District
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Lüshunkou District, Lyushunkou District, or Lvshunkou District is one of the seven districts of Dalian, Liaoning province, China.Also called Lüshun City or Lüshun Port , it was formerly known as both Port Arthur and Ryojun .Its area is 512.15 square kilometres and its permanent population as of 2010 is 324,773.Lüshunkou is located at the extreme southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula.
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Port Arthur Massacre (China)
The Port Arthur massacre occurred during the First Sino-Japanese War from 21 November 1894 for two or three days, when advanced elements of the First Division of the Japanese Second Army under command of General Yamaji Motoharu (1841-1897) killed somewhere between 1,000 and 20,000 Chinese servicemen and civilians in the Chinese coastal city of Port Arthur (now Lushunkou)
Альбом панорам и видов Порт-Артура / Album of panoramas and views of Port Arthur 1898-1899
Дореволюционная Россия в фотографиях
Альбом панорам и видов
Порт-Артура
1898-1899
Pre-revolutionary Russia in Photographs
Album of panoramas and views of
Port arthur
1898-1899
Music:
Scherzo . Allegro non Troppo from the Piano Quintet in C minor
by A. Borodin
Port Arthur was the former ice-free port and naval base in China on the Yellow Sea, located on the southeastern tip of Liaodong Peninsula - Kvantunsky Peninsula ( Kvantunsky Region )...
Surrounded by ocean on three sides, this strategic seaport was originally known to the Chinese as Lüshun. It took its English name, Port Arthur, from a British Royal Navy Lieutenant named William C. Arthur who surveyed the harbor in the gunboat HMS Algerine in August 1860, during the Second Opium War. At that time Lüshun was an unfortified fishing village.
Port Arthur first came into international prominence during the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895).Japan went on to occupy Port Arthur and to seize control of the whole Liaodong Peninsula as spoils of war. As part of the terms of the 1895 Treaty of Shimonoseki concluding the war, Japan was granted the Liaodong Peninsula but had to cede back the territory when threatened jointly with war by France, Germany and Russia in what is called the Triple Intervention of 1895. This was seen as a great humiliation in Japan.
Two years later, Russia coerced a lease of the Liaodong from China and gained railroad right-of-way to join the Liaodong Peninsula to the Chinese Eastern Railway with a line running from Port Arthur and nearby Dalny (Dalian) to the Chinese city of Harbin and systematically began to fortify the town and harbour at Port Arthur.
AV - Dalian Xinghai Park (evening dancing part 2)
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Dalian Proyecto Cárcel de Lushun
Cárcel de Lushun en China
旅順 白玉山塔
２０１４年５月から６月にかけての中国東北部の旅。
海抜130ｍの白玉山に建つ「白玉山塔（66.8m）」から眼下に旅順口（旅順港）を見る。
Hans Tröbst - Dairen (Dalian) 1937
Kleiner Film aus dem Jahre 1937, anlässlich des 4. Geburtstages von Cord Tröbst. Hier mit Mutter Octavia und Vater Hauptmann a.D. Hans Tröbst.
20140427 探索发现 大连往事-旅顺日俄监狱揭秘（下）
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Chinese Navy (Submarines/Ships) at Lüshun /旅顺市 / 旅順市 (Port Arthur)
Formerly known as Port Arthur, Lvshunkou / 旅顺口区 or Lüshun City /旅顺市 / 旅順市 is a small city an hour to the South of Dalian used to be difficult for foreign tourists to access, but has since opened up a lot. Military areas are still off-limits of course.
Baiyu Mountain is 130 meters above sea level. At its top, people can enjoy panoramic views of all of Lushun and check out the Chinese navy below!