衡阳保卫战纪念馆, War memorial museum in Hengyang, China.
The Hengyang Battle Memorial Museum occupies the left wing of Lu Family New House, a 120-mu complex in Zhengxiang District, Hengyang. It holds 54 display boards, 6 cases and over 100 wartime relics, including a terrain model of 1944 Hengyang. The south wall keeps dozens of bullet marks, and a shell hole in the right wing's fire wall is about one metre across.
The museum occupies the left wing of Lu Jia Xin Wu, a residence begun in 1881 by Lu Chengzu, a Qing general who rose through the Xiang Army. During the 1944 Battle of Hengyang the house stood on one of the contested positions between Chinese and Japanese troops. In 2017 the site was named a Hunan provincial patriotism education base.
The museum occupies the left wing of Lu Jia Xin Wu, a residence begun in 1881 by Lu Chengzu, a Qing general who rose through the Xiang Army. Its 54 display boards and six cases hold over 100 wartime relics, and the exhibition is titled "Loyal Martyrs Strengthen the National Soul".
The memorial occupies 120 mu in Lujia Xinwu, Zhengxiang District, and combines the old house with a national defence education square. The south wall of the house keeps dozens of bullet marks from 1944, and a shell hole about one metre across sits on the gable of the right wing's fire wall. Look for these on the exterior walls before entering the exhibition rooms.
The south wall of the Lu Family New House, the museum's main building, still carries dozens of bullet marks from 1944, and a shell hole in the gable of the right wing's fire wall measures about one metre across.
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