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Mawei Shipyard Heritage Area (Foochow Arsenal) 船政文化景区Chuánzhèng Wénhuà Jǐngqū
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Fuzhou, Fujian
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Fuzhou
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Mawei Shipyard Heritage Area (Foochow Arsenal)
The site of the Foochow Arsenal, the Qing navy yard and naval school founded at Mawei in 1866 with French engineers, which built steam transports and gunboats and trained many of the officers of the late-Qing Beiyang Fleet. Surviving workshops and the Chuanzheng Culture Museum tell its story, and one old machine shop now hosts an immersive staged show. A short walk away, the Mawei naval battle memorial hall, the Zhaozhong shrine and the martyrs' cemetery on Maxian Hill recall the Chinese sailors killed when a French squadron destroyed the Fujian fleet here on 23 August 1884.
How to get to Mawei Shipyard Heritage Area (Foochow Arsenal)
In Mawei district about 17 km east of central Fuzhou, roughly 30–40 minutes by taxi. The museum and the naval battle memorial hall are closed on Mondays except public holidays.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Luoxing Pagoda 罗星塔 (under 10 km), Shengshou Pagoda 圣寿宝塔 (under 10 km), Tombs of Qing Soldiers Who Served in Taiwan, Min'an 闽安戍台将士墓群 (under 10 km), Gushan (Drum Mountain) 鼓山 (under 10 km), Tingjiang Fort 亭江炮台 (10 km), Jiutouma Residences 九头马民居 (10 km).
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