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Changjiao Massacre Memorial Hall 厂窖惨案遗址Chǎngjiào Cǎn'àn Yízhǐ
National heritage site · Yiyang, Hunan
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Yiyang
- Region
- Hunan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Changjiao Massacre Memorial Hall
The memorial site in Changjiao town, Nan County, for the Changjiao massacre of 9–12 May 1943, in which Japanese troops killed some 30,000 Chinese civilians and soldiers trapped between the rivers of the Dongting Lake plain, according to Chinese surveys. A memorial monument of 1986 and a memorial hall of 2008, refitted in 2015, stand in a small lakeside park, close to the 'thousand-person pit' where victims were buried.
How to get to Changjiao Massacre Memorial Hall
In Changjiao town, about 30 km south-west of Nan County town. Closed on Mondays.
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