Majiang Naval Battle Memorial

Majiang Naval Battle Memorial

In the southern foot of Mawei, there are the Sino French Majiang Naval War Memorial Hall and the modern Chinese Naval Museum. In the late Qing Dynasty, the Westernization Movement rose in China. Zuo Zongtang, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, set up a shipping administration in Mawei. Shen Baozhen, former governor of Jiangxi Province, was the first shipping minister.

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China's first thousand ton ship (Wannianqing), China's first steel warship (Pingyuan), China's first seaplane, and China's first modern military fleet all came from this. Shipping school is the earliest military school in modern China. Yan Fu, Deng Shichang, Zhan Tianyou and many other talents were cultivated in the school of shipping administration. Three fifths of the officers in the modern Chinese Navy came from Mawei.

On August 23, 1884, the French invading fleet raided Fujian Navy, provoking a naval battle between China and France in Majiang. Because the Qing government compromised to seek peace and did not dare to resist, the Fujian Navy rushed to fight, 796 officers and soldiers were killed, and the whole army of Fujian navy was destroyed. Fujian Navy officers and soldiers who died were buried at the foot of Majian mountain. In 1920, the naval circles and alumni of shipping school raised funds from Beijing, Shanghai, Rong and other places to establish the Majiang Zhaozhong temple. In 1983, the Majiang Naval Battle Memorial Hall was established.

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In Mawei, there are many historical sites related to Fujian's shipping administration, among which the well preserved ones are the shipping engineering factory, the painting academy, the bell tower, the No.1 dock, and the Zhaozhong temple. The Majiang Naval Battle Memorial Hall and the ship administration ship complex are listed as the national key cultural relics protection units.

Address: 1 Zhaozhong Road

Longitude: 119.451889

Latitude: 25.984764

Tel: 0591-83984103