Wanping Fortress

Bullet funnel in the wall used by the Japanese during the July 7th Incident (1937)

The Wanping Fortress or Wanping Fort ( Chinese  宛平 城 , Pinyin Wǎnpíng Chéng ) near the Marco Polo Bridge over the Yongding He River in Beijing's Fengtai District is a walled, fortress-like structure from the Ming Dynasty ( 1368-1644). It was built by Li Zicheng to defend Beijing against the peasant uprising and later served as a kind of barracks for the imperial army . The two mighty entrance gates in the east and west of the complex are connected by a wide avenue. To the west is the Marco Polo Bridge. The events at the site of the Marco Polo Bridge incident in 1937 are considered to have triggered the Second Sino-Japanese War .

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  West gate of the fortress

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  East gate of the fortress

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  From the Marco Polo Bridge viewed from

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  Memorial plaque next to bullet holes from the July 7th incident

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  Fortress wall

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In the complex there is a museum on the Sino-Japanese war, the museum on the Chinese anti -Japanese war of resistance .

Web links

Commons : Wanping Castle  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

1. ↑ Chinese inscription on the board:

   「“ 七 · 七 事变 ”弹坑 遗址: 一九 三 七年 七月 七日 ， 日军 发动 卢沟桥 事变 ， 从此 ， 中国 人民 打响 了 抗日战争 抗日战争 第一枪。 这 是“ 七. 七 事变 ”日军 攻打 宛平 城 时留下 的 弹坑。 」

   “On July 7th, 1937, the Japanese started the July 7th incident , on that day the Chinese fired the first shot in the war against Japan. These are bullet craters from the attack by Japanese troops on Wanping Fortress during the July 7th incident . "

2. ↑ Chinese Zhongguo renming Kang-Ri zhanzheng jiniangguan 中国 人民 抗日战争 纪念馆

Coordinates: 39 ° 51 '  N , 116 ° 13'  E