Military Museum

Military museum in Beijing's tiananmen square, west of the changan avenue extension cord, beautiful scenic YuYuanTan south bay, stood a splendid and manner running high buildings, this is well-known at home and abroad of Chinese people's revolutionary military museum. It preparation in 1958, is a National Day 10 anniversary of tribute to one of the ten largest construction capital. On March 12, 1959, of the communist party of China by the central military commission for approval, the official name for the Chinese people's revolutionary military museum (hereinafter referred to as the military museum). Chairman MAO zedong write GuanMing, zhou enlai, zhu DE, deng xiaoping, liu po-cheng, he long, Chen yi, LuoRongHuan, nie rongzhen, Beijing Tours XuXiangQian, ye jianying and other party and state leaders have repeatedly, the army review exhibition content, began October 1 preview is internal, 1960 "bayi" the army day officially open.

Military museum is China's only large comprehensive military history museum, covers an area of more than 80000 square meters and a building area of 60000 square meters, display area more than 40000 square meters. The main building is 94.7 meters tall, the central 7 layer, two side of four. The top of the building round tower, the request lift the diameter of the gilded six meters of the Chinese people's liberation army "bayi" JunHui, it was tall, glittering. As high as 4.9 meters of bronze, is to use the armies of fujian front sent a casting mortar shells. Front door was hanging over with the words of chairman MAO zedong, the "Chinese people's revolutionary military museum" means the copper JuBian. On both sides of the gate erected armed forces soldiers and militiamen two groups of men and women living even white marble stone carvings. The memorial has 22 grand, two display square. Grand tall, capacious, bright. All around the site of the exhibition along a week, for up to 12 kilometers, the scale, both at home and abroad and rare. Along with the reform and construction of national footsteps, in its around, and set up the China millennium monument, the central radio and television tower and west railway station, put it clearly more magnificent.

The military museum display, exhibitions are divided into basic displays and temporary exhibition. Basic displays have the agrarian revolutionary war, the war of resistance against Japan hall hall, the national liberation war museum, the war to resist hall, ancient war museum, modern war museum, weapons hall, such as place gifts.

The agrarian revolutionary war museum, the exhibition building on the first floor is located in the east, major exhibition in August 1927 to July 1937, the Chinese communist party led the workers and peasants and the red army and the Chinese people's China against the kuomintang Chiang kai-shek dark rule, abolished the feudal land system, establish the worker-peasant democratic regime, the agrarian revolutionary war history. In the display highlighting the communist party of China to create the people's army, establish new people's army construction principle, open up the Chinese revolutionary road, to develop the revolutionary war and in the revolutionary war formed in the practice of the people's war strategy and tactics, and other important historical content.

The Anti-Japanese War museum, located in the exhibition building on the second floor of the east, major exhibition in July 1937 to August 1945, the communist party of China to promote and organization, to the second kuomintang-chinese communist cooperation as the foundation of the anti-japanese national united front under the banner of the whole nation in the history of the war. On display on the display of the Chinese communist party and the eighth route and new fourth armies under the leadership of the anti-japanese guerrillas, south China, such as the northeast anti-japanese united army people's anti-japanese armed in the Anti-Japanese War of mainstay function.

The national liberation war museum, located in the exhibition building on the second floor of the east, main show in September 1945 to September 1949, the people's liberation army under the leadership of the communist party in the country, the support of the people and support, through the strategic defensive and the strategic counter-offensive strategic stalemate, three phases of hard battle, the elimination of the kuomintang army 8 million, overthrow imperialism, feudalism and bureaucrat-capitalism socialist reactionary rule and build a new China history.

War to resist museum, the exhibition building is located in east third floor, mainly displays in October 1950 to July 1953, the central committee of the communist party of China people's volunteers response "to resist his hearth," respectively, hold high the banner of peace and justice, across the yalu river, north Korean people against the United States with a invaders, after two years and nine months of hard struggle, finally defeated the modern equipment to disadvantage equipment of the us-led "of the United Nations" history.

Ancient war museum, located in the exhibition building west third floor, main show since the end of the primitive society, China 1840 hand-copied books ancient war history. Display content to the main line of war history, and harmony as weapons, and the military figures, military thought, and certain political, economic background in a body, the comparison system of Chinese past dynasties reflects the main campaign and military achievements.

The modern war museum, located in the exhibition building XiSi floor, main show 1840 ~ 1919 Chinese people's resistance to foreign aggression and their feudal oppression of the armed DouZhengShi, display content also introduces modern famous military figures, the modern military industry and modern navy in the late qing dynasty, the preparation, as the content such as the reform.

Weapon museum, located in the exhibition building and things weapons north square, major exhibition of the Chinese people's liberation army in many times in the revolutionary war and after the founding of the frontier defense, haiphong, air defences in the fight ever use and captured, and developed by China part of the weapon. The display of weapons into small arms, guns, armored vehicles, missiles, boats, planes as 6 parts.

Gift hall, the full name of the Chinese people's liberation army foreign relations YouYiGuan, is located in the exhibition building four planes in the hall. Since the founding of the main display, the Chinese people's liberation army in foreign relations with more than 500 representative accept a present. These gifts from nearly countries on five continents, from thousands of gift selection to come out. These with various originality of exquisite gift, is China's people's liberation army and the history of the foreign military friendly exchanges testimony, it from the different Angle of view reflects the nation's amorous feelings, craft art style and military culture characteristics.

Military museum in display basic well at the same time, according to the party, the state and armed forces' central task, has timely held some memorable, Mosaic of temporary exhibition. 10 years, it held a large exhibition of a: "benefits, the army, out for the amphibious talents achievements-publishes the exhibition", "MAO zedong glorious military performance of MAO zedong, the 100th anniversary of the exhibition", "lei feng's spirit spectrum of MAO zedong and other new song-elder proletarian revolutionist 30 anniversary for lei feng captioned exhibition", "the Chinese nation victory of war of resistance against Japan and China-the world antifascist war victory 50 anniversary exhibition", "the long march ¡¤ monument remain-of China's long march victory 60 anniversary of the workers and peasants and the exhibition", "the new period army construction achievements of China's people's liberation army (PLA)-the 70th anniversary exhibition", "the new period warrior hero deeds lee exhibition", "the 50 years of the founding of the building of national defense and the army achievement exhibition". Beijing Xingang Port Tour In July 1997 and July 2000, military museum also was invited to Russia, Romania were held "China's people's liberation army of the brilliant course" exhibition.

At the same time, the military museum also provide site, seize the "hot spots", and local successively jointly held "the Yangtze river three gorges project exhibition", "the punishment of corruption, crime exhibition", "' campaigns' struggle documentary exhibition", "the national customs smuggling exhibition", "the national drug control exhibition", "advocate science, opposing the evil cults exhibition" and other large temporary exhibition.

For 50 years, the military museum, it has received more than 5000 person-times of audience at home and abroad. In recent years, the audience has increased year by year, 2001 viewers to about 2 million passengers. Military museum was the general political department of the ministry of education, ministry of six ministries such as name for "national patriotic education base of middle and primary school"; The publicity was named "patriotism education demonstration base"; By the Beijing municipal education base advanced unit as teenagers. Military museum in socialist spiritual civilization construction and national defense education plays an important role, deeply the general audience, especially the young people's favorite.

Military museum in cultural relics collection, academic research, in the practice of display, exhibitions, cultivate and bring up a large number of experts and scholars, and undertake and completed the country and all the host "" and" ", "15" the important scientific research, writing and publishing some academic works, won the state excellent scientific research achievement and the army; Beijing day Tour Creation and published some domestic and foreign's influence in the works of art. Military museum has become the current domestic and foreign famous degree of taller museum, and among the world ten big military museum ranks.

In reform and opening up, under the new situation of the military museum is the comprehensive implementation "the three represents" the important thoughts, innovation, advancing with The Times, we adjust the full display content, strengthening modern show means, further developing academic research, the high-quality goods, the people, and for building a first-class museum and try hard.