History of Dalian Lushun Military Port
Lushunkou witnessed the vicissitudes of Dalian in the past century: the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the Russo-Japanese War broke out here. There are poems to prove it: one mountain bears two seas, one port writes the Spring and Autumn Period, one Lushunkou, and half the modern history. Now Lushun Port is exceptionally calm, and two hills surround it like arms, guarding a quiet harbor with several warships moored in it. It's really easy to defend but difficult to attack, so it's no wonder that both Japanese and Russians have taken a fancy to it. I can only blame the Qing government at that time for being really corrupt, and a Beiyang navy was completely annihilated. It is said that after the Japanese army invaded Lushun, it carried out a four-day and three-night massacre with more than 300,000 victims. Finally, there were only 36 people left in Lushun. Now the east side of the military port has been opened to the outside world, and the bronze lion in the park is the symbol of Lushunkou.