Tangshan | Eternal Memory—A Visit to the Tangshan Earthquake Ruins Park

The Tangshan Earthquake Ruins Memorial Park, a place bearing heavy history and deep memories. At 3:42 a.m. on July 28, 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Tangshan; the strong tremors lasted 23 seconds, but the aftershocks continue to resonate in people's hearts to this day. The Tangshan Earthquake Ruins Memorial Park is the first earthquake ruins park themed around commemoration. The park is divided into four areas: the Ruins Area, the Water Area, the Gravel Square Area, and the Woodland Area, with the original railway tracks of the rolling stock factory as the vertical axis and the Memorial Avenue as the horizontal axis. [Memorial Wall] The wall is 7.28 meters high, representing July 28. The wall is 19.76 meters away from the pool, representing the year 1976. The names of the victims of the earthquake are engraved on the wall. [Memorial Pool Area] There is a pre-earthquake paulownia tree by the water area. [Earthquake Ruins Area] The original steel casting workshop of the Tangshan Rolling Stock Factory forms the base upon which the entire ruins park is built. The ruins of the Tangshan Rolling Stock Factory are at the end of the park's Memorial Avenue and are a typical representative of the area most affected by the epicenter. On the left are the material workshop and chimney, and on the right are the smelting and manual workshops. The earthquake caused the exterior walls of the workshops to completely collapse, leaving only some columns and beam structures still standing, most of which are twisted. This visually demonstrates the devastation and tragedy of the earthquake. [Earthquake Museum] The museum is located on the underground floor and chronologically outlines the earthquake, the rescue efforts, the post-disaster reconstruction, and the development of the new area. It features pictures, texts, briefings, animations, scene restorations, old objects, and real scenes of the ruins. 🎫 Tickets: Free ⌚️ Opening hours: 9:00–16:00 📍 Address: No. 19, Yuegezhuang Street, Lunan District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province