Discover Beihaicun in China
Beihaicun in the region of Liaoning is a place located in China - some 264 mi or ( 424 km ) East of Beijing , the country's capital .
Local time in Beihaicun is now 03:40 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Shanghai " with a UTC offset of 8 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Tianjin, Shuishiying, Sanjianpu, Lüshunkou, and Da'aizikou. When in this area, you might want to check out Tianjin . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Beihaicun ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Interesting facts about this location
Japanese gunboat Ōshima
Japanese gunboat Ōshima was an early steam gunboat, serving in the fledgling Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named after the island of Ōshima off Shizuoka prefecture.
Located at 39.02 121.13 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
203 Hill
203 Hill {in Chinese Chinese: 二零三高地 or in Japanese: 二〇三高地} is in Lushunkou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China. In 1904-1905, one of the fiercest battles was fought between the Japanese and Russian armies in the Siege of Port Arthur, during the Russo-Japanese War. It is so named because it is 203 metres above sea level. Maresuke Nogi after the battle used the same Chinese pronunciation to name it the "Mountain Where Your Souls Lie" in his famous poem.
Located at 38.83 121.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Chinese cruiser Jiyuan
The Jiyuan, sometimes translated as Chiyuan, was a protected cruiser in the Chinese Beiyang fleet of the Qing government. It was originally ordered as the third vessel in the Dingyuan class of battleships, but as the necessary funds could not be raised and the order was changed to a smaller protected cruiser. The shipbuilder was AG Vulcan Stettin, in Stettin, Germany. Obsolete transliterations of its Chinese name in some western sources include Tche-Yuen, and Tsi-yuan.
Located at 38.85 121.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
Battle of Lushunkou
The Battle of Lüshunkou (Japanese: Ryōjunkō-no-tatakai was a land battle of the First Sino-Japanese War. It took place on 21 November 1894 in Lüshunkou, Manchuria between the forces of the Empire of Japan and the Empire of China. It is sometimes referred to archaically in western sources as the Battle of Port Arthur .
Located at 38.82 121.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Siege of Port Arthur
The Siege of Port Arthur (Japanese: 旅順攻囲戦, Ryojun Kōisen, 1 August 1904 – 2 January 1905), the deep-water port and Russian naval base at the tip of the Liaotung Peninsula in Manchuria, was the longest and most violent land battle of the Russo-Japanese War. Port Arthur was widely regarded as one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world at the time. However, during the First Sino-Japanese War, General Nogi Maresuke had taken the city from the forces of Qing China in only a few days.
Located at 38.81 121.24 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
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