LÜSHUNKOU

This beautiful tourist site is located 45 km southwest of the city. On the road you can see the Sun Valley, the White Jade Mount, the Snakes Island and the islands of the sea cats. The Jiguan Mountains (the Monts Mountains) were the scene of many battles during the Japanese-Russian war at the beginning of the century. In January 1905, a furious Japanese charge against the Russians (who at that time were the masters of Dalian) killed 12 000 people on the Japanese side and 6 000 on the Russian side. This bloody memory is perpetuated by the tower of Triumph of Lushun, a 45 m high granite monument.