Lushun Japanese-Russian Prison Site Museum

When we first entered, the staff explained to us that since it was winter, there were not many visitors and there was no heating inside, so every 30 minutes, a staff member would lead the visitors in to visit in order and give detailed explanations. As soon as we entered the main building, the staff told us that we were not allowed to take photos, but we could record and video.

So apart from taking photos outside, we were recording videos inside.

According to the staff, although there is a visiting room, no one will come to visit the prisoners.

Lead-filled bamboo sticks hung on the walls. Looking at the various instruments of torture in the execution room, my scalp tingles. It's hard to imagine the faith of the revolutionary martyrs and victims who faced the torture with such fearlessness. There's no brutal war here, but it's even more brutal and bloody than war.

Here, there are no surnames, no names, only numbers.

How hopeless must have been for the people here then. A tribute to history! Freedom! Peace! In this hellish den, comparable to a Nazi concentration camp, the exact number of people murdered remains unknown, as all records were destroyed. Over a hundred years later, those screams and bloodshed seem to flash before our very eyes.

The former Lushun Russo-Japanese Prison site stands as irrefutable evidence of the imperialist powers' aggression against China and their crimes against humanity, a level of barbarity and cruelty rarely seen in the history of world civilization. It bears witness to the invasion and colonial rule of Northeast China by Japan and Russia, and the suffering endured by the Chinese people and progressive figures internationally.

This is an important place for patriotic education and historical education, which can enable people to remember history, not forget national humiliation, and inspire people's national pride and patriotic enthusiasm.

I won't elaborate on the heaviness of history here. I think everyone should go here and quietly feel the hell that those who have passed away have endured.

The Lushun Russo-Japanese Prison Museum is a patriotic education base. Built by the Russians and later occupied and expanded by the Japanese, it was used to detain prisoners from various countries, including Chinese. It is also a place with a shameful history. Let's talk about the following points:

1. Transportation: There are buses No. 3 and No. 4 at the bus stop on the right side of Lushun Passenger Transport Station that go directly to the museum. Get off at Yuanbaofang and the journey takes 20 minutes. It is very convenient.

2. The museum is completely free and open from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM from May 1st to October 10th, and from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM from October 11th to April 30th. It is closed all day on Mondays and Lunar New Year's Eve. Please remember to avoid being turned away.

3. The museum will have free guides every half an hour, and an hour is definitely enough for the whole tour;

4. The prison is filled with various torture instruments, narrow passages, and dark cells, giving it a gloomy and lifeless feel. It is best for those who are timid to take a quick look at the exterior of the prison.

5. As for taking photos, those who feel like taking photos can take photos with the exterior of the prison as a souvenir. As for the internal attractions, it is best to avoid them!

The Lushun Russo-Japanese Prison was built by Russia in 1902 and expanded by Japan between 1907 and the 1930s. During the Japanese occupation of Dalian, it housed prisoners from five countries: China, Korea, Japan, Russia, and the United States. Any Chinese who resisted Japanese rule were arrested and imprisoned here. Chinese prisoners received the lowest treatment and the worst conditions in the Russo-Japanese prisons. Only Japanese prisoners were fed rice and vegetables, while Koreans ate cornmeal. Chinese prisoners were forced to eat sorghum flour mixed with sand and bran. Chinese prisoners were chained together for labor. Only Chinese prisoners were flogged upon arrival, and those who refused were flogged again when their wounds were almost healed. Daily rations were divided into seven categories based on their behavior. Japanese anti-Japanese patriots were subjected to torture, including the tiger bench, forced to drink water, and then beaten in the abdomen with a wooden plank, resulting in internal injuries. Other punishments included beatings and flogging, finger piercings with steel needles, and even execution by hanging. The prison's medical facilities were rudimentary, and inmates other than Japanese received no effective medical treatment. The prison has held over 400,000 prisoners. The most famous executioner was Ahn Jung-geun, a Korean patriot who executed Ito Hirobumi. The Japanese forced prisoners to work 6.5 to 10 hours a day to produce military supplies for the Japanese army. Many anti-Japanese patriots were executed on the gallows. After their execution, they were placed in wooden barrels and carried to the prison cemetery for burial. Some of the barrels containing their remains are still on display in the museum. The cells were small, and there was a dark, airtight cell measuring only 2.4 square meters, equipped with only a peephole, specifically for disobedient prisoners. The Japanese also set up a teaching room in the prison, where two Japanese monks served as instructors, providing slave education to the prisoners.

In a sense, the most terrifying thing about being in the Russo-Japanese prison was that it was sunny and warm, with rows of trees dancing and swaying, and children chasing each other and playing on the grass near the gate.

It was like a nightmare, everything horribly turned upside down. In the Russo-Japanese prison, there shouldn't have been sunshine, no light, no green grass, no children laughing. The Russo-Japanese prison should have been a place where the sun never shone, where flowers withered forever, because this was once a hell on earth.

Lushun must have scenic spots, remember history, and never forget your original intention. Please be careful not to litter!

The people here must never forget the oppression they inflicted on Tsarist Russia and Japan.

It is well preserved, making it easy for people to revisit the humiliation of the past in their minds. It is always a hard truth that those who lag behind will be beaten. It is a good attraction and a good patriotic education class. It is free.

It's worth a visit, free of charge, and I feel very heavy after watching it

The first time I visited the old prison site, it was gloomy and eerie. It was expanded many times by Japan and Russia. It was the root of evil.

It is a free attraction with free tours every half hour. As is the practice of international museums, it is closed on Mondays.

It seems that there are free tours in the Japanese-Russian Prison every half an hour. When we went in, we saw a group of tourists in front of us with a tour guide, so we immediately ran to catch up and listen.

Although there was a visiting room, it is said that no one could visit the prisoners in that era!

As soon as I entered the gate, I felt a dark and uncomfortable feeling. This is the place where the Japanese specially tortured people. What's so good about it?

A patriotic education trip, a tale of humiliating modern history. The experience was deeply humbling, as I watched a few tourists indignantly call for war and revenge. It was truly unacceptable! If that were the case, what difference would there be between us and the Japanese? We remember history in order to cherish peace!

There is no entrance fee, and there is a lot more content, which is worth seeing. Defeat Japanese imperialism.

Behind the iron door lies not only freedom, but also the hope that is hard to find in the dark room.



Regardless of race or era, there are always new forms of torture.



There were nearly a hundred guards in the prison, patrolling day and night, and there was also a gallows built by the Japanese. It is unknown how many people were killed in this murder den because all the files were destroyed.

For more than a hundred years, those screams and blood seem to pass by before my eyes.



After a hundred years of thinking and heaviness, the ground is now covered with grass and wild flowers.

Looking at the high walls and barbed wire again, I'm reminded of "The Shawshank Redemption": We sat in the sun, feeling like free men. Hell, it felt like I was fixing my own roof. We were the masters of our creation. And Andy—he squatted in the shade during this break, a strange smile on his face, watching us drink his beer. How hopeless must have been for the people here back then. A tribute to history! Freedom! Peace!

Retracing the memories of twenty years ago, take a free guided tour of the Russo-Japanese Prison.

My scalp tingles when I talk about the execution chamber. It's hard to imagine the faith of the revolutionaries at the time, who remained undaunted in the face of torture, and who remained unshaken even after witnessing their husbands being beaten to death. There was no brutal war here, but it was even more cruel than war.

Twenty years ago, when I visited the museum, I was deeply impressed by a bronze statue of Sakyamuni. I thought to myself, "I must come back to see you." But after searching for ages that day, I couldn't find it. I asked the staff, and they said it was probably in storage, as exhibits are constantly changing. I wonder if I'll ever see it again!

Inside the gallows, there was a real skeleton encased in a wooden barrel. To the right was a reconstructed cemetery with several more skeletons. The entire prison was eerie and terrifying, leaving me with a deep sense of the brutality of imperialism.

The Japanese-Russian prison always gives me a very new feeling... Actually, it doesn't mean much...

In the past, the first step for prisoners after entering the prison was to search their bodies and put on prison uniforms. Each cell was small and had two buckets for urination and defecation. A cell could hold 4-6 people. The prison was full of narrow corridors.

In the past, this place had a tiger bench where people were tied up and pinned to it, then whipped with lead-filled iron bars. They would wait until the wounds scabbed over before continuing to beat them. It was a horrific sight.

The hanging method could be used on three people at once. After the movable board was opened, the person was hanged. A wooden barrel was then placed underneath and carried to the cemetery for burial. Of course, the laborers who carried the barrel and buried the bodies were all Chinese.

Afterwards we walked around the courtyard. This Russian-Japanese prison was huge, so it was hard to escape far.

The Japanese-Russian prison is worth visiting, as it really allows you to recreate the scene at that time.

Lushun was successively occupied by Russia and Japan, and this prison witnessed this period of history. Most of the evidence inside is physical evidence of the Japanese and Russian invasion of China, which highlights the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, as well as historical relics of the nearly half-century rule of Japan and Russia in the Lushun-Dalian area.

The execution room on the second floor of the prison is filled with torture instruments such as hanging bars and tiger benches. Each cell floor is arranged in two rows, with iron grates installed in the middle of the corridor for guards to monitor. A raised platform in the center of the second floor serves as a guard post, offering a commanding view from every angle. Looking at the grass and wildflowers scattered across the ground, and then at the high walls and barbed wire, it's truly ironic.

Lushun is half of China's modern history. All Chinese people should come to this museum to see it. Every half an hour, there will be a free guide to lead tourists from beginning to end. The guide is obviously too familiar with the route and there is no emotion in the story. This museum has not been artificially rebuilt by later generations. It fully restores the management of war prisoners by Japan and Russia at that time. It is really worth a visit. However, after the editor returned to the company, many people said that this place should not be taken pictures and that we should respect the deceased.

A place worth visiting ~ A place with patriotic educational significance ~

Each scene perfectly restores the real social phenomena of that time, and I was deeply touched after visiting it.

This is where I learned about patriotism and was nicknamed the Auschwitz of the East. It's been undergoing renovations lately. I'll definitely be sure to visit it after it reopens.

This was my first stop on my way to Lushun, but it was closed for maintenance. Coming all this way, I was deeply disappointed. I quickly took a photo at the entrance, just to comfort myself. Those towering red walls must have reminded me of the torment our revolutionary predecessors endured here. Never forget history, and build a strong China. The Chinese nation cannot be trampled upon.

You can see some torture instruments and gallows, it's worth a look

This was the place I was most looking forward to during my trip to Dalian. I learned a lot from it. I was filled with awe and paid tribute to peace.

A true record of the life of prisoners in prison at that time. Friends who like history can go and have a look.

Maybe it was because I heard the story of my friends on the way to Lushun that made the visit to the former site of the Japanese-Russian Prison even more sad. Those unfortunate souls. Just because of this beautiful land. The former site of the Japanese-Russian Prison can be visited for free with your ID card. The visiting time is from 9 am to 4:30 pm. Because we went late, we did not visit all the venues. But what we saw was already shocking.

The remains of a former prison from World War II. No need to dwell on it. Just quietly reflect.

This is a very somber attraction. I worked as a hostess for a while, and whenever I took guests here, I tried to arrive after dinner, because a tour of the area beforehand would have completely wiped out the appetite for the food. I recommend asking for a guide upon entering, which is available inside the site. The guide provided a detailed explanation, including details about the inspection room, torture chamber, hanging chamber, and 15 factories within the prison walls. Outside the prison walls, there were kilns, forestry farms, orchards, and vegetable plots where prisoners were forced to perform hard labor. I recommend taking children here; it allows them to learn about history and cultivate their patriotism. The entire walk takes about 50 minutes. Overall, I highly recommend this attraction for anyone visiting Lushun!

A place that makes people feel sad and angry, watching scenes

In Dalian, it is the first choice for patriotic education.

The most famous historical attraction in Lushun is probably the former site of the Lushun Russo-Japanese Prison. From the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War in the late 19th century to the end of World War I and World War II, this was a very important place for imprisoning Chinese, Korean and Russian revolutionaries.

The Russo-Japanese Prison is a worthwhile visit, a place to remember history. It's a place to experience the enemy's cruelty and remember the national humiliation.

The Japanese-Russian Prison is about 3 kilometers from the Lushun Bus Station. It's a place of great historical significance. I just returned from Lushun today and regrettably didn't get to visit it because it closes before 3:30 in the summer and 3:00 in the winter. Those who want to go should remember the time. You can take Bus No. 3 and get off at Yuanbaofang, which is the terminal.

The prison visit was always shrouded in a depressing atmosphere, and I didn't feel better until I finally walked out.

It's a somewhat depressing place. Although it's now a city museum and the terrifying scenes are gone, you can still imagine the scenes of the past through the various introductions, pictures, and remaining tools. It looks small from the outside, but once you step inside, you'll find a whole other world inside, with a lot to see. It's important to note that the place closes at 3:30 pm in the summer and 3 pm in the winter.

Although the Russo-Japanese Prison looks like just a building, after entering it you will find a different world inside. The densely packed cells, various torture instruments, and rooms for various special projects are unforgettable.

You shouldn't need a ticket, you can enter by swiping your ID card.

No tickets are required, you can visit the museum in different places. In the off-season, tourists will be rushed to visit, and the doors will be locked after the visit. In addition, some exhibition rooms are not open, which is not good. It is recommended to visit during the peak season.

The inspection room is located between the cells and the work area. Prisoners first remove their prison uniforms, then step over wooden bars, naked and with their hands raised. They then change into work clothes and go to work in the prison's various workshops. After get off work, they step over wooden bars again, naked, and change into prison uniforms. Red is for newly arrived prisoners or those with average behavior. Those with good behavior can wear gray uniforms.

The corridor of a Russian prison. The iron grates on the ground allow you to see the situation in the corridor on the upper floor and also improve the dirty ventilation environment.

Japanese-style cells have better lighting and ventilation, but poorer thermal insulation. Since there is no heating equipment in the cells in Northeast China, winter and summer are more difficult to endure.

The execution room on the second floor of the prison. During the execution, the prisoner was stripped naked and placed facedown on a tiger bench shaped like the Chinese character "火" (fire). Their limbs were bound with leather belts while guards whipped them with bamboo sticks filled with lead, a practice known as "flogging." Beatings were carried out every other day, and because the wounds wouldn't heal, they eventually formed deep grooves. The Kwantung Leased Territory Penal Code at the time stipulated that flogging could only be used to severely punish Chinese prisoners, not Japanese. Each foot was shackled with a spherical leg iron weighing approximately 8 kilograms.

The barrel coffin on display in the gallows. It is said to be based on a burial custom in a certain part of Japan, where the deceased is bent over and stuffed into a barrel before burial.

I felt incredibly depressed and angry as I entered. I wanted to go out and smash a Mitsubishi car, but I decided to observe history, endure humiliation, use history as a mirror, and work hard to improve myself. After motivating myself many times in my heart, I picked up my Sony/Nikon camera and took pictures of the evidence of the crimes left by the Japanese invaders.

No tickets are required during the off-season, but you need to gather more than 30 people to enter and visit together. You can enter and exit together~~ It's a good education~

The Dalian Lushun Russo-Japanese Prison was built by Tsarist Russia in 1902 and expanded by Japan in 1907. It is very large and is definitely worth a visit if you have time.

When they saw the gallows, they put a rope around the person's neck, pulled the board under their feet, and the person was hanged. How cruel!

Most of the prisoners were Chinese, but there were also Koreans and Japanese. In addition to the cells and workshops, the prison also housed a body inspection room leading to the workshops, a medical department, a transfer room, a secret cell, and a gallows. It's impossible to calculate how many people were murdered here.

When I saw the name of the prison: Japan-Russia Prison, I was a little confused, because this is Chinese land. How could the Japan-Russia Prison be built on our land?

The main gate of the prison, with each brick laid neatly and seamlessly, completely isolates the heavy atmosphere inside from the sunlight outside. The main gate was not open, so we could only enter through the side door to visit.

Just like the cells in prisoner-of-war films such as "Schindler's List" and "The Boy in the Striped Shirt", all wars will only have one result: suffering!

Tickets are 25 yuan each. Half-price tickets are 12.5 yuan. A guide is 50 yuan. The museum opens at 8:30 am.

This museum is rich in information, recording a special period of history that is not found in textbooks.

Walking through the row of cells is eerie. The legendary "tiger bench" is terrifying!

Tickets are 25 yuan each, and with a student ID it's half price, 12.5 yuan. Again, it's best to have some background knowledge before visiting cultural attractions.

At the suggestion of a local colleague in Dalian, our first stop was the Lushun Russo-Japanese Prison Museum. We originally had to buy a ticket, but upon arrival, we learned it was now free. The ticket seemed to be a photocopy of an old ticket, in black and white, very simple. Our Dalian colleague mentioned that they'd previously paid for admission, but were delighted to learn it was now free. If I'd had to pay for a ticket to visit this place, I wouldn't have wanted to go in anyway. Now that it's free, I'll just treat it as a visit to the museum.

The inside is quite large, but walking through the corridors, looking at the narrow cells on both sides and the dark cell without a trace of light, our hearts seemed to be tightly gripped and we felt very depressed.

Inside, we also saw the prison cell where Ahn Jung-geun, the Korean patriot who assassinated Ito Hirobumi, was imprisoned. Ahn Jung-geun was later executed here. The more I saw inside, the more I felt my hatred for the Japanese grew.

The Russo-Japanese Prison Museum has a well-designed tour route, and it takes about 50 minutes to complete the entire tour. When we emerged from the museum and saw the lush green grass outside, we breathed deeply, as if to let out all the repression and indignation we'd felt inside.

One of Dalian's most distinctive attractions, partly built by the Russians and partly by the Japanese. A must-see when visiting Lushun.

The Japanese-Russian prison that once held Chinese people, no matter where I go or what I see, my heart is so heavy!

The Japanese-Russian Prison really feels a bit depressing, especially when there are not many tourists. Apart from occasionally running into a few staff members chatting and laughing, you can't see anyone else at other times. The gloomy building and creaking floor are all reminders of that dark era.

This is the prison cell where the prisoners live. You can vaguely see a few toilets here, right? It goes without saying that these prisoners eat, drink, and defecate in there. Such cruel and inhumane conditions would be too much for even the strongest of bodies to endure. Who is the most cruel person in the world? We humans!