Memorial Site of Labourers Killed in Basuo
侵华日军侵琼八所死难劳工纪念地
A nationally protected cultural heritage site commemorating the tens of thousands of labourers who died building Basuo Port during the Japanese occupation period.
From 1939 to 1945, during the Japanese occupation of Hainan, tens of thousands of labourers from China, Korea and Taiwan, China were forcibly conscripted to build Basuo Port and the railway to the Shilu iron mine. Many were worked to death, and their remains were buried on the beach southwest of the port. Locally the site is known as the “Pit of Ten Thousand.” The site includes a memorial monument, the former labourers’ prison and an exhibition hall. It was listed as a national key cultural heritage site in 2019. Entry is free. It is about 1 km southwest of Basuo Port and can be combined with Yulinzhou (Fish-Scale Islet) on the same trip. Please observe silence and show respect.
Opening hours
Open daytime
Nearby sights
- Yulinzhou Scenic Area
- Hainan Railway Museum
- Dongfang Seafront & Beach Park
- Duntou Fishing Village
- Beili Old Street
- Dongfang Black-faced Spoonbill Reserve
- Hainan Huali Valley Cultural Tourism Area
- Datian Eld's Deer Nature Reserve