Shengshan Fortress Ruins
胜山要塞
A large military fortress built by the Japanese invading army along the Sino-Soviet border. Its underground tunnels and trenches are well preserved, standing as physical evidence of the Northeast China battlefield in World War II.
Shengshan Fortress lies in Yanjiang Township, Sunwu County. It was one of the large military fortresses the Kwantung Army of the Imperial Japanese Army built along the Sino-Soviet border in the 1930s and 1940s. When the Soviet Red Army attacked Japan in August 1945, fierce fighting broke out here, and the Japanese garrison did not lay down its arms until after Japan's surrender. The site preserves underground tunnels, command posts, gun emplacements and trenches. A memorial and an observation platform stand on the hilltop, overlooking the Heilongjiang (Amur) River. Sunwu County also has an Exhibition Hall of Japanese Army Crimes in China, which can be visited alongside. The fortress is about 100 km from downtown Heihe; driving is recommended, and bring a jacket, since the tunnels are cold and damp.
Opening hours
Approx. 08:30–16:30 (may close in winter)
Nearby sights
- Heihe Educated Youth Museum
- Aihui History Museum
- Heihe–Blagoveshchensk Bridge
- Big Heihe Island
- Blagoveshchensk
- Heilongjiang Riverside Park
- Central Street
- Jinhe Grand Canyon