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Opium War Museum [General Introduction] – [Statue of Humen People Fighting against Opium from Britain] – [Opium Destroyed Pond] – [Exhibition Hall] [General Introduction] Good morning, everybody! Welcome to the Opium War Museum in the Humen town, Dongguan city, Guangdong Province. This is a monument and historical site. It covers an area of about 30,000 square meters. Its exhibits include physical objects, historical pictures, diagrams and three grand scenes. Chinese people’s fighting against opium over 150 years ago is played here again vividly. This site reminds people of the war which shocked the world at that time. This museum is an important base for patriotism education. Every year, more than 1,000,000 people from different parts of the world come to visit this place. Since 1991, more than 50 party and state leaders have been here. Among them are Hu Jintao, Jang Zemin and Li Peng. They speak very highly of this site. The museum is awarded as a National 4-A Tourist Attraction. And it is singled out as a National Advanced Unit from a list of model bases for Patriotism Education. [Statue of Humen People Fighting against Opium form Britain] May I call your attention to the grand pink statue not far form the main entrance? The five people in the statue are dressed as fishermen. But their looks and postures tell us that they are ready to go to the battlefield at any moment. Do you know what story is behind? Well, it suggests that this site was once the soul stirring ancient battlefield. Is it hard to believe? [Opium Destroyed Pond] Do you see the two large ponds in the right front of the statue? They are sites of the two original opium destroyed Ponds. Emperor Daoguang in Qing Dynasty assigned Lin Zexu to fight against opium rampant at that time. With great efforts, 1,150,000 kilograms was seized from British people on the sea in this town. From June 3rd to 25th, 1839, Lin Zexu destroyed all the confiscated opium here in public. This worldwide-astonishing event