5·12Wenchuan Earthquake Memorial Museum

The Yingxiu Epicenter Memorial Hall of the “5.12” Wenchuan Earthquake is located on a high ground on the hillside of Yuzicui Village, Yingxiu Town, covering an area of 8,800 square meters and a construction area of 4,800 square meters. Designed by Professor He Jingtang of South China University of Technology and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and built with counterpart assistance from Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, it is divided into five exhibition halls: the prologue hall, the tragic earthquake damage exhibition area, the united earthquake relief exhibition area, the self-reliance and scientific reconstruction exhibition area, and the scientific response to earthquake disaster prevention and reduction exhibition area. It was officially opened to the public on May 12, 2012. There are 13,641 earthquake relics on display in the hall. Each exhibition hall and each relic records the tragic and ruthless disaster, and also carries the eternity and great love from all over the world. The hall is open to the public for free for about 315 days a year, and receives an average of more than 1 million visitors per year. The hall is equipped with standardized facilities to provide tourists with warm and thoughtful services and tour routes. We will fully implement the Party’s ethnic policy, forge a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation, strengthen exchanges, and integration among ethnic groups, and promote unity, struggle, prosperity and development among all ethnic groups.