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哈尔滨市人民防洪胜利纪念塔

哈尔滨市, People's Republic of China

哈尔滨市人民防洪胜利纪念塔

The Harbin People's Flood Control Victory Memorial Tower, also known as the Flood Control Victory Memorial Tower or the Flood Control Memorial Tower, is one of the municipal cultural relics protection units of Harbin. It is located in Daoli District, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province. In 1957, Harbin fa

ced the threat of a major flood. Local residents worked to build embankments and successfully held back the flood. Government authorities decided to build a memorial tower on the Songhua River embankment to commemorate the event. The top and body of the tower contain human figures and reliefs, respectively, depicting scenes of resistance against the flood. The design plan underwent several revisions during construction. The memorial tower was completed in 1958 and became one of Harbin's landmark buildings. It narrowly escaped destruction during the Cultural Revolution. Later, the Flood Control Memorial Tower underwent several rounds of repairs. In 1995, it became a municipal cultural relics protection unit of Harbin, and in 1997 it was visited by Russian President Boris Yeltsin.

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