Bomb Shelter

You could easily miss the entrance to this Bomb Shelter save for graphic carvings on its exterior of men, women and children engulfed in flames. Japanese bombers usually flew in by night, following the silver reflection of the moonlight on the Yangzi to pinpoint the city. A small display of photographs documents the effects of 104 separate air strikes between 1938 and 1943, particularly 5 June 1941 when bombs fell for five hours and killed 2500 people.

It is estimated that thousands more suffocated in shelters throughout the city behind caved-in entrances. This is very short walk from Liberation Monument.