Human Opium Destroy Pool (in simplified Chinese 虎门销烟池) was located in Taiping Town, Dongguan at the mouth of the Pearl River south, north Bubulcus Hill, West to the town I pass.
In 19th century, Britain, Portugal and other armed smuggling opium into China Southern border. Substantial opium endangers the health of the people in our country, and numerous gold and silver outflows abroad, and this resulted in a decrease in the power of China. Qing Emperor Daoguang accept Lin’s suggestion of destroying the opium and therefore, Lin was sent to investigate and deal with Canton, forcing foreign opium traders of opium at Humen which had surrendered more than 20,000 containers, weighing a total of 1175 tons.
In order to destroy these harmful drugs, Lin specifically built the two large pond, with both length and width of 45 meters. Slate tiled pool, surrounded by piles column nailing one side of the pool with open culvert, and the pond had ditch after one pass. The destruction of opium smoke, the first water storage tanks, sprinkle salt into a bulk amount of concentrated brine water, opium pool stages with strong brine dissolves. Then re-enter the quicklime mixing caused by the response occurred immediately. Explosion opened its decomposition erode. Finally put these mixed waste residue washed with water, trickle-down does not stay. After three weeks, and finally almost completely destroyed. At that time (June 3, 1839 to 25 day) cigarette sales pool pool boards, wood piles and other relics are on display at the museum of the Opium War. Near to the pool was tobacco sales legislation which has “the people Humen Opium War and Anti-British Monument,”. Museum use of 141 objects, 130 historical photos, 19 charts, as well as 12 large-scale oil paintings and three large-scale scenes, vividly reproduces more than 150 years ago that shocked the world of war scenes.
If you were history lover and you would like to know why the Opium War was started, you should visit this site and you would understand how the conflict between China and foreign countries arose.

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