To experience industrial culture, one must visit the China Industrial Museum

The China Industrial Museum, a building both profound and filled with modern elements, is located at the intersection of Wei Gong Bei Street and Bei Yi Road in the Tiexi District. In China, it is the only industrial museum honored with the national title and capable of bearing the weight of profound industrial culture. It stands majestically in the Tiexi District, an area with a rich history of old industry. Turning back time, this building, filled with the remnants of steel and sweat, was once the site of the Shenyang Foundry. On May 18, 2012, carrying the dream of Tiexi's industrial transformation, the first phase of the China Industrial Museum grandly opened. The flag of industrial culture, in a new way of display, flies high above the once glorious industrial relics. Entering the China Industrial Museum, one is greeted by a massive 50-ton, 18-meter-high bronze relief that powerfully depicts the spectacular scene of the first furnace of molten steel being produced after the founding of New China. It symbolizes the ceaseless boiling and uplifting spirit of Shenyang's industry. The museum is divided into several sections: casting, machine tools, Tiexi, automobiles, and a general history. A quick tour takes about two hours, while a detailed visit could take several days. Most of the exhibits in the machine tool hall are old machine tools, such as lathes, drilling machines, grinding machines, planers, etc., as well as some CNC machine tools. The old machines have little rust but much peeling paint, and their handles are polished to a shine. Thanks to the shortage of security staff, visitors can touch the exhibits, which are not delicate artifacts and are not afraid of bumps, as long as people don't get hurt. The automobile hall is filled with cars, including a few relatively new Huas, and the rest are old cars. There's a Red Flag CA770, but unfortunately, sitting inside is not allowed. The general history hall houses a Red Flag 2 missile, the one that took down a U-2 spy plane. It looks like a rocket, with two stages visible on the outside, placed on a carriage and taking up the length of a wall. Personally, I think the most fun part of the museum is the casting hall, which preserves one of the original foundry workshops. There are rail tracks on the floor, allowing trains to drive directly in. This is an authentic factory workshop, without any bourgeois affectation, just rows of equipment. Although the smell of the factory and the dust are gone, and there are no workers coming and going, standing here one can still feel the power of the working class that dares to demand a new heaven from the sun and the moon.