Weapon Museum of Chinese People's Militia

The Chinese Militia Weapons and Equipment Exhibition Hall is located at the source of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in Tongzhou District, Beijing. It covers an area of more than 100,000 square meters and has a construction area of more than 12,000 square meters. It was completed and officially opened to the public in October 1998. In the same year, it was named "Beijing National Defense Education Base" by the Beijing Municipal People's Government. The museum consists of 14 parts, including the Weapons Expo Center, the People's War History Museum, the Simulation Shooting Range, the National Defense Education Base, the Orthopaedic Cold Therapy Hospital and the Environmental Art. There are more than 5000 pieces of various weapons such as guns and swords. There are pen pistols with a length of more than ten centimeters, engraved and gold-plated handguns; there are firearms from various countries with a long history, very few surviving, and experienced the first and second world wars. There are also nearly 100 tons of Japanese-style 300mm howitzers with a large caliber in Asia and the Japanese Royal Samurai swords more than 500 years ago. The large number of exhibits and the variety of varieties can be called the grand view of the world's weapons display. In the museum, there are the main building with the roof of the Great Wall, the mountain artillery array built by the fortifications, the simulation of various weapon systems, the shooting sites of various weapons, as well as the rippling fish ponds and the vibrant lawns. It is a good place for weapons enthusiasts to learn, research and appreciate various weapons and an ideal place for national defense education.