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          # Zhan Tianyou
          Memorial

          Zhan Tianyou Memorial

          Location: At the Badaling Great Wall location – get there by car, bus, or two rail options. See below for more detail.

          Opening: – Tues – Sun (closed on Mondays)

          Cost: 20 RMB



          Zhan Tianyou, who lived from – ) was China’s greatest engineer, a titan in his field and a man rightly honoured in various ways across the country.

          His most famous achievement was the construction of China’s first domestically made (i.e., not done by foreigners) railway, between Beijing and Zhangjiakou (which passes this site). Zhan is actually buried near here at the Qinglongqiao railway station, a very peaceful spot that the local train can get you to in about ten minutes) but this museum is dedicated to his history and efforts to bring advanced engineering, particularly in the fields of railway construction and bridge & tunnels, to China in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic period.