Humen Town

Humen Town (simplified Chinese: 虎门镇; traditional Chinese: 虎門鎮; pinyin: Hǔmén zhèn; Jyutping: Fu2mun4 zan3), formerly Fumun,[1] is a town in Dongguan city on the eastern side of the Humen strait on the Pearl River Delta, in Guangdong province, China.

It was at Humen that Lin Zexu supervised the destruction of large quantities of seized opium in 1839.

Some major battles in the First Opium War were fought here and on the waters of the Bocca Tigris.

Humen is geographically advantageous for the factories due to its proximity to two large metropolitan cities and export harbors of Hong Kong and mainland China's Shenzhen.

Going upstream, ships in the Pearl River can reach the eastern, northern and western regions of Guangdong and even parts of Guangxi province.

The Weiyuan Fort and the Humen Bridge
Sea Battle Museum Park entrance
Sea Battle Museum
Humen May 5, 2007