Recently, netizens uncovered a memorial museum dedicated to historical “treacherous officials” at Cheng Shan Tou Mountains in Shandong, China. The museum displayed the many notable treasonous officials and traitors in Chinese history accompanied by each of their “accomplishments”. However, the fact that the museum act as a memorial to traitors led to the controversy regarding whether the museum was really meant to glorify/vilify history, or just to make money as a tourist spot.

From NetEase:

Shandong–scenic area builds “Treacherous Government Official Memorial”

While visiting the Cheng Shan Tou Fuhai Scenic Area at in Rongcheng, netizens discovered a “Treasonous Official Memorial Museum”, inside containing displays of the these traitorous officials’ “achievements.” In short, very shocking/stupefying.

屠岸贾 Tu Angu: A treacherous official during the Spring and Autum Period made notable in the play Orphan of Zhao.



伯喜否 Bai Xipi: Treacherous minister during the late Spring and Autumn Period who contributed to the downfall of the State of Wu at the hands of Yue.

趙高 Zhao Gao: Official who contributed to the downfall of the Qin Dynasty.

华歆 Hua Xin: Han Dynasty official who forced the abdication of the last Han Dynasty Emperor as told in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

杨素 Yang Su: A military leader during the Sui Dynasty who was said to have contributed to the death of Emperor Wen of Sui.

来俊臣 Lai Junchen: A treacherous official during the Tang Dynasty.

潘仁美 Pan Renmei: North Song Dynasty Official vilified in novels as traitor who led to the death of Yang Ye (a heroic figure in Chinese history).

秦桧 Qin Hui: Offical during the Song Dynasty famous for causing the death of General Yue Fei.

贾似道 Jia Sidao: Another Song Dynasty official who was blamed for the downfall of the Song under the hands of the Mongols.

严嵩 Yan Song: A corrupt official during the Ming Dynasty.

和珅 He Shen: A corrupt official during the Qing Dynasty.

汪精卫 Wang Jingwei: A Chinese traitorous official who collaborated with the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Comments on NetEase:

The descendants of treacherous officials have a lot of money!

All through illegal means!

Being a treacherous official can gain fame across the land.



They charge for admission?? Kao, even this can create income? Someday I will also build a museum, call it Famous Historical Whores Museum. I hope everybody will patronize/supports me, and at the same time also welcome your criticisms.

How many loyal officials are there today? Aren’t they all treacherous officials?

Where is Lin Jiaxiang? The one in the Ministry of Transportation, the one this is bigger position than a mayor, why isn’t he in there.

Support!!! Our countrymen should remember, that he who betrays our homeland will be the stench of the people for ten thousand years!

Can we throw eggs at them?

This really is having too much money and nowhere to spend it!

What’s the big deal? Look around, how many treacherous officials does China have today?

Why a memorial dedicated to treacherous officials, isn’t this letting people’s today remember to imitate them? Don’t tell me that we don’t already have enough treacherous officials today? Still want to memorialize them, this is bullshit! Not spending the money on education, building schools, but building a shrine for treacherous officials. This is absurd, ridiculous! Chinese history was full of loyal officials and patriots, “The Xiongnu are not yet destroyed, why should I go home” [quote from famous historical hero Huo Qubing] this kind of heroic epic unsung, this kind of magnificent deed unrecognized! I don’t know what these officials in China are doing everyday, using taxpayers money as if they don’t even care. Be careful one day they themselves will be made into a wax figure and placed there [museum], then they will be the laughing stock for all!

Why not build a “corrupt officials museum”

Comments on QQ.com:

Treacherous officials’ descendants building treacherous officials’ memorial, very normal!

Looks like they want to carry on the legacy of their ancestors, become treacherous officials for generations to come!

All famous people.

Good people don’t last forever, bad deeds are remembered for a thousand years [a Chinese proverb].

Put the local officials in there.

This world is so crazy, even treacherous officials can be in memorial halls.

I am from Shandong, this thing really loses face for Shandong people.

Close it now!!!!

Good, there are so many people at present who could be selected to be in there.

My dream is to get into this museum!!!

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