The China Aviation Museum is located at the foot of Datang Mountain in Changping, Beijing. It is the first large-scale aviation museum open to the public in Chinese history and the largest collection of aviation treasures in Asia. It covers an area of more than 700,000 square meters and houses more than 270 aircraft, 99 national cultural relics aircraft, and nearly 10,000 aviation relics. It is a national military theme museum integrating science, technology, education, and tourism. It is also the largest aviation museum in Asia and one of the top five in the world. The China Aviation Museum was officially opened to the public in November 1989. In the center of the museum square, there is a "Heavenly Soul" monument, which is made of a complete piece of black granite collected from Mount Tai. The inscription on the monument reads: In memory of the ancestors, colleagues and friends who dedicated themselves to the aerospace industry of the Chinese nation. The China Aviation Museum covers an area of more than 50 hectares and has two magnificent exhibition halls: the cave exhibition hall and the open-air apron exhibition hall. The open-air exhibition hall mainly displays various aircraft manufactured by countries around the world, such as the British "Viscount" transport aircraft, the world's first turboprop power unit, and other types of aircraft boutiques. In addition, the museum also has exhibitions such as "engine series exhibition", "treasure exhibition", "aerophotographic equipment exhibition", "life-saving and protective equipment exhibition", and "Chairman Mao's aircraft exhibition". There are more than 200 aircraft of more than 100 types in the museum, and more than 600 aviation exhibits such as ground-to-air and radar, many of which are exquisite. Such a large-scale aviation museum is rare in the world. When you enter the Aviation Museum, the museum logo that is more than ten meters high will make you excited: a milky white pillar obliquely supports a single-seat light fighter (J-12) that is completely white and is urgently ascending. The front of the base is engraved with four big characters written by Comrade Yang Shangkun - Aim for the blue sky. In the center of the museum square, there is a "Heavenly Soul" monument, which is made of a complete piece of black granite collected from Mount Tai. The inscription on the monument reads: In memory of the ancestors, colleagues and friends who dedicated themselves to the aerospace industry of the Chinese nation. In September 2008, during the national museum rating activity, the China Aviation Museum stood out among more than 2,400 museums nationwide and became one of the first 83 national first-class museums officially approved by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and one of the three military museums. On August 20, 2007, the China Aviation Museum was rated as a national 4A-level tourist attraction by the National Tourist Attractions Quality Rating Committee.