Xiamen Hulishan Fort Travel Guide

Scenic spot introduction:

Xiamen Hulishan Fort is a product of China's Westernization Movement. It was equipped with the best weapons and equipment in the world at that time. It is known as the "Gateway to Fujian and the Key to Tiannan".

Attractions distribution:

Hulishan Fort is located at the protruding promontory of the southeastern tip of Xiamen. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides, has convenient transportation, and is endowed with unique history and natural tourism resources. The Hulishan Fort was built in the 20th year of Guangxu's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1894 AD). The structure of the fort is half bunker and half city wall. It has the architectural style of Europe and my country's Ming and Qing Dynasties. The total area is more than 70,000 square meters, and the castle area is more than 13,000 square meters. Square meters, it is divided into the war flat area, the barracks area and the back mountain area. Secret passages are built inside, and retaining walls, ammunition depots, barracks, official halls, mountain top observation halls, etc. are built.
The Hulishan Fort is about 4,500 meters away from the Baishitou Fort to the east. It can support the Baishitou Fort to the east and block enemy ships from the Xiamen waterway in advance. The front (south) side faces the Yuzaiwei Fort on the opposite bank across the sea. They are like horns to each other. The intersection of artillery fire can block enemy ships blocking the Xiamen waterway; to the west, they can pursue enemy ships entering Xiamen Port; at the same time, they can assist the Panshi Fort about 5,000 meters away to defend Xiamen Port; to the north, they can support the army camp, etc.
The Hulishan Fort was also equipped with the best equipment at the time, especially two Krupp cannons with a caliber of 280 mm and a firing angle of 360 degrees. They were extremely powerful and became a strategic fort. They were the main fort and command platform. In the early years of the Republic of China, the Navy's four attacks on Hulishan Fort highlighted its advantages in coastal warfare. Especially in the Anti-Japanese Defense War in 1937, it sank the Japanese "Ruozhu" No. 13 ship, the first to sink a Japanese ship in the Chinese theater. The ship's glorious record.

Scenic spot qualifications:

National 4A-level scenic spot

Scenic spot features:

Military, modern history, popular science, historic sites, memorials, museums