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Xiuying Fort 秀英炮台Xiùyīng Pàotái
National heritage site · Haikou, Hainan
- Time needed
- About an hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Haikou
- Region
- Hainan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Xiuying Fort
A Qing coastal fort on a low rise above Haikou's north-western shore, built in the early 1890s on the orders of the viceroy Zhang Zhidong to guard the Qiongzhou Strait against a French threat. Five emplacements for German-made Krupp guns stand in a line facing the sea, with barracks, a magazine and a parade ground behind, and displays of historical photographs. It is counted with the Humen, Wusong and Dagu forts as one of China's four great old coastal forts, and is now hemmed in by apartment blocks.
How to get to Xiuying Fort
In Longhua district, off Haixiu Road behind Xiuying village on the north-western side of Haikou; closed on Thursdays.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Tomb of Hai Rui 海瑞墓 (under 10 km), Site of the First Qiongya Congress of the Communist Party 中共琼崖第一次代表大会旧址 (under 10 km), Former Qionghai Customs House 琼海关旧址 (under 10 km), Haikou Qilou Old Street 海口骑楼老街 (under 10 km), Qiu Jun's Former Residence and Tomb 丘浚故居及墓 (under 10 km), Temple of the Five Lords 五公祠 (under 10 km).
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