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Diaoyu Fortress 钓鱼城Diàoyú Chéng
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Chongqing, Chongqing
- Time needed
- Half a day
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Chongqing
- Region
- Chongqing
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Diaoyu Fortress
A Southern Song mountain fortress on Diaoyu Hill, a peninsula where the Jialing, Qu and Fu rivers meet east of Hechuan, which held out against Mongol armies for 36 years from 1243. The Mongol Great Khan Möngke died during his siege of it in 1259; its stone walls and gates, naval wharf and other remains form one of the best-preserved Song battlefield sites in China and a national archaeological park.
How to get to Diaoyu Fortress
In Hechuan District, about 5 km east of central Hechuan across the Jialing River, by taxi or local bus.
Nearby
- Hongyadong & Chongqing Night Views 洪崖洞 60 km
A cliffside stack of stilt houses glowing gold over the river every night - Dazu Rock Carvings 大足石刻 60 km
A cliffside storybook of Buddhist hells, mothers and thousand-armed Guanyin
Also within 20 km: North Hot Spring Park (Beiwenquan) 北温泉 (20 km).
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