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Shuangfeng Fort 双峰寨Shuāngfēng Zhài
National heritage site · Shaoguan, Guangdong
- Time needed
- Under 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shaoguan
- Region
- Guangdong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Shuangfeng Fort
A large rectangular fortified compound in Shitang village, built from 1899 over twelve years by the local gentleman Li Zisheng to shelter villagers from bandits, with a main tower and four gun towers joined by high brick walls and surrounded by a moat. After 1927 the Communist-led Shitang peasant association held out inside it for nine months against Kuomintang forces; the fort had partly collapsed before 1949 and was later restored.
How to get to Shuangfeng Fort
In Shitang town about 19 km west of Renhua town, roughly an hour by road north of Shaoguan city.
Nearby
- Mount Danxia 丹霞山 20 km
Red sandstone cliffs and flat-topped peaks that gave the 'Danxia' landform its name
Also within 20 km: Yunlong Temple Pagoda 云龙寺塔 (under 10 km).
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