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Hulishan Fort 胡里山炮台Húlǐshān Pàotái
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Xiamen, Fujian
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Xiamen
- Region
- Fujian
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Hulishan Fort
A coastal fort on the south-eastern tip of Xiamen Island, completed in 1896 in a mix of European and Chinese styles, with granite ramparts, underground passages, barracks, magazines, lookout posts and a moat. Its main exhibit is a late-19th-century 280 mm Krupp breech-loading coastal gun, about 13 m long, the survivor of the fort's original pair; appraisals by the National Cultural Heritage Administration and the Krupp archive identified it as the largest surviving 19th-century coastal gun. The fort looks out across the water towards Kinmen.
How to get to Hulishan Fort
On the southern shore of Xiamen Island, a short walk south of Xiamen University's main campus.
Nearby
- Gulangyu Island 鼓浪屿 under 10 km
A car-free island of old villas, banyan trees and drifting piano music
Also within 20 km: Site of the Xiamen Prison Break 厦门破狱斗争旧址 (under 10 km), Xiamen Botanical Gardens 厦门园林植物园 (under 10 km), Huihe Stone Culture Park 惠和石文化园 (under 10 km), Qingjiao and Baijiao Ciji Palaces 青、白礁慈济宫 (10 km), Early Buildings of Jimei School Village and Xiamen University 集美学村和厦门大学早期建筑 (20 km), Aoyuan and the Tomb of Tan Kah Kee 鳌园 (20 km).
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