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Zhaobao Mountain 招宝山Zhāobǎo Shān
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Ningbo, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Ningbo
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Zhaobao Mountain
A hill guarding the mouth of the Yong River, fortified from the Ming to the 1940s against Japanese pirates and British, French and Japanese forces, and the core of the Zhenhaikou coastal defence monuments. Paths lead to the Ming Weiyuan fort on the summit (1560), the Moon fort of 1883, old steles and the round Anyuan battery of 1887, with the Aozhu Pagoda on the hill and a coastal defence museum, opened in 1997, at its foot. Further monuments of the same group, including Qing batteries and a lookout on Jinji Hill, lie across the river in Beilun.
How to get to Zhaobao Mountain
In Zhenhai about 20 km north-east of central Ningbo; Zhaobaoshan station on Metro Line 2 is about 1.5 km away.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Ningbobang Museum 宁波帮博物馆 (10 km), Temple of King Ashoka 阿育王寺 (10 km), Ningbo Science Exploration Center 宁波科学探索中心 (20 km), Jiufeng Mountain, Beilun 九峰山 (20 km), Ningbo Wildlife Park 宁波野生动物园 (20 km), Ningbo Ocean World 宁波海洋世界 (20 km).
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