Chuanlu Castle

Chuanlu castle is another well preserved castle on Dongchong Peninsula besides Dajing castle. It was built in 1555, the 34th year of Jiajing reign of Ming Dynasty. The wall is surrounded by ancient banyan trees.

Chuanlu Castle

Chuanlu castle was built in the 34th year of Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty (1573-1619). It was rebuilt in Wanli period (1573-1619). It is square, 640 meters in circumference, 5 meters in height and 3 meters in width. The city is divided into East, West and South gates. More than 200 ancient banyan trees were planted around Yicheng. In 1986, the people's Government of Xiapu County announced it as a county-level cultural relics protection unit. In 1997, it was announced as a provincial cultural relic protection unit by Fujian Provincial People's government.

Changes of ancient castle

According to the annals of Xiapu County, "during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates invaded the southeast townships for years, and Qi Shen played a role in building fortresses for self-defense in coastal townships." So the villagers began to know that there are advantages of castles, and the 57 castles along the coast are the second to build clouds. According to Lin's genealogy, Chuanlu castle was built in the 24th year of Jiajing reign of Ming Dynasty. The perimeter of the fort is 640 meters The castle is about 4 meters high, the base is 5 meters wide, and the top of the wall is 3.5 meters wide. The original city has three gates in the west, the South and the north. The south gate was rebuilt in 1988. The gate is 5 meters high, round in shape, 2.5 meters wide inside and 4 meters high inside. The top of the gate is engraved with the word "Huangming Fangbo" "Li" inscription. The west gate is on the verge of collapse. In 2003, the village self raised demolition and construction, forming a circular gate. The inner width of the gate is 2.4 meters, and the inner height is 3.2 meters. Because it is located in the quay, the "Fucheng gate" is embedded in the top of the gate. The inscription is black gold characters. The three parts are block stone masonry. The wall is made of local materials, which is made of gravel or goose egg stone. In addition, more than 260 trees were planted on the top of the city, but only more than 200 trees are left because they were destroyed by hurricanes. The villagers have always called this tree "divine tree". For three hundred years, it has been on the stone wall. The castle was listed as a provincial cultural relic protection unit in 1997.

New Castle Village

Chuanlu village is located in the middle of Dongchong Peninsula, connecting Shalu line of provincial road in the East and Dongwu ocean in the West. There are 425 households and 1729 people in the village, with 9400 mu of beach, 400 mu of shrimp pond, 861 mu of cultivated land and more than 30 production vessels.

In the city, a 3-meter-wide and 300 meter long cement road of central street has been laid. Outside the city, a 6-meter-wide and 600 meter long ring Castle Road has been built. The inside and outside of the castle are connected in all directions, which is built with an investment of 60000 yuan in the village. In the northwest outside the city, there is a magnificent primary school covering an area of more than 3400 square meters, which was built with 470000 yuan raised by the village. The village also mobilized villagers to invest 74000 yuan to build a new wharf, renovate and reinforce the seawall of shrimp pond, which made it convenient for villagers to breed, catch and transport on the sea. Another 35000 yuan has been invested to build two public toilets, complete the rural power transformation, and repair the office building of the village committee. Now the income of villagers has increased, many people have moved out of the city for development, and more than 50 new houses have been built.

The ancient castle has been included in the scope of tourism in the village for protection and development, and connected with the nearby Gaoluo seaside resort to develop tourism economy.

Address: Chuanlu village, Changchun Town, Xiapu County, Ningde City

Longitude: 120.05705061227

Latitude: 26.748148814415

Tour time: 1 hour

Traffic information: take the shuttle bus to xiahu or Changchun at Xiapu station and get off at chuanlucun station

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