Jiaoshan ancient fort

Jiaoshan ancient fort is located at the foot of the mountain on the east side of Jiaoshan, echoing Xiangshan fort on the south bank. Jiaoshan fort is a rugged rock, with eight Fort rammed with lime soil, fan-shaped, facing the estuary of the Yangtze River. The whole fort is in the form of a secret fort. Each fort is attached with a small ammunition depot, and another large ammunition depot is in the west of the South Gate of the fort. The whole is made of triad layer by layer, which is very strong. During the Anti Japanese War, the fort was destroyed by the Japanese army, and the existing site is a provincial cultural relic protection unit, which is an important base for patriotism education. Standing in front of the ancient cannons, it seems that the sound of guns and earth shaking shouts still reverberate in my ears, which makes me think deeply and solemnly.

Jiaoshan ancient fort

Since Jiaoshan is the throat of the Yangtze River, it has been a must for military strategists since ancient times. Han Shizhong, a famous patriotic general in the Southern Song Dynasty, led thousands of soldiers

Garrison in Jiaoshan and block the Jinbing.

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At the east foot of Jiaoshan mountain in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province, there are dense woods and jagged rocks. Eight fort are arranged in horseshoe shape, and the muzzle faces the river. This is the famous Jiaoshan fort.

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In the first year of dezhe (1275), the song and Yuan armies fought fiercely on the river near Jiaoshan, and there was a thrilling battle scene of "jiaopu dangerous fortress, Baogang, the rise and fall of the yuan and Song Dynasties, and the beach". In modern times, there are more magnificent poems in Jiaoshan.

During the Opium War in 1840, in order to strengthen the defense of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the Qing government decided to build Jiaoshan fort, which formed a corner with the three fort of Fushan, Xiangshan and Jiangdu Tianmiao to guard Jiaoshan and the Yangtze River waterway. According to the historical records of Zhenjiang, Jiaoshan fort is based on high-quality materials and square stones. It is rammed and mixed with loess, lime, fine sand and glutinous rice juice to form a triad soil. It is compacted in layers and coated with black protective agent. The whole fort is in the form of a secret Castle. There are 60 (x) - 8000 Jin cannons in the fort. Each fort was attached with a small magazine, and the other one was located in the west of the gate at the south end of the fort. The whole is formed by layered watering of triad soil, which is very strong. During the Anti Japanese War, the fort was destroyed by the Japanese army. The existing site is a cultural relic protection unit at the provincial level.

On July 21, 1842, the British aggressors launched the battle of the Yangtze River, reaching Zhenjiang and Nanjing. When the British Invaders invaded the Yangtze River, they were bravely resisted and severely hit by the garrison of the fort in kuashan and Jiaoshan. Hailing led Qingzhou soldiers and flag soldiers to resist. Facing more than 80 enemy ships, he shelled them fiercely. However, because he was outnumbered, his fort was lost. More than 1500 soldiers and civilians in Jiaoshan died. Hailing also set himself on fire. When the British army captured Zhenjiang, the army and the people fought bravely, resisted to death, and fought bravely and tragically, which aroused the warm praise of the revolutionary mentor Engels. In his article the British new expedition to China, he praised: "if these aggressors were resisted everywhere, they would never arrive in Nanjing."

Jiaoshan fort is an important relic of China's anti British and anti imperialist struggle. It is also an irrefutable evidence of Zhenjiang people's bloody resistance to the enemy and their hard fight against foreign invaders.

Address: east foot of Jiaoshan, Jingkou District, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province

Longitude: 119.48725654975

Latitude: 32.238708825172

Tour time: 15 minutes

Traffic information: take No.4 bus to the railway station; take No.104 or No.123 bus from Jiaoshan to Jinshan to Jiaoshan scenic spot

Ticket information: included in the ticket of Jiaoshan scenic spot

Opening hours: 7:30-17:00

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