Rata stone fort

Rata stone fort

Lata stone fort looks like a lion from a distance, so its original name is also called "lion mountain". It is located in the Paotai mountain in Gongbei, which is not only a customs site, but also a fort site. It is about 1km away from gongbeiguan gate, adjacent to the sea in the East, Qianshan River in the west, Macao in the South and Beiling village in the back.

Architectural composition

The building includes a four story watchtower with a height of 8.91 meters, a customs building and a stone wall around the fort. battery

It was built in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty (1736-1795). It had 17 holes and 7 cannons of 2000-3000 kg. The remnant wall is 59.5 meters long, 1.42 meters high and has 12 blastholes. The watchtower was founded in 1841. It is of reinforced concrete structure and is based on a huge wall of lata stone. On the northeast side of the boulder is the "Southern Pillar Stone" inscribed by Macao Tongzhi Jitai, and on the back is the "Fengshan lock key" inscribed by Qianshan Tongzhi Cai Guozhen, which shows the important military position of the fort. The customs building was founded in 1887. It is of reinforced concrete structure. It was originally located near shuntang in Macao and later moved to Paotai mountain (formerly known as Shishan). Fortress Shanhaiguan has been an important gateway of the motherland for more than 100 years. It has resisted numerous aggressors and still stands on the coast of the South China Sea.

In 1986, the latashi Fort site was declared as a cultural relic protection unit by Zhuhai Municipal People's government.

history

Latashi fort is located in Gongbei Fort Mountain. After the Qing government lost its military control over Macao in the first Opium War, it built the lata stone fort in 1841 and sent the general troops to garrison and take charge of the gate flood control. On August 22, 1849, the gate was closed

Shen Yami and other youths assassinated Macao governor Yamal in the village. On the 25th, with the support of Britain, France, the United States and other countries, the Australian and Portuguese authorities brazenly attacked the guanzha area and captured the latashi fort. In 1890, in the face of Portuguese expansion and military provocation in Qianshan, Wanchai, Hengqin and other places, Cai Guozhen, the governor of the coastal defense forces and civilians of Guangzhou Fuqian mountain, braved violence and resolutely led the troops to recover the latashi fort, and then strengthened the land and water defense. For more than half a century since the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, latashi fort was not only an important border defense military area, but also the land anti smuggling headquarters of the Chinese customs in gongbeiguan. It was taken over by the Chinese people's Liberation Army in November 1949.

Scenic spot information

Scenic spot type: ticket scenic spot grade: None

Opening hours: 8:00 advance booking time: 2 days

Booking price: ￥ 10.00

Window fare: ￥ 100.00

Address: paotaishan, Gongbei, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai City

Longitude: 113.54518890381

Latitude: 22.224502563477

Ticket information: market price: 100.0 yuan

Chinese PinYin : La Ta Shi Pao Tai