Xiuying ancient fort is located behind the village Xiuying Haixiu Road north. The Fort Area, covering about 10,000 square meters, 200 meters long hill on the coast line and building things. A "Town", "Beaconsfield", "set the West," the three great forts and "Zhenwu", "Zhenwei" two small batteries, the word order from east to west, across 240 meters long, shot the door north, facing the sea, remote Qiongzhou Strait, Pomp.

Fort internal chamber structure with clear sets, all with the orang-soil (Yang Cement) and bluestone built into the. Each fort are equipped control room, hiding hole, ammunition depots, delivery bullet holes, the top air-BarracksCirculation holes, five interlinked Battery Tunnel. Security placed concave bunkers purchased three from Germany, 24 cm diameter, 15 cm diameter two Krupp cannons, the use of flowering ferritin.

The practice field is also available in southern and barracks guarding the fortress by the sea navy camp, participants will Chenliang Jie was the first station.

The history of the ancient fort Xiuying

Guangxu ten years (1887), the French invaders to exclusive Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi to the Governor Zhang Qiong sea patrol, ordered the construction of Fort Xiuying. Fort built Xiuying took four years, more than 20 million cost of the two silver, digging earthworks 50000 Li YunMeters, is the first fort on Hainan Island.

Fort Xiuying history have roared twice.

The first time was seventeen years Guangxu (1891) Fort Xiuying completed, the Second Coming of Joan Zhang Chau, watch the test gun, sent a shock Xiuying Fort powers The First fury.

The second time was during the war. September 1938, Japanese aircraft bombed the sea, Tainan, attempt to occupy Hainan. Joan KMT defenders in order to enhance preparedness, the Fort as an important defense Xiuying facilities. February 1939, Japanese warships cruising in the Strait of Hainan Island, stationed at Fort Qiongya Xiuying Guard Division Wang ordered that fire as a warning. February 10, 1939, the KMT troops withdrew, the village Xiuying artillery fort built by Qing Dynasty, down on the invading Japanese, fired the first shot of Japanese people in Hainan.

Since March 5, 2006 after the closing has not yet open.

Xiuying Fort is the most complete extant in modern Chinese history, large-scale military facilities in the ancient, and the Guangdong Humen Fort, Shanghai Wusong Fort Taku Fort in Tianjin in the Qing Dynasty in China and said the four Fort, Hainan People';s fear of rape, against foreign enemies, to witness history.

Urban areas can be reached by 1,2,16,24,31,32 Road.

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