Humen Fort old site

Humen Fort old site

The old site of Lin Zexu Yanyan Pond and Humen Fort, located at No. 113 Jiefang Road, Humen Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, consists of Lin Zexu Yanyan Pond, Humen Fort, Jingyuan Fort, Shajiao Fort, Weiyuan Fort, etc. In the 19th year of Qing Daoguang (1839), the imperial commissioner of the Qing Dynasty Lin Zexu built a smoke-selling pool and presided over the destruction of a large amount of opium seized in the pool; the Humen Fort was located on both banks of the Pearl River Estuary, and it was in the 20th year of Qing Daoguang (1840), England The Opium War to invade China was launched in Guangdong. On February 25th in the 21st year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1841), the British army attacked Humen, and the admiral Guan Tianpei of the Guangdong Navy led the army to fight bravely. Historical evolution: In the fifth year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1800), the Shajiao Fort that formed the Humen Fort was officially completed. In the 14th year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1834), after Guan Tianpei served as the admiral of the Guangdong Navy, he began to rectify and strengthen the defense of Humen Haikou. Shajiao and Dajiao Fortress were changed to lookout command platforms, and a Wanghai Tower was built on the top of Shajiao Mountain, in front of the building. Put up a high pole and send soldiers to look around day and night. In May of the 19th year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1839), Lin Zexu, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, built two smoking pools for the destruction of drugs on the South Beach of Humen Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. In the same year, the Jingyuan Fort, which formed the Humen Fort, was built. On January 7th in the 21st year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1841), the Battle of Shajiao was defeated. Chen Liansheng and other Qing soldiers died as martyrs. The Shajiao Fort was destroyed by the British army. On February 26 of the same year, the Qing army was defeated in the Battle of Humen, Jingyuan fort fell, and the British army destroyed it. In the twenty-third year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1843), the Shajiao Fort, Jingyuan Fort was restored. In the sixth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1856), the Shajiao Fort was once again destroyed by the British army. During the reign of Guangxu (1883--1889), large-scale restoration and expansion of the Shajiao Fortress were carried out, and they were successively located in Baicao Mountain, Fishing Mountain, Lun Mountain, Centipede Mountain, Qishan Mountain, Guishan Mountain, Baihe Mountain, Lion Mountain, and Xiangshan Mountain. 10 new forts were built on Phoenix Mountain. Lin Zexu's smoking pool and the former Humen Fort site participated in the construction of education for all, patriotism and education bases with the people, which is a monument of Dongguan's history and culture.

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