The Fengxian Section of the Huating Seawall

The Fengxian Section of the Huating Seawall

The Fengxian Section of the Huating Seawall is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The Huating Seawall in Fengxian was first built during the Yongzheng reign of the Qing Dynasty, with the stone seawall stretching approximately forty li in total. Today, in Fengxian, there is a visible exposed section of about 4,000 meters.

During the Daoguang reign, the main seawall of Huating County was divided into the "East Seawall" and "West Seawall," and the Yongzheng-era stone seawall within Fengxian County was then part of the East Seawall of Huating County. Therefore, when the new Fengxian County Annals were compiled in the 1980s, the Yongzheng-era seawall in the area was named the "Huating East Stone Seawall," which has now been renamed the Fengxian Section of the Huating Seawall. The construction project took a full ten years to complete, spanning over twenty kilometers in total length, resembling a mini Great Wall. It was discovered in May 1996 during the slope reduction and widening project of the Fengzhe Highway, with the exposed section being about 4,000 meters long. The entire structure was built with bluestone and granite, making it solid as a fortress and very majestic. The seawall was listed as a Shanghai Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Unit on April 27, 2002.

On October 7, 2019, the Fengxian Section of the Huating Seawall was included in the eighth batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units.

Further Reading:

· Eighth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units