Heping North Gate Watchtower

Heping North Gate Watchtower

The Heping North Gate Watchtower is a cultural heritage site protected by Shaowu City.

The Heping North Gate Watchtower is located in Heping Town, Shaowu City, dating back to the Qing Dynasty.

The Heping North Gate Watchtower has been designated as a county-level cultural heritage site.

Heping Town: Located in the southwest of Shaowu City, Heping Town covers an area of 192 square kilometers and has a population of 21,000.

Heping Town has a long history — as early as over 4,000 years ago, the ancestors of the Yue people settled and thrived here. Its earliest recorded history dates back to the Tang Dynasty. It was called “Zhouri” in the Tang Dynasty, known as “Heping Li” in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, part of the Thirty-third District in the Ming Dynasty, established as Heping Subprefecture in the Qing Dynasty, designated as the Third District of Shaowu in the Republic of China, and officially became Heping Town in 1950.

Heping is strategically located in southern Shaowu and served as an ancient transportation hub connecting northwest Fujian and Jiangxi. Historical records indicate that as early as the first year of the Tiancheng era of the Later Tang Dynasty (926 AD)… More details about Heping Town ++