Site of Wanshou Mountain City

Site of Wanshou Mountain City

The Site of Wanshou Mountain City is a cultural relic protection unit of Luzhou County.

The Site of Wanshou Mountain City was built during the Song Dynasty. It is approximately 400 meters wide from north to south and 350 meters wide from east to west. The surviving structures include the South Gate and the North Gate. The North Gate faces southwest to northeast, constructed with stone slabs and featuring an arched roof. It is 2 meters wide, 4.11 meters deep, and 3.6 meters high. The gate, together with the left and right city walls, extends a total length of 11.25 meters, with the walls being 1.74 to 2.55 meters high and 4.11 meters thick. The South Gate faces north to south and shares a similar structure to the North Gate. In the late Southern Song Dynasty, to resist attacks by the Yuan army, the Wanshou Mountain fortress was built. It served both as a granary storage site and as a military garrison. Originally, there were nine city gates. Within the fortress, remains of residential sites and trench relics have been discovered. The Site of Wanshou Mountain City provides important insights into the politics, military, economy, and culture of that period. In August 1999, it was designated as a fourth batch county-level cultural relic protection unit by the Luzhou County People's Government.