Daguxing Mountain Fort at Port

Daguxing Mountain Fort at Port

Daguxing Mountain Fort at Port is a cultural heritage site protected at the Guangdong Provincial level.

Daguxing Mountain Fort at Port is located on Daguxing Mountain in Gangkou Town, Huidong County, at the southernmost tip of Renping Peninsula, with an elevation of about 150 meters, facing the sea to the east, south, and west. Built atop the mountain peak, the fort gave the mountain its name. It is also called "Piggybag Fort" due to its resemblance to a piggybag. The fort was constructed in the 57th year of the Kangxi reign during the Qing Dynasty (1718), with funding donated by Yang Linkan, the Right Vice Censor of the Censorate and Right Vice Minister of War concurrently managing grain supply for Guangdong and Guangxi regions.

The fort is built with square, long granite blocks, with a total surrounding length of 295 meters and an average height of 3.5 meters. There is a stone gate facing northeast, 1.96 meters high and 1.63 meters wide, with a stone stele on the right side of the gate. According to the inscription, the fort housed two linked cannons, 22 barracks rooms, one gunpowder depot, two 1,250-kilogram cannons, two 500-jin cannons, one 300-jin cannon, three 250-jin cannons, 60 soldiers, and one battalion commander stationed for defense. The internal facilities of the fort have been lost over time. In the 1960s, two cannons were removed from the fort; one is now housed in the county museum and the other in the cultural station of Pinghai Town.

In 1984, the Huidong County People's Government designated it as a cultural heritage site. In 2012, the Guangdong Provincial People's Government listed it as part of the Seventh Batch of Guangdong Provincial Cultural Heritage Sites.

Further Reading:

· Seventh Batch of Guangdong Provincial Cultural Heritage Sites