Former Site of Yingxun Gate at Shajiao

Former Site of Yingxun Gate at Shajiao

The former site of Yingxun Gate at Shajiao is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The former site of Yingxun Gate at Shajiao is located within the Shajiao Fort in Shajiao Community, Humen Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, situated between Shajiao Fishing Mountain and Chiqi Mountain. Built in the late Qing Dynasty, the gate runs in a northeast–southwest direction and covers an area of approximately 176 square meters. The Yingxun Gate stands 3.05 meters high and 1.7 meters wide, with the three characters “迎薰门” (Yingxun Gate) inscribed on the lintel. The surrounding walls extend up the mountain, with walls 1 meter thick and 3.05 meters high, built from rammed earth. The southwestern section of the wall has a remaining length of 76 meters, while the southeastern section has a remaining length of about 100 meters. Near the Yingxun Gate, the wall is interrupted by the gatehouse of the Shajiao Navy Unit. The former site of Yingxun Gate at Shajiao serves as a venue for patriotic and national defense education, and also holds certain value for the study of Ming and Qing dynasty coastal defense relics. It was designated as a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit in 1982.

Shajiao Community: Covering an area of 11.2 square kilometers, Shajiao Community comprises 16 resident groups, with a registered population of 5,740 and a migrant population of about 23,000. The community currently has 10 members in its “two committees” (including 8 Party committee members, 5 residents’ committee members, with 3 holding dual positions), of which 2 have educational attainment of high school or below, and 8 have college or higher education. The Community Party General Branch has a total of 238 Party members. There are 8 “two new” (new economic organizations and new social organizations) Party branches under the community, with 60 “two new” Party members. In 2011, the community’s (two-level) total assets amounted to 602.91 million yuan, total income was 72.97 million yuan, and net profit was 3… Shajiao Community detailed information++