Lotus City

Lotus City

Lotus City is a cultural heritage site protected at the provincial level in Guangdong Province.

The Qing Dynasty Panyu Lotus City is located on the second peak of Lotus Mountain in Panyu District, Guangzhou, on the western bank of the Lion Ocean waterway of the Pearl River. The city has an oval-like layout, covering an area of about 1,400 square meters. Its walls are built on a stone foundation, with blue bricks used on both the inner and outer sides and earth filled in between. The walls are 5.66 meters high and 2.34 meters thick. There is a stone arched gate on both the south and north sides. The city originally contained watchtowers, barracks, and stables, while outside the city there were signal fire mounds and 20 artillery positions, all of which have now disappeared.

Lotus City was established by the Qing government to restrict maritime migration and was built in June of the third year of the Kangxi reign (1664) as a sentry post. During the Opium Wars, Viceroy of Liangguang Qi Shan and British representative Charles Elliot secretly discussed the "Convention of Chuenpi" (also known as the "Chuanbi Draft Treaty") here. In the fourth year of the Xianfeng reign (1854), the Red Turban Rebellion forces once stationed here.

In June 1989, the People's Government of Guangdong Province designated it as a cultural relics protection unit.

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Further Reading:

· Third Batch of Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Protection Units