Shishan Fort

Shishan Fort

Shishan Fort is located on Shishan Hill, on the south side of Zhongshan Avenue, in Xiasha Community, Huangpu Subdistrict, Huangpu District, Guangzhou. It was built in the mid-summer of the 10th year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty (1884). Facing south, it currently retains a passageway, gate, and gun emplacement. The archway-style gate is well-preserved, constructed from red bricks with a mountain-shaped top, standing 5 meters high and 3.5 meters wide. The gate opening is 2.2 meters high and 1.88 meters wide. The stone lintel is 2.13 meters long and 0.58 meters wide, with the three large characters “Shishan Tai” (Shishan Platform) engraved in intaglio in the center, the upper inscription reading “Built on a propitious day in the mid-summer of the 10th year of the Guangxu reign,” and the lower inscription reading “Constructed under the supervision of Zhang, Viceroy of Liangguang; Ni, Governor of Guangdong; Deng Anbang, Named Commander of the Brave Corps; and drawn and supervised by Chen Qixi, Assistant Magistrate.” The passageway is 41 meters long with a clear height of 2.4 meters, also built from red bricks. The gun emplacement is an irregular crescent shape, constructed from lime-sandstone and concrete, narrow from north to south and wider from east to west, approximately 13 meters wide from east to west and 2.2 meters deep. The firing port of the emplacement is slightly lower, only 1.8 meters high and 1.27 meters wide. The walls feature 16 ammunition storage niches and 10 iron rings for securing cannons. Shishan Platform, together with Yuzhu Platform and Xieshan Platform, forms a pin-like defensive formation and is part of the Changzhou Fortress.

This fort is relatively well-preserved.

Xiasha Community: Basic Overview of Xiasha Community in Huangpu Subdistrict

I. Basic Overview

Xiasha, a restructured community, is located in the urban center of Huangpu District, covering a total area of approximately 5.6 square kilometers. It consists of four natural villages—Xiasha, Zhujiang, Xinxī, and Dajishā—and eleven economic cooperatives. The permanent registered population is 5,270, with around 5,000 non-local temporary residents. The community has over 1,200 acres of agricultural land and more than 260 acres of forested hills. Facilities within the community include one public primary school, one private school, two kindergartens, one market, and about 20 enterprises and companies… More detailed information on Xiasha Community++