Shanghengdang Fort

Shanghengdang Fort

Shanghengdang Fort is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Shanghengdang Fort is located on Shanghengdang Island in the Humen Waterway, east of Gangqian Avenue, Nanbei Tai Community Committee, Nansha Subdistrict, Nansha District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. It covers an area of approximately 7,900 square meters. The fort lies to the north of Xiahengdang Island and to the south of Dahu Mountain. On the island, there are eight breech-loading gun emplacements built in the 10th year of the Guangxu reign during the Qing Dynasty (1884), as well as barracks, official halls, warehouses, tunnels, and ruins of the fort dating back to the Opium War. Since 1985, multiple rounds of maintenance and preservation have been carried out. It is one of the main surviving parts of the Humen Forts. From the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty to the present day, the fort on Shanghengdang Island has stood for nearly three hundred years, bearing witness to the Chinese people’s resistance against imperialist invasion and holding a highly significant place in the historical saga of China’s national rejuvenation. It possesses immense historical, artistic, and scientific value. In February 1982, it was incorporated into the “Humen Forts” and designated as a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Nanbei Tai Community: The Guben Fort is situated on Panyu Nansha Mountain (commonly known as Furongzhang). It was constructed with the approval of Lu Kun, the Viceroy of Liangguang, and Guan Tianpei, the Admiral of the Navy, in the 15th year of the Daoguang reign (1835), and together with the Yong’an Platform on Shanghengdang Island, it guarded the western channel of the Humen Strait. “The old Guben Fort was built facing the sea, originally with a curved foundation measuring fifty-one zhang in length and a battery twenty-one zhang long, featuring twenty gun ports. However, the rear of the fort was close to a rocky cliff, and this was the only fort west of Hengdang, making its strategic position somewhat isolated.” During the First Opium War, British invading forces completely destroyed the fort. It was rebuilt in the 23rd year of the Daoguang reign and divided into northern and southern sections, commonly referred to as Nanbei Tai.

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