Panshanhu Farm Watchtower

Panshanhu Farm Watchtower

The Panshanhu Farm Watchtower is a cultural heritage conservation unit of Suzhou City.

The Panshanhu Farm Watchtower is located in Panbei Village, Songling Town, Wujiang District. It was built in 1932.

The Panshanhu Farm Watchtower, situated in Panbei Village, Wujiang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Suzhou City, is a single-story, three-tiered, square-shaped structure standing 6.90 meters high, 4.70 meters wide, and 4.70 meters long. It is built using materials such as blue bricks and cement. A copper bell was once installed on the third tier, used to signal work and rest times for employees. Gun ports were set into the walls on all sides. Currently, the walls from the first to the third tiers are well-preserved, but most of the parapet on the third tier was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. This building was discovered during the third national cultural relics survey and is considered a modern-era relic of certain historical value. Panshanhu was once a renowned lake in Wujiang, located about three li east of the urban area of Wujiang.

In 2009, the Panshanhu Farm Watchtower was listed by the municipal government as part of the fifth batch of cultural heritage conservation units of Wujiang City. It is now designated as a cultural heritage conservation unit of Suzhou City due to administrative division adjustments.