She Touwan Battery Site

The She Touwan Battery Site is a national key cultural relics protection unit. It is located on the [...]

The She Touwan Battery Site is a national key cultural relics protection unit. It is located on the flat top of She Touwan Hill in Nanmian Community, Humen Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, where the site was built. Initially constructed in the 23rd year of the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, it was a trinity soil battery that was destroyed by the British army during the war in the sixth year of the Xianfeng Emperor.


It was reconstructed in the ninth year of the Guangxu Emperor. The existing battery is styled from the Guangxu period, covering an area of about 2520 square meters; within the enclosure, there are two open-air gun positions connected by a tunnel in the middle. The She Touwan Battery Site is an important place for carrying out patriotic education and national defense education, and it holds significant value for the study of Ming and Qing Dynasty coastal defense facilities.


The opening hours and business status are subject to the actual situation on the day.


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