Huating Seawall (Fengxian Section) 华亭海塘Huátíng Hǎitáng

About Huating Seawall (Fengxian Section)

A stone sea wall begun in 1726 under the Yongzheng emperor to protect old Huating county from the tides of Hangzhou Bay, built with interlocking 'fish-scale' courses of dressed stone and later strengthened and encased in earth. About 4.5 km of it was uncovered in 1996 when Fengzhe Road, which runs on top of it, was lowered, and the exposed blocks, some carved with builders' names and blessings, can be seen along the roadside in Zhelin town.

How to get to Huating Seawall (Fengxian Section)

Along Fengzhe Road in Zhelin town, Fengxian District, about 1.5 hours by road from central Shanghai.

Nearby

• Shanghai Disney Resort 上海迪士尼度假区 40 km
  Mainland China's first Disney theme park, with a castle, rides and nightly shows
• Former French Concession 原法租界 40 km
  Plane-tree streets, garden villas and shikumen lanes for Shanghai's best city walk
• Yu Garden & City God Temple 豫园与城隍庙 40 km
  A Ming-dynasty garden of rockeries and dragon walls beside a Taoist city temple
• Shanghai Museum 上海博物馆 40 km
  Ancient Chinese bronzes, ceramics, painting and jade, now shown at Shanghai Museum East
• The Bund & Lujiazui Skyline 外滩与陆家嘴 50 km
  1920s banks on one bank of the river, a sci-fi skyline on the other

Also within 20 km: Bihai Jinsha (Sunny Beach) 碧海金沙 (under 10 km), Caojing Shuike Scenic Area 漕泾水窠 (under 10 km), Shanghai Urban Vegetable Garden 上海都市菜园 (10 km), Jinshanzui Fishing Village 金山嘴渔村 (10 km), Jinshan City Beach 金山城市沙滩 (20 km), Shanghai Haiwan National Forest Park 上海海湾国家森林公园 (20 km).

On the map

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)