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Yongchang Fort 永昌堡Yǒngchāng Bǎo
National heritage site · Wenzhou, Zhejiang
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Wenzhou
- Region
- Zhejiang
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Yongchang Fort
A fortified village built in 1558 by the local Wang family against Japanese pirates, after two of their kinsmen were killed fighting the raiders, and described as the only surviving privately built walled town in Zhejiang. The rectangular fort keeps its north wall, most of the east wall and the east gate with its barbican and gun gallery, and a moat and two canals run through a village of old houses that includes the Wang ancestral hall.
How to get to Yongchang Fort
In Xincheng village, Yongzhong subdistrict, Longwan, about 19 km south-east of central Wenzhou and 4 km from Wenzhou airport; by taxi.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Pagoda of Guo'an Temple 国安寺塔 (under 10 km), Stone Pagodas of Zhenru Temple 真如寺石塔 (10 km), Sanyang Wetland 三垟湿地 (10 km), Wenzhou Amusement Park 温州乐园 (10 km), Impression Nantang 印象南塘 (20 km).
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