Fort Hu Lishan not only has a battery, but also this battery is located in this park. It has the shape of an isolated mountain, the grass of Tuerling. The following is the commentary of the tour guide of Xiamen Hu Lishan Battery that I collected for you. Welcome to read!
Hello, ladies and gentlemen! The journey is hard! Welcome to the beautiful coastal city of Xiamen. First, let me introduce myself. Our driver's surname is Chen, and I am a tour guide of the travel agency. My last name is Wu, and my name is X X! I am honored to be your tour guide and serve you. I hope we can make you happy when you are together! I wish you all have a good time, eat well, live comfortably and have a smooth journey. I also hope that our work can get your support!
Today, we will visit Hu Lishan Fort Scenic Area, which is a coastal fortress originally used to resist foreign aggression. The fort was started on March 8th 1894 and completed on March 8th/kloc-0 1896. It lasted two years and nine months, and occupied an area of10.3 million square meters, mainly consisting of batteries, barracks and warehouses. Among the 20 scenic spots in Xiamen, it is known as the "cannon king in the lake" because there is one of the largest ancient coastal cannons in the world. What kind of cannon is he? Let's go with Xiao Wu now. We will visit this scenic spot for an hour and a half.
Now our car is driving on the beautiful roundabout road. Please look to the left. There is music made of stones on the grass here. I wonder if any friends can guess what it is? He is the staff of "Waves of Gulangyu Island" composed by Zhong Limin, Zhang Li and Hongshui, with a total length of 250 meters. The appearance of such a long music notation has added spirituality to life on the island. Now I'm going to sing Wave of Gulangyu for you. I can't sing well! If there is an opportunity, we will certainly gain something by not bothering the staff of the Piano Museum in Xinzhuang Garden to play Gulangyu Wave on the piano.
Now the car is entering the parking lot. Please wait for the master to park the car before getting off. Remember that our license plate number is Min D88888. All right, the car is parked. Everyone can take valuables with him. Other salutes can be put on the car. Now we are going to enter the Huli Mountain Fort to watch the Huli Gun King.
Ladies and gentlemen, when you enter the gate and stand under the big banyan tree, we can see two gates in front of you, which read "Fenwu" and "Wei Zhen". Opposite the two gates is the large-scale wall sculpture "soul of china" created by Mr. Cai Zhiqiang of Fujian Arts and Crafts School, which shows Wan Li's coastal defense from old China to new China, and from "swords and guns in storage" to Fen, fighting invaders with great momentum and clear thinking.
Now we are entering the gate of "dividing arms". Ladies and gentlemen, please look at this schematic diagram. This is a schematic diagram of the whole fortress. It is mainly divided into two parts, one is Glory Jubao Hall and the other is Fort. This glory treasure hall is divided into five exhibition halls, namely, ancient swords, ancient war guns, ancient muskets, world rare stones and ancient tree fossils. This is collected from all over the world by Mr. Zhang Rongguang for seven generations in the past 200 years. It has extremely high cultural and historical value and artistic appreciation value. There are very simulated meat stones, just like the three layers of meat we saw in the vegetable market. Everyone must go and see it in the future. Also, the smallest gun in the world is only eleven centimeters long! Well, the most important thing for us to come here today is to see the oldest, largest and most complete ancient coastal gun in the world. Later, I will leave some time for you to visit the Glory Treasure Museum. So, let's move on!
We go up from here, and the door next to it is the battery tunnel, which can communicate with each other. After watching the cannon, you can walk in through this door and visit the entire Glory Treasure Hall completely. Ok, now let's go to the battery. 184 1 year, British imperialism launched a war, and the coastal defenders in Xiamen launched a fierce artillery battle with the invaders. At that time, there were nine coastal defense fortresses, such as Baishi, Hu Lishan and Yanshi, starting from Huangcuo in the east and reaching the Bird's Empty Garden in the west. The British call it a "long-line fortress". When the British army invaded, the defenders fired at the enemy together, which made the British army in a panic. However, the shore gun can only be fired directly in one direction, but not rotated from multiple angles. After seeing this defect, the British army bypassed the shooting direction and fired at Whitehead Castle. Picking up stones and fighting the British army to the end, they all died heroically because of the disparity in strength. Since then, Xiamen has fallen, and the British invaders have taken some cannons. Those that cannot be taken away will be destroyed, and some will be pushed into the sea. So far, they can still be salvaged in this area.
After the war, in order to consolidate the coastal defense, Xiamen military and civilians started construction on the eighth day of March in the 20th year of Guangxu (1894) and built the current battery. As you can see, this is the Huli cannon king we mentioned. When the fort was completed, two large steel cannons made by Krupp Arsenal in Germany were installed, each with an ex-factory price of 82,000 silver, which was transported from Germany to Minjiang Estuary. From Minjiang Estuary to Hu Lishan, the two artillery pieces used silver 15000 taels, and the whole fort cost 87000 taels of silver. After calculation, the two guns cost a total of 302,000 silver, and the cost of each gun is15.122,000 silver. Look at this cannon. Its length is 13. 13 meters, its weight is 50 tons, its caliber is 28 centimeters, and its range is 16 thousand kilometers. This is the largest ancient coastal gun in the world and has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. Ladies and gentlemen, there used to be two cannons here, but now, everyone can only see the East Cannon. Why? 1958 During the "Steel-making Campaign", the Xipao here was bought at a steel mill for 80 cents a catty. Fortunately, the secretary of the municipal party Committee stopped it at that time, and the East Artillery was saved. It hurts a little now. There is a pool beside the cannon. What is this pool for? It is said that this kind of cannon will cool down for 30 minutes after each shot, and this pool is used to cool down. Let's see if the floor here is a little different. It is made of Zhang Shu juice, glutinous rice, lime and sand. The geology is very hard, so it won't collapse and hurt people in actual combat.
Now, if we go a little further, stand on this ancient fortress and look at the sky and the sky, we will certainly feel something. This is "looking back at Taiwan Province". Here, we can see that Dadan Island and Erdan Island are only more than 4000 meters away from here, but they can't communicate with each other. It can be said that "the sky is far apart and the moon is far apart, and we don't look at the three links between the sea." We hope that our Taiwan Province Province can return to the embrace of the motherland as soon as possible.
Now you can visit the Glory Treasure Hall. It's five o'clock in the afternoon. We'll meet in the car after five twenty. Today's tour is over. I have seen the largest and smallest ancient cannons and lifelike stones in the world. What memories can these leave you? We are leaving soon, and everything must be over. Welcome to bring your friends and relatives with you next time. Let's meet again in Xiamen and have a bright tomorrow! Thank you for your support and trust in my work! Thank you. Bye!
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