Miniature Shibi Fortress is Hulishan Fortress predecessor - Cliff fort built as a prototype , to reproduce the majestic fort 100 years ago cliff .
Miniature cliff fort is located in the scenic mountains Hulishan Fortress, the entire project using the original natural landscape created by the mountain , covering an area of over 200 square meters. Approaching miniature cliff fort , a seat stone ( earth ) walls were " like the Great Wall " is located in the fort , one fixed in stone patchwork muzzle (soil ) wall gun eyes, a statue poised on the muzzle Mic to go from bronze cast of Fujian and Zhejiang Governor Yan Bo Tao visited the fort war intelligence is rather a shield Qing soldiers armed soldiers tiger knives, guns , fought bravely , one hundred years ago, the intense " battle of the cliff " Here staged. The project is the use of shadow carving, bronze reproduction of artistic expression , such as the Governor's visit, Tiger soldiers fought and Diukuiqijia other real war scenes, reproduce ' Cliff war " historical scenes.
Cliff fort is the Opium Wars of the three forts ( Humen , stone walls, Zhenjiang ) one after the first Opium War , the British invaders repeated violations of Xiamen , Fujian and Zhejiang when he was governor of Yan Bo Tao granite instead of sandbags in the south coast of Xiamen Island build a " time -line of China's most rugged permanent artillery fortifications - cliff fort " , which is the predecessor ofHulishan Fortress . At that time the cliff fort " Nationwide, the strong fortifications , as the first in the country , second only to the number of guns in Humen , the country's second , after the number of soldiers Benten later Wusong , Baoshan district , the country's second . "Because of the cliff fort against the British in the Opium War of aggression played an important role , and therefore known as" sea wall " in the world.
April 1841 , the British offensive battle Xiamen , and that "It was called the most rugged fort break in China, the Qing government would be a heavy blow ." Bo Tao Yan Qing led a shield soldiers went to the cliff fort soldiers to fight the tiger , but in front of the British gunboats , Qing defenseless , less than twenty minutes , cliff fort fell . Battle of the cliff at a certain level reflected the Sino-British inter-generational impact on military technology.
Miniature cliff fort built to reproduce the historical landscape of Xiamen Hulishan Fortress and coastal defense fortress , so that future generations understand the Bullied old saying in the war scene.