Tiansheng Fortress Site (Tianshengcheng)
A Southern Song mountain-fortress site north of Wanzhou built to resist the Mongols, belonging with Hechuan's Diaoyu Fortress to the "Sichuan–Chongqing Song–Yuan mountain fortress system": the fortress holds a commanding position, its gates and walls well preserved; Southern Song soldiers and civilians held out against the Yuan here for decades, and the defense of Tianshengcheng is one of the classic battles of the mountain-fortress defense system
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A Southern Song mountain-fortress site north of Wanzhou built to resist the Mongols, belonging with Hechuan's Diaoyu Fortress to the "Sichuan–Chongqing Song–Yuan mountain fortress system": the fortress holds a commanding position, its gates and walls well preserved; Southern Song soldiers and civilians held out against the Yuan here for decades, and the defense of Tianshengcheng is one of the classic battles of the mountain-fortress defense system; a river-viewing platform on the summit overlooks Wanzhou city and the Yangtze, and trails through the site link the gates and ramparts.
Getting there: North of the city (self-drive)
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