What are the opening hours of Yingkou West Fort?

Opening hours of Yingkou West Fort: 8: 00- 16: 00.

Introduction of Yingkou West Fort Scenic Area:

Yingkou West Fort is located in the west section of Bohai Street, Yingkou City, on the left bank of the Liaohe River estuary. It is a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit and a provincial-level patriotic education base in Liaoning Province. Yingkou Xibao was built in 1882 (eighth year of Guangxu) and completed in 1888, which is a four-in-one rammed earth.

There are three clay platforms built in the sea on the surface of the battery, big and small, four or five feet high. The big battery in the middle is two floors, 6 meters high and more than 50 meters long and short. The top of the platform is surrounded by low walls. There are 8 hidden gun holes under the wall, and 52 guns are placed. The wall around the fortress is more than 900 meters.

Yingkou West Fort is an important coastal defense fortress in Northeast China in the late Qing Dynasty, and it is also one of the earliest coastal defense projects in Northeast China. At the beginning of 1895 and in the summer of 1900, they were destroyed by Japanese and Russian invaders respectively. As far as its original appearance and surrounding natural landscape protection are concerned, the Fort Site is the first such site in China.