Hailongtun Fortress
海龙屯
One of the Tusi Sites listed as a World Heritage property, the mountain fortress of the Yang tusi clan of Bozhou, with nine passes guarding the summit.
Hailongtun is a mountain military fortress built by the Yang tusi clan, the local chieftains of Bozhou. Construction began in the Southern Song and it was expanded in the Ming. The 1600 Ping Bozhou campaign ended more than 700 years of Yang clan rule here. In 2015 it was inscribed as a World Heritage site together with Laosicheng in Yongshun, Hunan, and the Tangya Tusi city ruins in Hubei. Climbing the ancient road takes you past nine passes in turn, including Tongzhu, Tiezhu, Feihu and Chaotian. The summit has the ruins of the New Royal Palace. The round trip takes about 3 to 4 hours. Tickets are required, and non-slip shoes are recommended. The site is about 30 km from downtown Zunyi.
Opening hours
About 08:30–17:00