The Dapeng Fortress

[Randy W]

There IS a little bit of history behind Shenzhen. One of our day trips (about 55 km by subway and bus) while we were there was to see a piece of it.

We went to the Dapeng Fortress, an ancient fortified village along the coast. It was originally established in 1394 (during the Ming Dynasty) to protect the area from (Japanese) pirates during the Ming dynasty. One of the first battles of the Opium Wars was fought in 1839, by maritime forces of the Dapeng Fortress.

While it's been largely restored to tourist conditions, it is still well worth a visit and a stroll through the grounds.

See Dapeng Fortress, SZ’s only historical site under State protection (Shenzhen Daily archive)

The subway ride was typical - and about two hours long. The cellphones are a way to pass the time, and also to avoid eye contact.

The smudges you see in the sky are actually dust which is drawn in as the lens extends. For a small, fixed-lens pocket camera, you need to disassemble the camera to clean the dust off the CCD array. That's one reason I bought a new, interchangeable lens camera while in Hong Kong.

A nice place to stroll and do a little shopping.

This boy told us he didn't know the prices of anything, and no one else was there. Shops in China are sometimes left completely unattended. We came back later.

This is an all THEY can eat fish spa. You place your feet in the tanks and they nibble off callouses and rough skin and other things that you probably never would have thought to have nibbled off.

[Randy W]

This place had NOBODY attending to it.

 

 

 

 

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