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Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
Hechuan Fishing Town
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Daoyu Mountain, Heyang Town, Hechuan County, Chongqing 401520, China

The Diaoyu Fortress or Diaoyucheng is located on the Diaoyu Mountain in Heyang Town, Hechuan District, Chongqing, is known for its resistance to the Mongol armies in the latter half of the Song Dynasty. The death of Mongol leader Möngke Khan near the city forced the immediate withdrawal of Mongol troops from Syria and East Asia and prevented the Mongol Empire from expanding towards Africa. Although the Mongols and the Southern Song were united in their fight to bring down the Jurchen Jin dynasty, their pact broke immediately afterwards, and the Mongols launched an aggressive war against the tenacious Southern Song that lasted for more than a third of the 13th century. In the period from 1243 to 1279, Diaoyu experienced more than two hundred military confrontations in a miracle of persistent resistance that endured for thirty-six years. The ancient Diaoyu covers an area of 2.94 square kilometres. Situated on a hill surrounded by water on three sides, it is located about five kilometers east of Hechuan, Chongqing, near the confluence of the Qu, Fu and Jialing rivers. The terrain is precipitous yet beautiful. About 700 years ago, Yu Jian built a fortress here to resist the Mongols during the Southern Song Dynasty .Though numbering more than ten thousand and led by the Great Khan Möngke himself, the Mongols were unable to take the tiny fortress. Yu Jian won many brilliant victories, culminating in the deaths of Mongke and his vanguard General Wang Tege. According to some sources, Möngke might have been wounded by a cannon blast at Diaoyu and would die on August 11, 1259 . As it contains many historical sites—a naval wharf, drilling grounds, watch towers, and a fortification with built-in cannons—Diaoyu has been designated a major national cultural and historic site by China's State Council.
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