Dagu Fort
Dagu Fort is located by the Haihe River estuary 60 km southeast to the city. Today there are only two, one on the southern southern bank and the other on the northern bank. In 1988 Dagu Fort was listed as an important historical site, repaired and placed understate protection. It was opened to the public in June 1997. Dagu Fort is the history witness of the Chinese Nation anti-invasion and brute force. From 1840 to 1900, in order to capture the economic interests and political privilege, the foreign big powers started four invasions at the Dagu Fort. Dagu Fort can be seen today is the ruins of the Dagu Fort that the Qing Dynasty forced to pull down according to 'Xin Chou Treaty'. Chairman Mao Zedong visited Dagu Fort twice to ponder on the martyrs. After liberation, the Dagu Fort was specified as the national priority cultural relic protection unit by the State Council and was developed as the patriotic education base by the People's Government of Tianjin Municipality. It was called 'Ancient Fort of Tianjin' and one of ten sceneries of Tianjin.
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