Zhoushan Island - Historic Sites

Historic Sites

A number of significant sites and monuments on the island are popular tourist attractions.

On the peak of Qinglong Mountain there is a memorial tablet dedicated to those killed during wars. Dinghai has a number of sites related to the Opium War:

• Opium War Memorial Park (鸦片战争纪念公园)
• Shrine of the Three Loyalists (三忠祠): commemorates generals Ge Yunfei, Zheng Guohong (鄭國鴻) and Wang Ximing (王錫朋), who were killed in action.
• The Tablet of the Martyring Site of Lord Yao (姚公殉难处碑)
• The Tablet of the Martyring Site of Mr. Li (义士李先生殉难处碑)
• The Cannon Platform from the Fortress of Zhengyuan (震远城炮台)
• Remnants of the Town of Daotou (道头土城)

There also those about the Ming-Qing contention:

• The Realm of Tonggui (同归域/同歸域, literally "The Realm where Reunited in the Journey "), built in 1651 to bury the unidentified remains of anti-Qing resistant fighters and civilians who died during the battles.
• The Well of Imperial Yuan Consort of the Prince of Lu (鲁王元妃宫井), where a Southern Ming queen leapt to her death as the fall of the Ming was imminent.

Other sites include:

• Zuyin Temple (祖印寺), a Chan Buddhist place of worship and meditation with a lineage dating back to 940, when a monastery on the nearby island of Qúshan (衢山) named the Haven of Penglai (蓬莱院) was founded. The monks moved to the current location in the 1230s.
• Sanmao Memorial Museum (三毛祖居纪念馆), dedicated to a popular Taiwanese author of Mainlander origin.