Fishing Town or Fishing City, is one of the three great ancient battlefields of China. It is famous for its resistance to the Mongol armies in the latter half of the Song Dynasty. One of the most notable events was the death of Mongol leader Möngke Khan by cannon shot, which forced the immediate withdrawal of Mongol troops from Europe and Asia and prevented the Mongolian Empire from expanding towards Africa and Western Europe.

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  • Fishing Town or Fishing City, is one of the three great ancient battlefields of China. It is famous for its resistance to the Mongol armies in the latter half of the Song Dynasty. One of the most notable events was the death of Mongol leader Möngke Khan by cannon shot, which forced the immediate withdrawal of Mongol troops from Europe and Asia and prevented the Mongolian Empire from expanding towards Africa and Western Europe. 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 thirteenth century. In the period from 1243 to 1279, Fishing Town experienced more than two hundred military confrontations in a miracle of "persistent resistance" that endured for thirty-six years. The ancient Fishing Town 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 seven hundred years ago, Yu Jian built a fortress here to resist the Mongols during the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). 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. Möngke was wounded by a cannon blast at Fishing Town and eventually died on August 11, 1259 (although according to some accounts he died of accident or illness while campaigning). As it contains many historical sites—a naval wharf, drilling grounds, watch towers, and a fortification with built-in cannons—Fishing Town has been designated a major national cultural and historic site by the State Council.
  • 钓鱼城遗址位于重庆市合川区城区东面5公里的嘉陵江南岸钓鱼山上，因南宋时抗击蒙古大军36年而闻名天下。合川钓鱼城被称为“迄今中国保存最为完好”的古战场遗址，在1982年和邻近的北碚缙云山一起，被国务院列为“缙云山—北温泉—钓鱼城”国家重点风景名胜区，并于1996年列为全国重点文物保护单位，是重庆市唯一的“双国重”单位。
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  • Fishing Town or Fishing City, is one of the three great ancient battlefields of China. It is famous for its resistance to the Mongol armies in the latter half of the Song Dynasty. One of the most notable events was the death of Mongol leader Möngke Khan by cannon shot, which forced the immediate withdrawal of Mongol troops from Europe and Asia and prevented the Mongolian Empire from expanding towards Africa and Western Europe.
  • 钓鱼城遗址位于重庆市合川区城区东面5公里的嘉陵江南岸钓鱼山上，因南宋时抗击蒙古大军36年而闻名天下。合川钓鱼城被称为“迄今中国保存最为完好”的古战场遗址，在1982年和邻近的北碚缙云山一起，被国务院列为“缙云山—北温泉—钓鱼城”国家重点风景名胜区，并于1996年列为全国重点文物保护单位，是重庆市唯一的“双国重”单位。
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  • Fishing Town
  • 钓鱼城遗址
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