Tao Zhu Ancient City is located in Tao Zhu Town, Linhai City, Zhejiang Province, which is 0/0 km away from the sea and between Taizhou Bay and Shanmen Bay. It was the key point of entering Taizhou from the sea in ancient times, and its military position was very important. This ancient city has a glorious history of resisting aggression. It is famous for Qi Jiguang's crushing defeat of the Japanese. It has been well preserved so far and has been listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit. The ancient city of Tao Zhu is also an important part of provincial-level scenic spots in Tao Zhu. Among the tens of thousands of towns and villages in the south of the Yangtze River, Tao Zhu is unique. The whole town of Tao Zhu is a battle fortress, with ditches, canals, buildings and streets, all designed according to the needs of defending the enemy against Japan.
According to historical records, Tao Zhu was one of the 4 1 health centers set up in the southeast coast of Zhejiang in the Ming Dynasty to fight against Japanese pirates. In the twenty years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1387), thousands of houses were built here, which became an important coastal defense outpost and garrison base in Taizhou. The existing ancient city of Tao Zhu was built in the eighth year of the Ming Dynasty (1443) by Jiao Hong, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Housing. At that time, pirates were rampant along the coast, and the imperial court sent troops many times, but they could not be completely eliminated. At that time, Jiao Hong was appointed assistant minister of the Ministry of Finance and was ordered to inspect Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Jiao Hong to Zhejiang, Fujian, after careful investigation, summed up the past experience of poor combat, that Serenade in the city, is not conducive to defense. Therefore, some effective measures, such as moving the water village inward, increasing the border defense, widening the moat, turning the earthen city into a stone city, setting up enemy platforms on the city, and adding wooden fences to the city gate, laid a solid foundation for the subsequent victory in the war of resistance against Japan.
According to historical records, "The ancient city of Tao Zhu was originally 20 feet high and 70 steps in circumference. There is a platform on the city, and there are buildings on the platform, which is very strong. " At present, the average height of the ancient city of Tao Zhu is 4.5m, its circumference is1.400m, and its base is10m wide. There are three doors in the east, south and west, and there is an urn outside the door. On the east and west city gates, there is an umbrella-shaped Pu Shu with a height of more than 30 meters and a diameter of 1.5 meters. After more than 500 years of wind and rain, it is still full of vitality.
Tao Zhu Ancient City is the best preserved anti-Japanese ancient city in Ming Dynasty in China. There is also 12 enemy platform around the ancient city of Tao Zhu, with the commanding height in the east enemy platform. Climb the city head and look east. The stone castle that stands proudly at the top of Shangtang Mountain is the beacon tower of Shangtang. This beacon tower has a 9-meter-square base and a 6-meter-square mouth, which is made of stone. There are seven beacon towers related to Taozhu City, all of which were built in the Ming Dynasty to fight against the Japanese pirates. On Housuo Mountain in the north of the ancient city, there is a cliff stone inscribed by Hu Hai, a general of the Ming Dynasty, with the words "Looking into the distance" on it. There is also a monument protection pavilion on the west side of Yuan Tiao Cliff. The pavilion stands on a steep cliff, abrupt and ingenious. In the middle of the pavilion stands a stone tablet inscribed with "New Enemy Terrace" by Bao Damou, a calligrapher in Ming Dynasty, which mainly praises the achievements of General Qi Jiguang in destroying the enemy.
As a military stronghold in the Ming Dynasty, Taozhucheng has an ancient street with a length of 370 meters and a width of 5.8 meters. Antique, simple and generous, the house is rich, elegant and magnificent. Tao Zhu ancient street still retains the original pattern of Gu Xiang in Ming Dynasty.
There is also a Tao Zhu Anti-Japanese Exhibition Hall in Tao Zhu, which is divided into five rooms, of which the East Hall is a historical relic, and Qi Jiguang Monument, Saber, Yuanyang Array, City Bricks and so on are displayed. The West Room is a group painting of Qi Jiguang Taizhou Anti-Japanese War, which systematically reflects the whole process of Qi Jiguang's anti-Japanese war in Taizhou that year, with 20 paintings in total. The reason why Qi Jiguang defeated the enemy was related to Jiao Hong's previous supervision of Taozhucheng.