Fort of big buy mouth is located in pond buy area east buy, it is the Haihe River enters big talk, element has Haimengusai say, namely the meaning that ferry door sea prevents strategic pass.
Ming Dynasty Jia Jing year, to resist Japanese pirates, strengthen sea of big buy mouth to prevent combat readiness, begin to build tower, formal garrison fortify. Qing Jiaqing 21 years (1816) , clear government builds a circle fort each in two sides of north and south of big buy mouth.
Fort of big buy mouth is aggression of beat back of the Chinese nation, not the historical testimony with brutal Wei. Come from 1840 1900 full 60 years, especially during the 2nd the Opium War, foreign big powers is in to capture China economic interest and political prerogative, 1858, 1859, 1860, started aggressive war 4 times to big buy mouth early or late 1900. Boat of “ of their depend on ” of benefit of firm artillery piece park of big buy area its cruel oppression of the people under devastate, even move upon thes capital city and its environs, burn kill loot, commit all manners of crimes. Below aggressor firearm intimidate, clear government signed each unequal treaty. Face powerful aggressor, the army and the people of big buy area, in 4 big buy mouth guards battle in, the human body of the flesh and blood that uses oneself inbreaks together enemy undertook life-and-death fights, showed Chinese people's brave and inexorable, strong nation lofty quality to the world. Writing a famous general to get Luo Rongguang among them is a lot of die for own country the delegate in the heroic. For this, great revolutionary adviser Marx was written down 1859 " be opposite newly China war " one article, severe condemnation aggressor instigates the war of ” of “ pirate type, enthusiastic favorable China resists the justice that is “ justifiable ” acts.
1901 according to humiliate the nation and forfeit its sovereignty " Xin Chou treaty " , clear government is forced to demolish fort of big buy mouth. It is better to be saved now is “ power old fort of the fort austral ” word and word of “ sea ” two relics, other fort already alled gone.
Nearly hundred years come, fort of big buy mouth has been through the vicissitudes of life, after many promote useless, he is the ironclad proof of imperialist aggression China, it is Chinese people bathed in blood fight bravely, the history of aggressor of beat back imperialism is witnessed. Of all ages, countless people with lofty ideals come here visit, the patriotism in stimulating a heart is enthusiastic. Chairman Mao Zedong liberates around to ever visited fort of big buy mouth twice, reflected the great person attention to fort of big buy mouth and care.
1988, relics of fort of big buy mouth is decided to be countrywide key cultural relic to protect an unit by the State Council. 1990 with ” of Gu Sai of “ ferry door praise be judged to be “ ferry door one of 10 scene ” , decide for Tianjin city patriotism teachs base.
