The Construction of Hulishan Fortress was Completed
Building a fort and purchasing Krupp cannon need about " three hundred and two thousand of silver".
Due to lacking of funds, the construction of Hulishan Fortress takes about 22 years, when the governors of Fujian and Zhejiang are BianBaodi, Tan Zhonglin, Bian Baoquan. They cut down the number of persons employed, took 20% pay cuts, accepted donations, solicited contributions from the local squire of Xiamen and mortgaged from Dehua bank of Shanghai. They took 22 years to raise enough funds.
Hulishan Fortress was starting to built in lunar March 8, 1894, and completed on lunar November 8, 1896.
The construction of Hulishan Fortress was completed on lunar November 8, 1986. The picture is the post cards issued by the then Xiamen Construction Office to commemorate this event.