For example, in the eyes of the public, Shanghai is a metropolis with a high degree of modernization. Most tourists go to Shanghai for its prosperity, and few people say that they go to Shanghai to enjoy the natural scenery.
If Sheshan is the most famous natural tourist attraction in Shanghai, it must be Sheshan. However, as the most famous mountain in the most famous city in China, it is only a 4A-level scenic spot, which is really a bit humiliating.
It doesn't mean that the 4A level is necessarily poor, but among all the 5A famous mountains and rivers in China, the geographical position is a bit wasteful. If other 5A-level famous mountains can make your city famous, then Sheshan is really famous by the fame of Shanghai.
However, the focus of this paper is not Sheshan, but another more "unknown" mountain in Shanghai-Target Mountain.
The target mountain should not be its official name, but a saying handed down from generation to generation by Shanghai folks. What was the name of this mountain in ancient times? I don't know now. Of course, there is a great possibility that there is no name, because compared with other famous mountains and rivers, it is as small as an earthen bag.
This target mountain is not a tourist attraction either. Indeed, many tourists, after hearing the stories behind them, will take time out to stroll around while visiting Shanghai.
Target Mountain is located at the intersection of Wenshui East Road and Guangyue Road in Hongkou District, Shanghai. The height of this mountain is about 40 meters. Compared with those famous mountains, this height and area are really nothing.
If there is anything better, it is estimated that it bears the title of "forbidden zone". Because human beings are curious, the more they go to places that are forbidden, the more they try things that are said to be inedible. There is always a lack of people who interpret "immortality" with life.
The mountain forests that are generally regarded as "forbidden zones" are either undeveloped virgin forests, such as the virgin forests of Changbai Mountain; Either the climate is extreme, unless you are fully prepared, don't climb mountains easily, such as the Himalayas. But the target mountain doesn't seem to meet these two points, so where did its name of the restricted area come from?
After the August 13th Incident, Japan occupied Shanghai and declared that it would "requisition" the shooting range of international business groups. Although it is said to be "expropriation", the money will definitely not be given.
At that time, the target mountain area was the location of the third shooting range requisitioned by the Japanese army, and the name "target mountain" was handed down from then on.
After the founding of New China, the army took over the target mountain, but I don't know what this mountain can do, so it has been abandoned and allowed to "grow wildly". So in 1950s, many children in this area would play near Mount Target, which became their childhood paradise.
Later, in that special decade, it was used as the execution ground for "prisoners". According to the memories of the older generation, people who lived nearby at that time could hear gunshots almost every day, and the courageous people also saw bullet casings next to the execution ground.
People don't know how many of the dead were murdered, but the heavy gunfire rained down on the local people. Later, the target mountain unexpectedly became a landscape selling point, and the surrounding house prices also rose a lot because of it. For a while, it was reported that a forest park would be built here, but it ended in vain.
It is said that in the early years, the management here was loose, and several people went up the mountain to pick up garbage together, and finally they encountered a landslide and there were no bones left; Later, several daring donkey friends went into the mountains to "explore" together, and after coming out, they repeatedly said that they would not go for the second time.
These specious legends also add a hint of mystery to the target mountain. However, now everything on the target mountain cannot be verified. Now there is a wall around the mountain, leaving only a small entrance, but no one will climb it.
After all, both people who simply like climbing mountains and those who are interested in anecdotes have better choices, and they don't have to enter the target mountain.
Today, the target mountain still stands there quietly, undeveloped, and the trees on the mountain grow naturally, but some nearby residents report that the mountain has seriously affected the convenience of travel.
But now it seems that the mountain will not make any big moves for a long time, but occasionally some people who have heard rumors will come to see it with interest, that's all. A hill in downtown Shanghai used to be the shooting range of the Japanese army and the execution ground of Shanghai. No one dares to go there again.
A hill in downtown Shanghai used to be the shooting range of the Japanese army and the execution ground of Shanghai. No one dares to go there again.
A 40-meter-high mountain, located in the center of Shanghai, was once the shooting range of the Japanese army in the Shanghai execution ground.