The predecessor of Xieshan Park is the Crab Mountain Fort built by Zhang Zhidong, Governor of the two Guangzhous in 1885. In 1922, the Sun Yat-sen Guangzhou disaster, Chen Xuming Department used this fort to bomb Sun Yat-sen's Yongfeng ship. In honor of this incident, Chen Ce and others of Guangdong Fleet built several small pavilions on Crab Mountain and erected monuments. Because of the Danxia landform, the mountain stones resemble big red crabs. There are many ancient trees in the park: Park Tree, Yinxiang, Bamboo Festival Tree, Fake Pingpo, Qinye Coral, Chandelier Wood, Golden Bizhu, etc.