Liaodong Garrison

The Liaodong Garrison (simplified Chinese: 辽东镇; traditional Chinese: 遼東鎮; pinyin: Liáodōngzhèn) was one of the Nine Garrisons established by the Ming dynasty to defend the northern border and Great Wall of China.

The area of responsibility was to defend the eastern section of the Great Wall in Liaoning, which extends from the Shanhai Pass on the Bohai Bay to the Hushan Wall in Dandong on the Yalu River, along the Chinese side of the border with North Korea.

[1][2] The Great Wall in the Liaodong Garrison was the first to be built during the Ming dynasty.

The middle part of the Liaodong Garrison Wall, along the Liao River, was constructed during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (r. 1402–1424).

This is because the Qing dynasty, which did not want to acknowledge the Liaoning Wall as it was built to protect China against the Manchus.

Map of the Ming Great Wall . The gray dots on the map indicate the locations of the military garrisons.
The Hushan Wall in Dandong which was part of the Liaodong Garrison's area of responsibility.