Estuary Docks are located in the southeast of the ancient city of Quanzhou on the northern banks of the Jinjiang River. They were a water-land transshipment node connecting with the old city. Along with Zhenwu Temple, they are precious historical remains at Fashi Port, a major inner port on the outskirts of Quanzhou, reflecting the inner port docks’ functional structure and how they operated. Along with Shihu Dock, Liusheng Pagoda and Wanshou Pagoda, they reflect the river-sea transportation network constituted by inner port dock, outer port dock and navigation pagoda in Song-Yuan Quanzhou. Wenxing Dock and Meishan Dock have been preserved to this day, along with the remains of an ancient ship from the Song Dynasty. Construction of the two docks began during the Song-Yuan era and they had been in use until the 20th century. The two docks, set 1,100 meters apart, were both built using granite slab masonry. Wenxing Dock is located upstream and the overall form is of a gently sloping step. The water here is relatively shallow and the dock juts right out into the Jinjiang River so small boats could berth at low tide. The existing dock is over 30 meters long from north to south and around 3.5 meters wide. Meishan Dock is located downstream in an area of deeper water than that of Wenxing Dock. Since the dock was built with steep-sloped platform piers, it was at easy reach for large ships to moor at high tide. The lowest-level platform pier is around 20 meters long from north to south and around 15 meters wide. In 1982, remains of an abandoned ancient ship of the Southern Song Dynasty were excavated east to Wenxing Dock. Woven bamboo sails, ropes and other relics were uncovered, providing evidence of Song-Yuan shipbuilding technology. Estuary Docks were included into the sixth group of major cultural heritage sites protected at the national level by the State Council in May, 2006.