Complete detailed information on the site of the Anti-British Struggle in Sanyuanli

Sanyuanli Anti-British Struggle Site is a national key cultural relic protection unit, located north of Sanyuanli Village on Guangyuan West Road. The museum displays cultural relics and historical materials of Sanyuanli's anti-British struggle, systematically introducing the historical facts of the Sanyuanli people's anti-British struggle, including the three-star flag, captured British military uniforms, broadswords and spears, Wu Ziyuan's seal and other cultural relics. In June 1840, Britain launched the Opium War against China. On May 29 of the following year, a British army raiding team went to Sanyuanli to rob and insult women. The people of 103 Township near Sanyuanli formed an anti-invasion armed force to resist the British army, killing more than 200 British soldiers and winning a great victory. In November 1958, the Sanyuan Ancient Temple site of the Sanyuanli People’s Anti-British Department was turned into the Sanyuanli People’s Anti-British Struggle Historical Materials Exhibition Hall, and a monument to the Sanyuanli People’s Anti-British Martyrs was erected nearby. In order to commemorate the Sanyuanli Anti-British Struggle that took place at the end of May 1840, the old site of the Sanyuanli Anti-British Struggle was established in November 1958 to commemorate the Sanyuanli people’s tenacity and unyielding spirit of loving the motherland.

On March 4, 1961, the State Council announced it as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Basic introduction Chinese name: Sanyuanli Anti-British Struggle Site Location: North of Sanyuanli Village, Guangyuan West Road, Guangzhou City Climate type: Subtropical monsoon climate Opening hours: 9:00-12:00, 13:30-17: 00, no entry at 16:30 Attraction level: National key cultural relics protection unit Ticket price: Free admission level Batch: The first batch of national key cultural relics protection units Approval unit: State Council Approval time: 1961-3-4 Cultural relics era: 1841 Location: Sanyuanli, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province Transportation, tickets, introduction to the old site, related introductions, transportation is accessible by buses 21, 24, 38, and 58. Sanyuanli Anti-British Former Site Tickets Opening hours: 9:00-12:00, 13:30-17:00, admission closed at 16:30, closed on Sundays and Mondays. There will be two free lectures at 10:30 and 15:00. Introduction to the old site Sanyuanli People’s Anti-British Struggle Memorial Hall is a national key cultural relic protection unit. Located in the north of Sanyuanli Village on Guangyuan West Road. It was originally the Sanyuan Ancient Temple where the villagers of Sanyuanli worshiped Beidi. It was built in the early Qing Dynasty. On May 29, 1841, Sanyuanli villagers gathered in front of the temple to discuss fighting against the British army. They took the three-star flag in the temple as the command flag and swore an oath to the flag. The Sanyuan Ancient Temple has a construction area of ??446 square meters and a three-room brick and wood structure with a wide second entrance. The museum displays cultural relics and historical materials of Sanyuanli's anti-British struggle, systematically introducing the historical facts of the Sanyuanli people's anti-British struggle, including the three-star flag, captured British military uniforms, broadswords and spears, Wu Ziyuan's seal and other cultural relics and materials. In 1950, the Guangzhou Municipal Government erected the Sanyuanli People’s Anti-British Martyrs Monument at the entrance of Sanyuanli Village. On the front is engraved: “The martyrs who sacrificed their lives in Sanyuanli’s struggle against British imperialist aggression in 1841 will be immortalized forever. ” Related introduction to the spontaneous armed struggle of the people of Guangzhou against the British during the Opium War. On May 25, 1841 (the fifth day of April in the 21st year of Daoguang's reign), the British army captured the forts in the north of Guangzhou and set up their headquarters at Yongkang Terrace, the highest terrain. Yongkang Terrace, whose native name is Sifang Terrace, is only one mile away from the city. Cannons can directly bombard the city. The Qing commander-in-chief Yi Shan and others sued for peace, and signed the "Guangzhou Peace Treaty" with the British on May 27, in exchange for paying the British army's city redemption fee and the withdrawal of troops from other provinces from Guangzhou, in exchange for the British army returning the fort and withdrawing from Humen. But before the ink on the peace treaty was dry, the British troops continued to harass Sanyuanli in the northwest suburbs and villages such as Nicheng, Xicun, and Xiaogang, looting, burning, killing, and raping women. The general public was filled with indignation, and regiments in various places organized massacres in an attempt to resist. On the 29th, the villagers of Sanyuanli repelled a small group of invading British troops. The people of Sanyuanli expected that the British troops would retaliate, so they gathered at the Sanyuan Ancient Temple and agreed to use the "three-star flag" in the temple as the command flag to command the battle. , swore that "if the flag goes in, people will advance, if the flag retreats, people will retreat, and if you are killed, there will be no resentment." At the same time, the patriotic gentry He Yucheng and others came forward to contact the people in 103 nearby townships. After the meeting, they separately contacted the people in 103 nearby townships to prepare to fight against the enemy. The next day, more than a hundred village regiments from Nanhai and Panyu, armed with spears and plows, gathered to besiege Yongkang Terrace. After a stalemate for nearly half a day, the British commander Wo Wugu (also translated as "Guo Fu") personally led his troops to attack. The regiment trains, fights and retreats, luring the enemy to the hilly area of ??Niulangang. Heavy rain came and the British muskets were unable to fire due to moisture (the Indian mercenaries were equipped with relatively backward flintlock guns by the British, which could not be used when they were exposed to rain). The regiment training people fought back in the rain, dividing and surrounding the British army. , fighting fiercely. During the pursuit, a company (60 men) of the 37th British Regiment was stopped by the rebels in a rice field. Thirty or forty Indian mercenaries were killed and injured with swords. The British army sent two companies of sailors with "detonator guns" (not afraid of rain) to come for reinforcements. After being besieged for two hours, the British troops retreated to the Quad Battery. On May 29, a small group of British soldiers rushed to Sanyuanli Village to rob and commit adultery. The villagers fought hard and killed several British soldiers. In the early morning of May 30, thousands of people from Sanyuanli and other townships, armed with hoes, shovels, wooden sticks, swords, spears, stone hammers, and shotguns, advanced towards the Sifang Fort where the British army was entrenched in a feint attack. The British commander Wowugu led the invading army to resist stubbornly. On May 31, the people of Sanyuanli once again surrounded the Sifang Fort. Handicraft workers from Guangzhou and regiments from nearby counties such as Ruhua County, Zengcheng, and Conghua also arrived one after another. The number of people surrounding Taiwan increased to tens of thousands, and they agreed to starve the British troops to death.

They used native guns, native cannons, spears, shields, hoes, sickles, spades, etc. to fight against the British army. It can be said that "knives, axes and plowshares are all weapons in the hands, and the shouts of children and women also help the troops." Wowugu did not dare to fight anymore, and instead threatened the government and threatened to break the contract and attack the city. Yishan and others panicked after hearing the news, and hurriedly sent Yu Baochun, the prefect of Guangzhou, out of the city to first appease the British troops, and then led the magistrates of Panyu and Nanhai to put pressure on the gentry in Tuanlian. The gentry took refuge, the regiment training gradually dispersed, and the siege of the stage was resolved. When the British troops withdrew from Humen, they issued a notice to intimidate the Chinese people "not to do it again in the future." The people immediately issued a "Notice to the Yingyi", warning the British army that if they dared to come again, "No officers and soldiers, no national funds, just use your own efforts to kill all the pigs and dogs, so that the evil harm to our villages can be eliminated!" Sanyuan In the Battle of Li, the British army suffered a disastrous defeat and withdrew from Guangzhou on June 1.

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