The history of scenic spots in Taiping Ancient Town

According to the local chronicles of Gulin County, from the Warring States Period to the Pre-Qin Dynasty, the ancient town of Taiping belonged to the tribes of the Guzhi Kingdom and the Yelang Kingdom. People called Taiping Town "Luohongkou".

During the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang sent troops to set up formations during his southern expedition.

After the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Futong, a businessman from Taipingbao, Longnan County, Jiangxi Province, renamed "Luohongkou" "Lupingchang" in memory of his ancestor Zhu Xi who taught and preached at Bailudong Academy; later, Zhu's In order to remember the "Taiping Fort" in their hometown, descendants changed its name to "Taiping Ferry", which is still used today.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, due to the transportation demand for salt from Sichuan to Guizhou, a waterway station was set up here. Many salt merchants flocked to Taiping to set up accounts. Merchants gathered and trade was busy. The boats lined up at Taiping Ferry, with masts and masts like a forest, and things flowed smoothly. As a result, the ancient town gradually prospered.

In the 1920s and 1930s, Taiping Town had become a very famous business hub in Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan.

In the twenty-fourth year of the Republic of China (1935), the Red Army’s Long March arrived in the area of ??Taiping Ancient Town and began to cross Chishui River four times.

In 1958, Taiping Town established the earliest Red Army Long March Revolutionary Memorial Hall in China.

In 1983, it was included in the book series "Today's China Tourism World" and was introduced to the world in seven languages.

In 1996, the monument and exhibition hall for the fourth crossing of Chishui by the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army was built, and was named the Sichuan Province Patriotism Education Base by the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government.

In June 2001, with the approval of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, Taiping Town, where the exhibition hall is located, was announced as the second batch of patriotic education demonstration bases in the country.

In 2005, the memorial scenic spot was included in the country's 100 classic red tourism scenic spots and 30 high-quality routes.

In 2006, with the approval of the relevant provincial departments, the renovation of the monument was completed, including the construction of supporting facilities for the memorial site of 1,800 square meters, the reconstruction and expansion of the memorial hall of 2,000 square meters, the construction of a parking lot of 3,000 square meters, and the maintenance and improvement of Red Army Street, 3 kilometers The construction of walking trails, the construction of 4 tourist public toilets, the addition of 11 scattered Red Army round sculptures and reliefs in the square outside the memorial hall and other construction contents.

In 2007, it was approved by the Ministry of Construction as a national historical and cultural town and one of the eight famous towns in Sichuan Province.

In 2009, the second phase of the Red Army’s Long March Fourth Crossing of Chishui Taiping Ferry Memorial Site project was implemented. The important nodes of the "Red Army Confidential Room", "Red Army General Political Department", "General Headquarters", "Red Army Hospital", "Red Army Bank" and 28,000 square meters of ancient buildings will be repaired and protected and historical scenes restored.

In April 2011, Taiping Ancient Town was rated as one of the “Top Ten Most Suitable Streets for Business” in Sichuan Province.

In October 2012, Taiping Ancient Town was rated as a national AAAA tourist attraction.