Historic sites and tourist attractions in Baique Town

Baique Village

During the Qing Dynasty, in order to prevent outside robbers and bandits, stone walls and wall stacks were built, with South Gate, North Gate, Dadong Gate and Dadong Gate. , Xiaonanmen, Xiaoximen. In the third year of Tongzhi (1864), the city walls and gates were rebuilt and called "Baique Village". Each village gate was equipped with one or two earthen cannons. During the Guangxu period, the emperor ordered the construction of the rolling dragon's spine in Baique Garden. The building is magnificent and unique, and the dragon's spine is vivid, like a dragon entrenched, majestic and domineering. It was destroyed during the Republic of China, but the city walls and foundations remain. There is a bridge inside the north gate, more than four feet wide and three feet long (existing), and there is a bridge outside the south gate (existing). There are rooms on both sides of the door (the northwest two gates each have three rooms), and there is a small building above the door. There was always a gatekeeper at that time.

Shixianshan Ancient Temple

During the Republic of China, there were more than ten front halls and back halls. There were several old monks. During the Flower Festival on the 15th and 2nd lunar months, , the villagers went to Shixian Mountain to burn paper and make wishes. The ancient temple is still preserved.

Baique Garden Dongyue Temple Zen Temple

The original site of Baique Garden Dongyue Temple Zen Temple is located on Fenghuang Mountain to the north of Baique Garden. It was built in the early Ming Dynasty and has been in existence for six years. With a history of more than a hundred years, everyone knows that Baique Garden has a radius of hundreds of miles for hundreds of years. During the festivals of the gods, there are huge crowds of pilgrims who offer incense, and the scene is extraordinary. Bless the people in a hundred miles radius and bring prosperity to their descendants. It was destroyed in 1958 due to historical reasons. In order to inherit the historical and cultural heritage of Baique Garden and develop the religious tourism industry of Baique Garden, the Baique Garden Dongyue Temple Preparatory Association issued an initiative to rebuild the Dongyue Temple to all sectors of society in April 2007, and it has begun to take shape.

Ming and Qing Ancient Street

The old street that has witnessed the rise and fall of the Ming and Qing Dynasties runs north-south, starting from the Dongyue Temple Development Community in the north and ending at the Xianglushan Martyrs Monument in the south. The total length of the street is more than 1,200 meters. meters and about 5 meters wide. There are now more than 300 well-preserved ancient houses. The ancient streets are all paved with bluestone strips.

During the War of Liberation, the ancient streets of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were the main places where our party engaged in revolutionary activities. In April 1930, the Baiqueyuan Committee and the District Soviet of the Communist Party of China were formally established. In June of the same year, the Baiqueyuan Municipal Committee and the Municipal Soviet of the Chinese Communist Party were established. After the establishment of the Baiqueyuan revolutionary regime, land reform was quickly implemented in the entire region, and organizations such as the Red Guard Trade Union, Women's Union, and Children's League were established. Soviet Economic Communes, Sales Cooperatives, Workers' and Peasants' Clubs, and Lenin Primary Schools were also established. The ancient streets of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were not only the residence of the Baique District and Municipal Party and Soviet organs, but also the headquarters of the Guangshan Red Guard Independent Division, the headquarters of the 73rd Red Division, the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Red Army Guest House, the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Central Branch Military Commission Provisional Revolutionary Court, The location of the red police station and other red agencies. The Red Army Firearms Manufacturing Institute, the Red Army Hospital, the Soviet Workers and Peasants Lecture Center and other institutions were also established. The headquarters of the First Column and First Brigade of the Central Plains Military Region (Pi Dingjun Brigade) was also located in the ancient streets of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Guangshan County Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Guangshan County People's Government listed the ancient streets of the Ming and Qing Dynasties as key county-level protection units, and repaired the old revolutionary sites.