Nowadays, the tunnel warfare in Jizhong has become a famous tourist attraction.

Nowadays, the tunnel warfare in Jizhong has become a famous tourist attraction as follows

Due to the unique educational resources of the Ranzhuang tunnel warfare site, the Ranzhuang tunnel warfare memorial hall was built in 1959. In 1961, it was designated as one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council, and in 1994, it was named a provincial-level patriotism education base.

Ranzhuang Tunnel Warfare Memorial Museum

Ranzhuang Tunnel Warfare Memorial Museum is a revolutionary historical memorial hall located in Ranzhuang Village, Qingyuan District, Baoding City, Hebei Province. A memorial hall was established in 1959; in March 1961, the State Council of the People's Republic of China announced it as a national key cultural relic protection unit and a national AAA tourist attraction.

Currently, the main tunnel line of 1,000 meters and some combat fortifications and tunnel entrances have been reinforced and preserved. From 1964 to 1966, a Ranzhuang Tunnel Warfare Exhibition Hall was added. In December 2017, it was selected into the first batch of national research and practice education bases and camps for primary and secondary school students by the Ministry of Education.

Historical evolution

Ranzhuang was built in the Sui Dynasty. Sophora japonica was planted on the street in the Tang Dynasty. It prospered for a time in the Song Dynasty and is known as the Tang Village and Song Town. Ranzhuang is located in the southwest of Qingyuan District, 15 kilometers away from the seat of the district government and 30 kilometers away from Baoding City.

Located 30 kilometers southwest of Baoding City, Hebei Province, it was an important war site in the Anti-Japanese War in North China under the leadership of the Communist Party of China during World War II. The geographical location here is superior and the transportation is convenient: there is Beijing-Guangzhou Railway to the west, Beijing-Shenzhen Expressway to the north, Baoheng Highway to the east, and Zhangwang Highway passes through it.

The Ranzhuang Tunnel was first dug in 1938. After the "July 7" Incident in 1937, the Japanese invaders invaded the south on a large scale, causing the people in central Hebei to suffer huge war sufferings. In order to defend against enemy attacks, preserve themselves, and resist foreign aggression, the people in Ranzhuang area began to dig holes in the ground, and finally dug tunnels.

Ranzhuang tunnels are generally 0.7 to 0.8 meters wide, about 1 to 1.5 meters high, and more than 2 meters above the ground.

The tunnel is centered on Cross Street and dug into four trunk tunnels along the East, West, South and North Streets. More than 20 branch lines extend from the trunk tunnels, leading directly to the outside of the village and several surrounding villages.