Huoguo Movement Cultural Park

Huoguo Movement Cultural Park

The Huoguo Movement Cultural Park is a national AAA-level tourist attraction.

The Huoguo Movement Cultural Park is a national AAA-level tourist attraction, comprising three provincial-level cultural heritage sites—the Huoguo War Memorial Hall, the Century-Old Trench Ruins, and the Huoguo Rock Inscriptions—as well as numerous scenic spots including Huoguo Park.

The Tao Family Courtyard, where the Huoguo War Memorial Hall is located, was built in 1852 and is a cultural heritage site of Sichuan Province. It is China’s only memorial hall dedicated to the Huoguo War. The memorial hall displays a sand table of the entire Huoguo War and the Battle of Mianhuapo, biographical materials on Cai E and Zhu De, wartime artifacts such as guns, canteens, clothing, and straw shoes, as well as video footage of the people of Naxi supporting the Huoguo War.

Huoguo War Memorial Hall

The Century-Old Trench Ruins are located in Mianhuapo Town, Naxi District, Luzhou City, covering an area of 100 acres. They are mainly distributed on Zhuping Mountain, Wuding Mountain, and other perilous highlands nearby. The main trenches on Zhuping Mountain are the best preserved, measuring 1.0–1.2 meters wide at the top, 0.6–0.8 meters wide at the bottom, and 0.8–1.0 meters high, with a trapezoidal shape. The total length exceeds 2,600 meters, featuring three machine gun emplacements and over 100 infantry shelters.

The Huoguo Rock Inscriptions are located on a steep cliff on the west bank of the Yongning River in Huoguo Town, Naxi District, Luzhou City. They are named after General Cai E of the “Huoguo Army” in the early years of the Republic of China, who inscribed the characters “Huoguo Rock” here.

Address: Next to Ziyang Avenue in Naxi urban area

Routes: Get off at Mianhuapo Station via bus routes 166, 167, or 138; get off at Huoguo Park Station via bus routes 206, 274, or 158.

Admission: Free

Opening Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Information Source: Luzhou Naxi Tourism Bureau

Cai E (1882–1916)

Governor of the Yunnan Military Government, Commander-in-Chief of the First Army of the Anti-Yuan Huoguo Movement, Senior General.

Born in December 1882 in Qinqi Township, Shaoyang County (now Dayong District, Shaoyang City), Hunan Province, Cai E (courtesy name Songpo) came from a poor farming family. At age 5, he moved with his parents to Shanmen, Wugang County. He began private schooling at age 6 and had mastered the Four Books and Five Classics by age 10, earning recognition as a “child prodigy” for his articulate essays. At age 13, he excelled in historical and literary examinations, passing the xiucai (licentiate) degree. At 15, he enrolled in the Hunan Times School... More details about Cai E ++

Born on December 1, 1886, courtesy name Yujie, from Yilong, Sichuan. In 1909, he enrolled in the Yunnan Military Academy and joined the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance the same year. He participated in the Xinhai Revolution. After 1913, he served as a battalion commander, deputy regimental commander, regimental commander, and brigade commander in the Yunnan Army. He took part in the Huoguo and other wars. In 1922, he went to Germany to study and joined the Chinese Communist Party the same year. In 1925, he studied military science in the Soviet Union and returned to China the following year.

In 1927, he founded the Officers’ Training Corps of the Third Army of the National Revolutionary Army in Nanchang, participated in leading the Nanchang Uprising on August 1, and served as deputy commander of the Ninth Army of the uprising forces... More details about Zhu De ++