Huashi Camp Ruins

Huashi Camp Ruins

Huashi Camp Ruins. According to the *Ming Xian Lu* (Records of the Ming Dynasty), in the third year of the Yongle era (1405), the Ming government established the Huashi River Patrol Inspectorate far to the north in Huashi, which at the time was under the jurisdiction of the Ganziping Subprefecture in Huguang. In the first year of the Zhengde era (1441), the Huashi River Patrol Inspectorate was abolished and replaced with the Huashi River Outpost, which was later renamed Huashi Camp. During the Jiaqing era of the Qing Dynasty, the Right Army Guard Office of the Tongren Garrison was moved to Huashi. At that time, the Right Army Guard Office stationed in Huashi had one guard commander, one company commander, one platoon leader, one additional officer, and 163 soldiers. In the ninth year of the Guangxu era (1883), the Right Army Guard Office was relocated to Jiangkou, after which Huashi was downgraded to an outpost, but still retained one company commander and 26 soldiers. Over the several hundred years of military presence during the Ming and Qing dynasties, Huashi Camp constructed a large number of military facilities. The camp’s garrison walls built at the time spanned several kilometers in circumference, stood three meters high, and were 0.8 meters wide, constructed from block stones, and included several gateways. It was a key military stronghold in Tongren during the Ming and Qing periods.

Huashi Township: Formed through the merger of the former three smaller townships—Huashi, Baishui, and Sanzhai—as well as part of Dengta. It is located in the northeastern part of Tongren City, bordering Chatian Town, Huanghe Township of Fenghuang County in Hunan Province, and Yunchangping Town of Tongren to the east; connected to Chuantong Town to the west; adjacent to Huanbei and Dengta subdistricts to the south; and neighboring Daxing Town of Songtao County and Alatown of Fenghuang County in Hunan Province to the north. After the “village consolidation” initiative in April 2007, the township administers seven villages: Huashi, Baishui, Baoziying, Laomatang, Xinzhai, Bajiao, and Sanzhai, comprising a total of 83 villager groups, 4,454 households, and 18,653 residents, with ethnic minority populations accounting for... More details about Huashi Township++