Our Lady of Dabaogou Church

Our Lady of Dabaogou Church

Our Lady of Dabaogou Church is a cultural relic protection unit of Xinzhou City.

Our Lady of Dabaogou Church is located in Dabaogou Village, Zhuangmo Town, Xinfu District. It faces south with its back to the north, measuring 49 meters from east to west and 81 meters from north to south, covering an area of 3,969 square meters. In the second year of the Xuantong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1910), Father Yang Yage, a Catholic priest from Xinzhou, built the “Our Lady of Dabaogou Church” here. The surviving structures from that time include five main rooms, two wing rooms, three east rooms, and three west rooms, all of which are built in the hanging gable roof style. The bell tower was newly constructed in 1988. On June 6, 2007, it was designated as a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit by the People’s Government of Xinzhou City. Content excerpted from (“A Collection of Cultural Relics in Xinzhou”).

Source: Xinzhou Municipal Bureau of Cultural Relics

Dabaogou Village: Located in a mountain valley, Dabaogou Village in Zhuangmo Town, Xinfu District, lies about 25 kilometers southwest of Xinzhou. Legend has it that in early times, a man named Dabao lived and farmed in this valley, and when the village was established, it was named Dabaogou. Currently, the village has 103 households and 309 residents, with 100 hectares of arable land, and its economy is primarily agricultural. With the exception of one person, all residents of Dabaogou Village are Catholic. Catholicism was introduced here in the late 19th century and has a history of over three centuries and 130 years. The church was built under the direction of Bishop Aijie from Italy and Father Yang Yage from Datong during the 19th year of the Guangxu reign in the Qing Dynasty. The village now has two classical music and orchestral bands. … More detailed information about Dabaogou Village++