Sijiaolou on Yanxi Mountain (Lian County Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall)

Sijiaolou on Yanxi Mountain (Lian County Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall)

Sijiaolou on Yanxi Mountain (Lian County Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall) is a Lianzhou Municipal Cultural Heritage Site and a classic red tourism destination.

The predecessor of the Lian County Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall was Sijiaolou on Yanxi Mountain, located on the campus of today’s Lianzhou Middle School. It was originally built in 1916 by Zhang Jiaqi from Yayagang in Lianzhou City. The building features a single-eave hip-and-gable roof with alternating yin-yang tiles and overlapping ridge tiles. It has wooden staircases and floors, with a brick-pillared corridor on the first and second floors of the west side. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Guangdong Provincial Government relocated its offices to Lian County multiple times. Later, the Chinese Communist underground party used the site as a secret meeting and liaison location. It is an important cultural relic building in Lianzhou City with significant historical value, and was designated as part of the second batch of Lianzhou Municipal Cultural Heritage Sites in July 2011.

Sijiaolou on Yanxi Mountain

The first floor of the Lian County Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall details the anti-Japanese war efforts of Lian County’s military and civilians through sections such as the background of the Southern China resistance, the five relocations to Lian County, activities of the Lian County Party organization during the war, key events, the wartime provincial capital, wartime children of Guangdong, notable figures’ traces, and the sorrows of Lian County. The second floor features restored scenes of Li Hanhun’s meeting room, office, and bedroom.

In 2011, the Lianzhou Municipal People’s Government designated it as part of the second batch of Lianzhou Municipal Cultural Heritage Sites, protected under the Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural Relics.

Protected area: 30 meters extending outward from the heritage building itself;

Construction control zone: 30 meters extending outward from the protected area.

Li Hanhun (1895–1987), courtesy name Bohao, also known as Nanhua, was from Lingtou Village, Wuchuan County. He served as the Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government during the Republic of China era.

Li Hanhun was born into a well-off family. As a child, he studied at a local private school. Later, he attended the law department of the Guangdong Higher School, then went on to study military science at the Guangdong Army Primary School, Wuchang Army Preparatory School, and Baoding Military Academy.

In 1919 (the 8th year of the Republic of China), after graduating from the second class of the Baoding Army Officers Academy, Li Hanhun was assigned to serve as a probationary officer in Yan Xishan’s forces in Shanxi. Soon after, due to illness, he returned to his hometown and taught at Wuchuan Middle School before … [More details about Li Hanhun]++

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