The Dainai Gang Beacon Tower Ruins

The Dainai Gang Beacon Tower Ruins

The Dainai Gang Beacon Tower Ruins are located on the southern slope of Yanguan Gang in Xinting Village, Hualong Town. According to the Qianlong edition of the "Panyu County Annals": "At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the righteous army commander Qu Zhongshu (for details, see the county annals) raised troops to defend the locality and built a beacon tower on it." Since then, it has been called Yanguan Gang. In May 1854, during the fourth year of the Xianfeng reign of the Qing Dynasty, Chen Xianliang, leader of the Red Turban Army in Panyu and a native of Shilou, led his followers here to raise the rebel flag and launched an uprising against the Qing Dynasty.

The remains of the beacon tower still exist at the top of the hill, facing south from the north. The tower is 6.3 meters long from north to south, 6.1 meters wide from east to west, and 2.3 meters high, covering an area of 38.43 square meters. The facade of the beacon tower is trapezoidal, with the base constructed from a mixture of red sandstone and granite, while the top is built with blue bricks, clearly showing that the beacon tower was repaired multiple times in different periods. On the left side of the southern face, there is an entrance accessed by a five-step staircase leading to the top. The staircase entrance is about 1 meter above the ground, and originally had a wooden ladder, which has now been damaged. According to the head of the district cultural relics department, the beacon tower ruins hold certain historical significance for the study of the Taiping Rebellion. In September 2002, it was designated as a registered cultural relic protection unit of Guangzhou under the name "Beacon Tower Ruins of the Red Turban Army Flag-Raising Uprising." In December 2008, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit of Guangzhou.

Hualong Town: Hualong Town is located in the northeastern part of Panyu District, Guangzhou, facing the new port of Huangpu and the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone across the river. It has a 13-kilometer-long shoreline along the Pearl River. The town covers an area of 53 square kilometers, governs 13 village committees and one neighborhood committee, and has a population of 30,808. It is a key town in Guangzhou’s southern expansion development.

In 2002, under the correct leadership of the district party committee, district government, and town party committee, the entire town upheld the great banner of the - theory, earnestly practiced the "-" important thought, aimed at taking the lead in basically achieving modernization as the overall goal, adhered to economic development as the central focus, and emphasized... Detailed information about Hualong Town++

Further Reading:

· Seventh Batch of Guangzhou Cultural Relic Protection Units