Yan Guan Gang Beacon Tower

Yan Guan Gang Beacon Tower

Yan Guan Gang Beacon Tower is located at the junction of three villages—Xiwei, Cuiting, and Shalu—in Hualong Town, on a hill known locally as Huodi Gang or Damei Gang, with an elevation of 120 meters. According to the 1736 edition of the “Panyu County Annals” from the Qianlong era: “At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the righteous army commander Qu Zhongshu raised troops to defend the local area and built a signal tower on this hill.” Since then, it has been called Yan Guan Gang. In May 1854, Chen Xianliang, leader of the Red Turban Army in Panyu, led his followers here to raise their banner and launched a rebellion against the Qing Dynasty. The remnants of the beacon tower still stand at the top of the hill. The structure measures 7.7 meters in length from north to south, 4.5 meters in width from east to west, and is 1.50 meters in height. The tower is divided into three levels: the bottom layer is built with sedimentary rock, while the middle and upper layers are constructed from Dagan stone and red sandstone. Among these are also red and blue bricks, indicating traces of multiple renovations over different eras.

Hualong Town: Hualong Town is located in the northeastern part of Panyu District, Guangzhou, facing Huangpu New Port 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 people. It is a key town in Guangzhou’s southern expansion development plan.

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