Former Site of the Huaxian County People's Government

Former Site of the Huaxian County People's Government

From its establishment as a county in the 24th year of the Kangxi reign during the Qing Dynasty (1685) until the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949 — a span of 264 years, covering the entire Qing Dynasty and the Republican era — the county seat of Huaxian was located in what is today Huashan’s Huacheng.

It was not until after the liberation, on April 18, 1950, following a resolution passed at the first session of the Huaxian People’s Representative Conference, that the Huaxian County People’s Government moved from Huashan’s Huacheng to Luochang Village in Huashan. This site thus became the location of the Huaxian County People’s Government. On June 25, 1954, the Huaxian People’s Committee was established, setting up its offices here, and for a brief period, the county Party committee and government shared the same premises.

Then, in September 1955, the Huaxian People’s Committee moved from Luochang to Xinhua, and the county government-affiliated institutions also relocated there. Starting from 1955 onward — whether it was the county government, the municipal government (in 1993, when Huaxian was upgraded from a county to a city), or the district government (in 2000, when the city was restructured into a district) — all have been based in Xinhua.

The main building of the Former Site of the Huaxian County People's Government in Luochang Village is two stories high, flanked by single-story auxiliary buildings. It features the triangular Soviet-style architecture commonly used at the time, making it one of the few well-preserved Soviet-style structures in present-day Huadu District. Due to years of neglect, both the exterior walls and internal structure of the former government site have suffered varying degrees of damage.

As a result, as early as 2013, the Huashan Town government restored the external appearance of the Former Site of the Huaxian County People's Government to its original look, and renovated the interior according to the architectural style of the time by reinstalling floor tiles, repainting the walls, and arranging the furniture.