Former Site of the Guangdong Fanhua Branch of the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance

Former Site of the Guangdong Fanhua Branch of the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance

The former site of the Guangdong Fanhua Branch of the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance is a Guangzhou Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

The former site of the Guangdong Fanhua Branch of the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance is located at the “Ji Zhi Xu Ancestral Hall” in Sanhua Village, Huadu District, Guangzhou. It has three bays and three courtyards, is 12 meters wide and 38.5 meters deep, and features a brick-and-timber structure. The rear section of the hall has a space that is 12 meters wide, 10 meters deep, and 4.5 meters high. The right side of the ancestral hall has been destroyed and is now a village lane, while the left side's Qingyun Lane neighbors the “Guobi Xu Ancestral Hall.” During the Xinhai Revolution, after the establishment of the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance, its Guangdong Fanhua Branch was set up in this rear chamber of the ancestral hall.

After the founding of the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance in 1905, Xu Weiyang from Sanhua, Huaxian County, was ordered to return to Huaxian with fellow revolutionary Mo Jipeng to organize the Fanhua Branch. Xu and others mobilized over 300 participants from Panyu and Huaxian counties, electing Xu Jinkun and Xu Xiuwen as president and vice president respectively, and Xu Zhisheng as secretary. Some members including Xu Jinkun took part in the Gengxu New Army Uprising. On April 27, 1911 (lunar calendar), during the Guangzhou Uprising, over 100 members of the Fanhua Branch joined the fight, and the 18 who sacrificed their lives all set off after pledging their oath at the Xu Ancestral Hall. In 1920, Sun Yat-sen sent veteran Revolutionary Alliance member Zhang Ji to the Xu Ancestral Hall, where he presented an inscription reading “Sacrificed family wealth to aid the cause, merit lies in —”. The inscription no longer exists, but the site remains largely intact.

In August 1983, the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government designated it as a cultural relics protection unit.

Sanhua Village: Located north of Xinhua Street in Huadu District, Guangzhou, Sanhua Village is about 2 kilometers from the city center and covers an area of approximately 4.5 square kilometers. The village has four economic cooperatives and 18 villager groups, with a total population of 4,910, making it one of the larger urban villages in Xinhua Street. The local economy mainly relies on shop and factory rentals. The Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and Wuhan-Guangzhou Railway both pass through the village.

Sanhua Village has a history of over 900 years, and most villagers have the surname Xu. The ancestor of the Xu clan in Sanhua Village was Xu Zongyuan. According to the Xu family genealogy, prior to this, the Xu family lived in Baochang County, Nanxiong. Xu Zongyuan arrived here in the eighth year of the Yuanyou era during the Northern Song Dynasty... More details about Sanhua Village++

Further Reading:

· Sixth Batch of Guangzhou Municipal Cultural Relics Protection Units