Xiemawu Family Ancestral House is located in Xiemawu Natural Village, Bazishan Village, Zhenchengdi Town, Gujiao City. It dates back to the Qing Dynasty. The Xiemawu Family Ancestral House is a municipal-level cultural relic protection unit of Taiyuan City. …
The Miyazhen Battle Memorial Site is located in Guolian Village, Miyazhen Township, Loufan County. It consists of three parts: a memorial monument, a martyrs’ cemetery, and the battle site. The monument covers an area of about 300 square meters and is composed of a three-tiered stone, cement, and concrete base, as well as a bluestone tablet. The front of the tablet is engraved with the inscription written by General Yang Xiushan and the words “Eternal Glory to the Martyrs Who Died in the War of Resistance…”
Huaguoshan, also known as Longhe Mountain, is located in the northwest of Dashengtang Village at an altitude of 1,806 meters. According to the *Taiyuan Prefecture Records* from the Ming Dynasty's Wanli era: "Longhe Mountain... lies fifty li west of Loufan Town, surrounded by steep ridges and auspicious clouds that often hover like dragons, hence the name." The most captivating sight on Longhe Mountain is the spectacular "Evening Glow of Longhe." When the sun sets and you stand on the mountain looking westward...
The former residence of Li Xiangrui is located in the Lǐ Mào Village Courtyard, Louhuāncūn Village, Louhuān Town, Louhuān County, with a construction area of 75 square meters. Li Xiangrui (1915–1949), styled Zhìhé, also known as Shànqīng or Gèngshēng, was a native of Louhuān, Shanxi. In 1936, he joined the Sacrifice League. In 1939, he served as the special commissioner of the Sacrifice League in Shílóu County and director of the county’s “Jingjiàn Association”...
The former residence of Li Yujin is located in the courtyard of Li Wenlin in Loujiazhuang, Loufan Town, Loufan County, covering a construction area of 81 square meters. Li Yujin was a native of Loujiazhuang. In 1936, he joined the Sacrifice League. In 1937, he enlisted in the guerrilla forces and was later incorporated into the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1938. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he once served as...
The former residence of Zhang XueXuan is located in the courtyard of Zhao XueLian at Gouzi, Shuiyu Village, Miaowan Township, Loufan County, with a construction area of 36 square meters. Before the Spring Festival in 1942, the Third Prefectural Committee and the Third Administrative Office of Northwest Shanxi held a county and district cadres meeting in Shuiyu Village. Zhang XueXuan, the secretary of the prefectural committee, led the Third Prefectural Committee to stay in Qian'gou. On February 16, the Japanese troops stationed in Gujiao, under the leadership of Captain Yanshan, launched a surprise attack on Shuiyu Village...
The former residence of Cui Yisheng is located in the courtyard of Zhao Bingzhi at Gouzi, Shuiyu Village, Miaowan Township, Loufan County, covering a construction area of 252 square meters. Before the Spring Festival in 1942, the Third Prefectural Committee and the Third Administrative Office of Northwest Shanxi held a county and district cadre meeting in Shuiyu Village. Cui Yisheng, head of the Organization Department of the Third Prefectural Committee, came to attend the meeting and stayed in the second eastern cave dwelling. On February 1…
The former residence of Lin Haiqing is located at Duan Zhengang’s Courtyard in Fenglingdi Village, Jingyou Town, Loufan County, with a construction area of 128 square meters. In 1943, the 2nd Regiment of the Central Hebei Garrison Brigade campaigned in northwest Shanxi, was reorganized into the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Sub-district of the Jin-Sui Military Region, and took over the garrison duties in the Loufan area from the 7th Regiment of the 358th Brigade. Lin Haiqing, commander of the 2nd Regiment of the Garrison Brigade, was reassigned as…
The former residence of Yan Jinsheng is located in the courtyard of Li Fucun in Loujiazhuang, Loufan Town, Loufan County, with a construction area of 230 square meters. In February 1941, in accordance with instructions from the Shanxi–Northwest Military District, the 3rd Military Sub-district conducted training under combat readiness conditions. The sub-district headquarters along with the 716th and 8th Regiments of the 358th Brigade were stationed in the areas of Loujiazhuang and Dafuzhuang. …
The former residence of Pu Anxiu is located in Panjiazhuang Village, Majiajia Township, Loufan County. From February to May 1947, the Central Committee dispatched Kang Sheng and Chen Boda to northwestern Shanxi to inspect and assist with land reform. Chen Boda led a land reform work team including Tian Jiaying and Pu Anxiu to conduct a pilot program in Panjiazhuang (encompassing Dashengtang, Zhangjiazhuang, and Panjiazhuang villages). Pu Anxiu lived...
The former residence of Tian Jiaying is located in Nantougou, Zhangjiazhuang Village, Majiajia Township, Loufan County, covering an area of 112 square meters. On May 4, 1946, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Directive on Settling Accounts in Rent Reduction and Land Issues," emphasizing the need to mobilize the masses and implement the principle of "land to the tiller." From February to May 1947, the Central Committee sent Kang Sheng...
The former residence of Yang Xiushan is located in the courtyard of Liu Haiqing, a villager in Shangyinan Village, Tianchi Store Township, Loufan County, with a construction area of 77 square meters. During the War of Resistance against Japan, General Yang Xiushan fought in Loufan. In July 1995, when General Yang Xiushan and his wife returned to Loufan, they found the cave dwelling where they got married in Shangyinan Village and the cave they lived in during that time in Caojiazhang Village...
The former residence of Zhang Zongxun is located in Sanyuan Village, Loufan Town, Loufan County, covering an area of 416 square meters. This house is a Qing Dynasty–era building that originally served as the residence of the head of the former Jingle County Bureau of Culture and Education. In 1941, when the 358th Brigade of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army established an anti-Japanese base in Loufan County, Brigade Commander Zhang Zongxun lived on the gate tower of this residence for over a month...
The Former Residence Site of the Allied Journalists' Group on their Route is located in Panjiayuan Village, Majiazhai Township, Loufan County, covering a building area of 366 square meters. In June 1944, a delegation of Chinese and foreign journalists visited Yan'an. In August, a group comprising journalists such as Israel Epstein, Harrison Forman, and Morris Votaw formed the Allied Journalists' Group to tour the Jin-Sui Base Area. …
The former residence site of Liu Shaoqi on the route is located 70 meters northwest of Guojiazhuang Village, Miyazhen Township, Loufan County, covering an area of 580.16 square meters with a built-up area of 72 square meters. In December 1942, Comrade Liu Shaoqi, then Secretary of the Central China Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Political Commissar of the New Fourth Army, was on his way back to Yan'an from Huazhong...
The execution site of Red Army soldiers is located in Huangtugedi, Shanchengmao, Jiulao Village, Loufan Town, Loufan County. In March 1936, the Red Army on the Eastern Expedition entered Loufan from Gujiao. On March 29, the Red Army crossed into Lan County from the north of Loufan. On the same day, the Nationalist Yan Army unit under Fu Cunhuai, which was pursuing the Red Army, arrived in Loufan and began searching for straggling Red Army soldiers and those associated with them. …
The Red Army Poplar is located in Suiguaizigou of Hanjiagou Village, Tianchidian Township, Loufan County. In March 1936, the left column of the Red Army's Eastern Expeditionary Force, led by Xu Haidong and Cheng Zihua, entered Loufan from Gujiao. When passing through Hanjiagou Village, they were attacked by an airplane of Yan Xishan’s forces. Two Red Army soldiers were hit and fell, sacrificing their lives. After the Red Army departed, the villagers of Hanjiagou...
Jing Jiayun Martyrs' Cemetery is located 500 meters south of Hebei Village, Majiajia Township, Loufan County, covering an area of 2.5 square meters. Jing Jiayun was born in 1916, joined the revolution in 1936, served as a scout in the guerrilla unit, and sacrificed his life in April 1947 during the battle at Jingou Village, Xinzhou County. The Administrative Office of the Jin-Sui Border Region issued a "Revolutionary..."
The Martyrs' Tomb of Teng Sikun is located at the northwest corner of Fan Bulan’s backyard vegetable garden in Lingtangwan, Dafuzhuang Village, Loufan Town, Loufan County. Teng Sikun (1913–1941), also known as Teng Daiji, was from Mayang, Hubei. In 1938, he went to Yan'an and, through the introduction of Teng Daiyuan, entered the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. After graduation, he headed to the front lines of the War of Resistance against Japan. He once served as...
The Besieging Loufan Battle Site is located on Shanshiliang in Jiuloufan Village, Loufan Town, Loufan County. On August 21, 1942, Japanese troops occupied Loufan Town and built a large bunker on Shanshiliang to the northwest of the town, as well as a large bunker inside the town at Yamengeta in Huangtugedong. Four smaller bunkers were constructed around the large bunker, forming a network with the artillery position on Shanshiliang...