Former Site of the Eighth Route Army General Headquarters in Beicun Village

　　Former Site of the Eighth Route Army General Headquarters in Beicun Village (incorporated into the Former Site of the Eighth Route Army General Headquarters in Wuxiang) (Sixth Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units)

　　Era: 1938 — 1939

　　Address: Beicun Village, Dianshang Town, Lucheng District

　　From October 1938 to July 8, 1939, after the Eighth Route Army crossed the Yellow River heading east and advanced into the Taihang Mountains to establish an anti-Japanese base in North China, having moved through 56 villages, the Commander-in-Chief relocated from the suburbs of Changzhi City to Beicun. It was the first long-term base established by the Eighth Route Army General Headquarters during the eastward expedition, before later moving to Zhuanbi Village in Wuxiang County. The Commander-in-Chief, Deputy Commander Peng Dehuai, Deputy Chief of Staff Zuo Quan, Secretary of the CPC Central Committee’s Northern Bureau -, Commander of the 129th Division -, and Political Commissar - and other veteran proletarian revolutionaries led and directed guerrilla warfare in the North China Anti-Japanese Base, as well as struggles against “encirclement and suppression” and “friction,” laying a solid foundation for the ultimate victory of the War of Resistance against Japan.

　　The former site in Beicun currently preserves six courtyards with a total of 175 rooms, including the headquarters, the Northern Bureau, the quartermaster department and guard company, the military law office of the headquarters, and the residence of the Lu Xun Academy of Arts, covering an area of approximately 4,800 square meters.