Former Site of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters Office in Guxian

　　The Former Site of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters Office in Guxian (Fourth Batch of Provincial-Level Protected Sites)

　　Era: 1937–1946

　　Location: Guxian Village, Huangnian Town, suburban area of Changzhi City

　　On November 8, 1937, after Commander-in-Chief [Zhu De] and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Peng Dehuai led the Eighth Route Army headquarters into Shangdang, the office was stationed in the Erxian Temple of Guxian Village. Successive institutions such as the Telephone Bureau and the First Branch of the Counter-Japanese Military and Political University conducted operations and anti-Japanese activities here. In 1946, the Eighth Route Army’s Forward Headquarters established the first military-industrial ironworks in the Taihang Base Area here — the [---] Ironworks (the predecessor of today’s Changzhi Iron and Steel Plant), which produced 200 tons of iron and over 100 artillery shells per day at its peak, making a significant contribution to the Liberation War. After the ironworks was relocated, the People’s Liberation Army’s Factory 7016 also used the Erxian Temple as a preparatory construction site for many years.

　　The Erxian Temple was originally built during the Qing Dynasty’s Kangxi era. It faces south and consists of upper and lower courtyards, with over 40 existing structures including the main hall and side halls, covering an area of 2,000 square meters.