Litang Victory Festival

Guangxi
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In the winter of 1944, the Japanese invaded Binyang for the second time. About a company of troops was stationed in Litang Market (Street), and they often sent troops to implement the "Three Alls" policy in more than 10 villages near Dalong, Desheng and other places on both sides of the road. There was a man named Chen Erjiu in Litang Old Street. His nephew Chen Yousheng was very courageous. At noon on October 4 of that year, Chen Yousheng fought with Japanese messengers in the street in front of the Litang Pawnshop, and snatched a bicycle. He rode the bicycle through the south gate and drove straight to Si Village, and then turned to Shuangqiao Old Market to stay overnight. The Japanese devils believed that the person who robbed the bicycle was a person from Si Village. At 5 pm, the devils were fully armed and surrounded Si Village, forcing all the men, women and children in the village to run southward. There was a man named Yu Shugao in Si Village. In order to save the lives of all the villagers, he stepped forward and strode into the enemy camp to reason with the devils (because of the language barrier, he could only use words instead), explaining that the car robbers were not from Si Village. After the devils found out that the bicycle wheel tracks went straight to Shuangqiao Road, Si Village escaped. In the first month of the lunar calendar in 1945, the Japanese invaders sent letters many times to Si Village to recruit civilians, women, and 20,000 kilograms of rice. At that time, Si Village held two meetings and raised 2,925 kilograms of rice. However, during the two meetings held in the Yu Family Old Ancestral Hall, everyone unanimously disagreed to give the food that had been raised to the Japanese invaders, opposed collaborating with the enemy, and was determined to fight the Japanese invaders to the end. Those who were unwilling to do so would move out of Si Village immediately. Later, these thousands of kilograms of rice were taken to Zhanjiang, Guangdong to sell, and the money was used to buy guns and ammunition to expand the armed forces of the village and resist the invasion of the devils at any time. At that time, the Binyang County Government had moved to the Shansheng Temple in Fanglei Township (now Fanglei Village, Shuangqiao Township) for office. The county government had an armed self-defense team of 50 people. After organizing 11 local gentlemen such as Wei Zhichen, Lu Yanshan, and Wei Ruinan to discuss, several battle plans were proposed: First, Si Village was used as a battle base and the county government supported 0 ammunition; second, Weidong, Chenshu, Tangcun, Liuling, Dingzi, Huangcun, Shuangqiaopian and other villages were ordered to provide strong support and fight side by side to guard the Xinqiao Pass in the southwest; third, Zouma, Chaochang, Lincun, Liufang, Ouyang Village and other villages in the east and west concentrated on guarding Gaochangyuan, Zoumaqiao and other places; fourth, Si Village immediately built fortifications and sent people to stand guard to monitor the enemy. At 6 o'clock in the morning on March 9, more than 100 devils entered the northern cliff of Shilongjiang. The village sentry immediately sent a signal to the village, and the villagers quickly prepared for battle and waited for it. The devils attacked from four places: east, south, west and north. The peak of Daliangling was defended by the villages of Qintang, Panshanqingping, Maozi, Yaocun, Linshan and Liangyuan. One enemy was killed during the attack and they dared not advance anymore; there was a ridge on the north of Si Village and the Shilong River blocked the way in front of them and they could not advance directly. The Japanese attempted to seize the new bridgehead of Daliang but were resisted by the firepower of Licen Village and Chenshu Village on the west bridgehead and several people were killed; the Japanese to the east of Si Village wanted to occupy Gaochang Garden but were blocked by villagers such as Ouyang and three people were killed; to the northwest of Si Village, near the wall of Liangguang Bridge Shizitang, a group of Japanese were about to cross the Liangguang Canal and were killed by veteran soldier Lu Xixiang with a 79 rifle at seven o'clock in the morning. The old soldier fell to the bottom of the ditch on the spot. Those Japanese who were not afraid of death were desperately collecting the bodies but were knocked down by Lu Xixiang again. At 12 noon, the county government sent 4 boxes of light machine gun bullets (2 boxes each for the inner and outer lines), which promptly supplemented the ammunition for the positions, greatly inspiring the fighting spirit of the villagers. Everyone was determined to fight the devils to the end. The young men and women in Si Village all took up knives, swords, red handles, spears, long-handled grass knives and other weapons and stood at the foot of the wooden fence, ready to fight close combat (hand-to-hand combat) with the devils at any time when they attacked. The fierce battle lasted until midnight the next day, and the devils still could not enter Si Village, so they retreated to Litang Market overnight. On the tenth day of March, Si Village slaughtered 3 large pigs and held a banquet in the ancestral hall of the Wang family's old house to celebrate the victory. The whole village gathered together to celebrate the victory in the fight against the Japanese devils. Since then, the villagers decided to make the ninth day of the third lunar month the Victory Day of the Anti-Japanese War in Si Village. On this day every year, every household in the village slaughters chickens and ducks, prepares wine and food, and invites relatives, friends, distinguished guests, guests, and elders from neighboring villages to have a feast together to teach the next generation to never forget to avenge the humiliation and the day of victory. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)

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