Chinanews client, Beijing, December 30 (Reporter Ren Siyu) As a world cultural heritage, the Great Wall is a representative symbol of the Chinese nation and an important symbol of Chinese civilization. On December 29, a media tour of the web-themed event “Promoting the Great Wall Spirit and Inheriting Patriotic Feelings” walked into Gubeikou Village, Gubeikou Town, Miyun District, Beijing, to experience the profound historical, cultural and spiritual value contained in the Gubeikou Great Wall.
“Promoting the Spirit of the Great Wall and Inheriting Patriotic Feelings” network theme activity is guided by the Network Communication Bureau of the Central Cyberspace Administration of China, Beijing Municipal Committee of Cyberspace Affairs, Tianjin Municipal Committee of Cyberspace Affairs, Hebei Provincial Committee of Cyberspace Affairs, Shanxi Provincial Committee of Cyberspace Affairs, and Liaoning Provincial Committee Sponsored by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Cyberspace Administration of the Jilin Provincial Party Committee, the Cyberspace Administration of the Henan Provincial Committee, the Cyberspace Administration of the Gansu Provincial Committee, the Cyberspace Administration of the Qinghai Provincial Committee, and China News.
“The lock and key depend on natural dangers and are formed by the mountains. The formation of thousands of snakes and the sound of ten miles of horseshoes.” Gubeikou Town at the foot of the Great Wall is the “Northeast Gate” of Beijing. It is a strategic throat, known as “Yenjing Gateway” and “Jingshi Lock Key”.
On the 29th, the interview team visited Gubeikou Village. They stood on the north gate and looked far away. Among the mountains, the Great Wall of Wohushan stood majestic on the west, and the Great Wall of Panlongshan on the east was winding, magnificent and magnificent.
Panlong Mountain Great Wall.Photo by Ren Siyu, reporter of China News Service
The Great Wall is the greatest military defensive project in the ancient history of the world. In order to defend against foreign enemies and consolidate border defense, the Northern Qi Dynasty in the Southern and Northern Dynasties built the Great Wall of stone at Gubeikou. The Ming Dynasty carried out large-scale repairs to the Great Wall, and the Great Wall’s external defense capabilities were also during this period. Play a major role and become an important barrier for maintaining peace in the Central Plains.
It is understood that there are five sections of the Great Wall in Gubeikou Town, including Simatai, Wulituo, Panlong Mountain, Wohu Mountain and Beiqi. Among them, Simatai Great Wall is famous for its “dangerous, dense, strange, ingenious, and complete”. Professor Luo Zhewen, an expert on the Great Wall, praised it as “The Great Wall of China is the best in the world, and the Simatai Great Wall is also the best of the Great Wall of China.”
Due to its dangerous location, Gubeikou has been a battleground for military strategists for thousands of years and has been highly valued. During the Anti-Japanese War, the Chinese sons and daughters continued to survive for the nation in this hot land, defending the dignity of the nation with blood and lives.
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In 1933, the Japanese invaders invaded Jehol from the northeast, further threatened North China and invaded the Great Wall Pass. The Great Wall War broke out.
Gubeikou was the main battlefield of the Great Wall of China. Here, the Chinese army and the Japanese army fought stubbornly, and fired the first shot in the Beijing area against the Japanese invaders. This was the battle that lasted the longest time and killed the most enemies during the Great Wall War of Resistance. Due to the fierce conditions of the battle, it was called “the fierce battle in the fierce battle.”
“Get up! People who don’t want to be slaves! Build our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall!…” The majestic “Volunteer March” inspired countless Chinese people to fight bravely and march forward bravely. But what many people don’t know is that the Great Wall at Gubeikou was also an important source for the creation of the national anthem.
During the Great Wall War of Resistance at Gubeikou, a group of heroes such as the “Maoershan Seven Warriors” emerged. The patriotic soldiers embraced the determination to defend the country to death, fought bloody battles against the enemy, and built the Great Wall of flesh and blood with their lives.
On the afternoon of September 13, 1945, the anti-Japanese armed forces led by the Communist Party of China and the Red Army of the Soviet Union held a surrender ceremony in the playground of the Japanese army barracks in Gubeikou. Gubeikou is currently the only memorial place for the people’s armed forces to accept the Japanese surrender in Beijing.
Gubeikou invaded China where the Japanese troops surrendered.Photo by Ren Siyu, reporter of China News Service
New charm of the ancient town
The Great Wall stretches endlessly. As a thousand-year-old town on the “Great Wall Cultural Belt”, Gubeikou Town retains a large number of cultural landscapes and historical monuments. Eye well, two steps and three temples.”
Walking in Gubeikou Village, Yanglinggong Temple, Caishen Temple, Yaowang Temple, Ancient Royal Road, Sanyanjing and other places of interest are fascinating to travel through the past and present. Knowledge such as “forecast” has become lively and interesting. On both sides of the river, there are often cultural halls and homestays rich in folk customs.
In recent years, Gubeikou Town has firmly grasped the development ideas of “party building, cultural development, tourism, and ecological enrichment”, relying on rich ecological resources and profound human resources, and striving to build a national-level Great Wall cultural demonstration area and China A famous town with historical and cultural characteristics, actively transforming ecological advantages into development advantages.
The north gate of Gubeikou.Photo by Ren Siyu, reporter of China News Service
The Gubeikou Great Wall Anti-Japanese War Memorial, the Sino-Soviet Joint Command, the Seven Warriors Monument, the Monument to the Defence War, the surrender of the Japanese invaders… Relying on the glorious revolutionary history of Gubeikou and numerous red relics, the local excavation of red cultural connotations, planning and launching of red cultural tourism The route fully demonstrates the charm of red culture and the beauty of the Great Wall, attracting a large number of tourists to visit.
In July 2019, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the first batch of national rural tourism key villages, including 320 villages including Gubeikou Village, Gubeikou Town, Miyun District, Beijing. In addition, Gubeikou Village has been awarded as “Beijing’s Most Beautiful Village”, “China’s Most Charming Leisure Village”, “Beijing Patriotism Education Base Demonstration Unit”, “Chinese Minority Characteristic Village”, “Chinese Traditional Village” and so on.
Experienced artillery fire and gunpowder, now Gubeikou Town has become a famous historical and cultural town that integrates the Great Wall culture, patriotic culture, temple culture, frontier fortress culture, and anti-Japanese war culture. Tourism has become the mainstay of the town’s green development. industry. The “Great Wall Cultural IP” with a long history continues to provide new vitality to the ancient town. (Finish)
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