Bihou
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Bihou (Template:Zh) or Pei Hou,[1] is a natural village located in Hexin Residential Community (Template:Lang-zh) in Taicheng Subdistrict, Taishan, in Guangdong province, southern China.[2] The village is located at latitude 22.2489234°N and longitude 112.7630542°E, Template:Convert above sea level, off Guishui Road (Template:Zh).[3]
Rice, fish, bananas, pawpaw and pig feed are grown around the village.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
History
Bihou was founded in the 18th century by Tan Gong Chang (Template:Zh), one of the many descendants of the viscounts of the feudal State of Tan (1046BC-684BC) in present-day Shandong Province.[4]
All of its inhabitants are still of one patrilineage with the clan name of Tan (Template:Zh), and have family in Taicheng and Yangjiang.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Expatriate family members have settled in Australia and the United States.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
On March 3, 1941, Japanese troops attacked the village as part of the assault on the neighboring Taicheng Township.[5] Bullet holes are still visible in the fabric of the now-defunct village clan school, and through one of the neighboring palm trees.
Education
The children of Bihou and a dozen other villages attend the Chengxi Kaizhi Primary School (Template:Zh).[6]
Culture
The village hosts the Bihou Village Cultural Building (Template:Zh), which was opened some years ago, when it was reported in the local media.[7]
The village hosted a celebration of the Double Ninth Festival, which included a parade, song, and dance,[8] and was largely meant to celebrate the elderly. As part of the festival, the village's married women donned qipaos, performed a lion dance, and partook in a number of other traditions for an audience of the village elders.[9]
References
- ↑ Kwangtung 1:50,000 [cartographic material] by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington (D.C.) 1960.
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- ↑ Tan Genealogy: Heritage and Lineage by Henry Tom, privately published, Frederick (MD) 2009.
- ↑ Taishan Timeline History
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