Yong'an Village of Wutai County is located in the south of Wutai Mountain and the north bank of the Hutuo River, which was founded in the early years of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty. Walking into the village, a piece of bluestone brick wall comes into view, various stone monuments, plaques, couplets in the village have witnessed the changes of history, next to the simple and elegant houses, you can see hundreds of years of ancient pine and ancient acacia everywhere, the branches are swaying with the wind, as if telling the story of the thousand-year-old village. It is the hometown of Xu Xiangqian, the founding marshal of the People's Republic of China, and one of the 100 red tourist attractions in the country.
Stone archway in Yongan Village
Come to the former residence of Marshal Xu Xiangqian, what catches your eye is engraved with the word "Rite Gate" on the street, there is a bust of Xu Xiangqian wearing a marshal uniform in the middle of the courtyard, and the 7 exhibition halls in the courtyard display the daily necessities of Xu Xiangqian's childhood and youth, a piece of physical objects and picture materials, recording the honest and simple life of the older generation of revolutionaries and the lifelong struggle for the revolutionary cause.
Xu Xiangqian's former residence Yong'an Village is not rich in natural resources, with less than seven points of land per capita, but the hard-working Yongan people live a happy life with their own hands and wisdom. According to the characteristics of the geographical environment, they planted fruit trees, planted greenhouse vegetables, and made full use of unique historical and cultural resources to develop tourism. In 2019, Wutai County took the opportunity of continuously creating national AAA and AAAA-level tourist attractions to integrate Xu Xiangqian's former residence, Marshal Xu Xiangqian Memorial Hall and Yongan Village into a total area of 62,903 square meters of Xu Xiangqian's hometown scenic spot.
The thousand-year-old Huai Yongan villagers are simple and simple. Walking on the street, you can see groups of elderly people sitting in front of their homes basking in the sun and chatting about their daily routines. Yong'an village Xu surname residents accounted for three-quarters of the total number of villagers, every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the village of Xu's ancestral hall to hold a large-scale ancestor worship activities, to educate future generations to respect the old and love the young, family harmony. Cultural monuments such as the tomb of Xu Jiqi and the courtyard of the general of the Republic of China show that this ancient village has produced many talents, and the ruins of the ancient cang city, the ruins of the ancient tunnels, the ruins of Xiaozhai and the Jianzi Mountain on the south bank of the Hutuo River all tell the long history and moving legends of Yong'an Village to tourists. (Liu Xinlin) source: Xinzhou Online