Historical overview of Pingxiang Friendship Pass

Friendship Pass, once called Zhennanguan in history, was built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty and is one of the top ten famous passes in ancient China.

1884 In August, the French invaders invaded Beining, lang son and other places in Vietnam and threatened China by force, so the Qing government had to declare war on France.

At the beginning of 1885, the French army sent more reinforcements and approached the town of Nanguan step by step. Pan, the front commander of the Qing army, escaped. On February 23rd, French invaders attacked Nanguan Town. Yang, the general of the Qing army, led his troops to fight bravely against the cliff. However, under the attack of the invaders' superior firepower, heavy casualties were caused. At 5 pm that day, Nanguan Town fell, and the French invaders bombed Nanguan Town, and set up a wooden pillar on the ruins with the words "Guangxi Gateway no longer exists" in Chinese to challenge China. At this critical juncture, people of all ethnic groups in China's border areas have taken up arms and actively cooperated with the famous anti-French fighter Su Yuanchun to wage a fierce battle with the French army. After recovering the south gate of the town, the indignant border guards and soldiers demolished this shame column and erected a wooden column that read, "We will rebuild our portal with the heads of French aggressors" to show our determination to resist foreign aggressors faithfully. On March 23, 1885, the French army divided into three roads and invaded Nanguan town again on a large scale, reaching Qianguan. When the enemy pounced on the wall like a hungry wolf, Feng Zicai seized the fighter plane and ordered his men to rush out of the wall. The 70-year-old veteran, "wearing a short coat and sandals, holding a Japanese knife and leading a broadsword team, jumped out of the wall with a loud roar, and his son jumped out of China and Xiangrong." The soldiers of the whole army poured out of the city wall like a torrent that burst its banks, and it was unstoppable. At one time, the gunfire stopped, the smoke drifted away, and the sound of metal collision and the shouts of struggle resounded through the sky. With the cooperation of Su Yuanchun, Wang Xiaoqi, Chen Jia and other generals, after two days of tenacious fighting, the enemy 1700 people were wiped out in one fell swoop, hundreds of intruders were captured alive, and a large number of guns and ammunition were seized. 1on March 25th, 885, Feng Zicai ordered a counterattack and directed the whole army to pursue it. Nigri, commander of the French army, was seriously injured, and two other senior French generals were captured alive. The victory of Zhennan County reversed the whole Sino-French war situation and was a great victory against foreign aggression in China's modern history. It dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the French invaders and forced the cabinet of Ruferri in France to fall. However, the weak and incompetent Qing government handed over the fruits of victory to France, and signed the Paris Armistice Agreement and the Sino-French Peace Treaty, also known as the Tianjin Treaty, which wrote a shameful page for the victory of the Sino-French war town of Nanguan.

1907 65438+2 1 Zhennan Uprising led by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the great forerunner of the democratic revolution, started in Beibao, Jinjishan Town. After a bloody battle with the Qing army for seven days and nights, he was forced to retreat because of running out of ammunition. Although the uprising failed, it was a blow to the decadent Qing government.

1939, 1939 On February 20th, 1939, the Japanese invaders occupied Zhennanguan, burned down the building, and gave the three characters "Zhennanguan" to Emperor Takamoto. After that, the stone flag of "Southern Xinjiang Town" was robbed, and the southern gate of the town was trampled by the invaders again. 1On August 5th, 945, the Chinese, American, British and French people won a great victory against fascism through arduous and heroic struggles. Proved that the Chinese nation will not yield.

1 949 65438+1October1overthrew Chiang Kai-shek's reactionary rule and established People's Republic of China (PRC). After that, the China People's Liberation Army pursued the victory and swept the remnant enemy. At 6: 30 p.m. on February 1 1, the "August 1st" military flag of China People's Liberation Army was raised on this ancient Guanlou, marking the liberation of Guangxi.