Bihou
Natural Village in Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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Bihou (Chinese: 庇厚; pinyin: Bìhòu; Jyutping: bei3hau5) or Pei Hou,[1] is a natural village located in Hexin Residential Community (Chinese: 合新社区; pinyin: Héxīn Shèqū) in Taicheng Subdistrict, Taishan, in Guangdong province, southern China.[2] The village is located at latitude 22.2489234°N and longitude 112.7630542°E, 11 metres (36 ft) above sea level, off Guishui Road (桂水路).[3]
Bihou
庇厚 Peihou | |
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Natural Village | |
 Bihou Streetscape | |
  Bihou | |
| Coordinates: 22.2489234°N 112.7630542°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| Prefecture-level City | Jiangmen |
| County-level City | Taishan |
| Subdistrict | Taicheng Subdistrict |
| Residential Community | Hexin Residential Community |
Rice, fish, bananas, pawpaw and pig feed are grown around the village.[citation needed]
History
Bihou was founded in the 18th century by Tan Gong Chang (譚公昌), 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 (譚), and have family in Taicheng and Yangjiang.[citation needed] Expatriate family members have settled in Australia and the United States.[citation needed]
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 (城西开智小学).[6]
Culture
The village hosts the Bihou Village Cultural Building (庇厚村文化楼), 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]