Bihou


Bihou, or Bei Hou or Pei Hou, is a village located in Hexin Residential Community in Taicheng Subdistrict, Taishan City, in Guangdong Province, southern China. The village is located at latitude 22.2489234°N and longitude 112.7630542°E, 11 meters above sea level, off of Guishui Road.
Rice, fish, bananas, pawpaw and pig feed are grown around the village.

History

Bihou was founded in the 18th century by Tan Gong Chang, one of the many descendants of the viscounts of the feudal State of Tan in present-day Shandong Province.
All of its inhabitants are still of one patrilineage with the clan name of Tan, and have family in Taicheng and Yangjiang. Expatriate family members have settled in Australia and the United States.
On March 3, 1941, Japanese troops attacked the village as part of the assault on the neighboring Taicheng Township. 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.

Culture

The village hosts the Bihou Village Cultural Building, located approximately 200 meters off of Guishui Road. It was opened some years ago, and was reported in the local media when it was opened. It is now in a dilapidated state.
The villages hosts a celebration for the Double Ninth Festival, which includes a parade, song, and dance. As part of the festival, which is largely meant to celebrate the elderly, 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.