In Qianjiang, no town has more names than the high stone monuments on the edge of the Han River: Changnaoyuan, Changnao Town, Baihe Temple, high stone monuments... almost every name or name is given. Each of them has a vivid historical story.
Let’s first talk about its current name, Gao Shibei. In the eighth year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1828), the Han River embankment burst in Changnao Town. After the water receded, the embankment was blocked and the embankment was blocked again and again. It took the Communists 9 years, but they finally won the battle with nature. A large monument with a height of 3 feet was erected at the blockage. The name, therefore. Some people still know that this monument is buried somewhere deep in the Lotus Moon Embankment.
Chang Nao Town was renamed Chang Nao Yuan, which is a record of blood and fire. In the early summer of the third year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1853), the Taiping Army led by Hong Xiuquan fought a big battle here with the Qing soldiers and the local Tuanlian Xiangyong. In December last year, the Taiping Army captured Wuchang, and then occupied Qianjiang on the second day of April this year. Then at ten o'clock in April this year, they marched westward to attack Banghu by land and water, and Tuan Lian Xiangyong, led by Dong Xiguo, took over the fire. Dong Xiguo is a local hero in Changnao Town. Under the instructions of Luo Raodian, a Yunnan-Guizhou military officer stationed in Xiangyang, he recruited wealthy children in Shiwuyuan, Changnao Town, and gathered the local braves of the "Da Tuan Six" to play the vanguard role in suppressing the peasant army. After the battle started, the battlefield expanded along the Han River to Duobao Bay, Lijiazhou, Xiejiabu, Ganhe and other places with a radius of dozens of miles. With the participation and support of local farmers, the rebel army was invisible and fought flexibly. Dong Xi was unable to defend himself and was finally led by the rebel army to the decisive battle at Yuhe. The two sides held a stalemate for more than 20 days. Dong Xiguo's Sixth Regiment of Township Warriors finally fought in a "rising water and wind" In the days of "making", the whole army was wiped out. A total of more than 3,700 Tuanlian Xiangyong died. Such a large battle was rare in the history of Qianjiang. Changnao Town was burned down in the war, and was later moved to build a new town. It was renamed Changnaoyuan based on the water flow of the Han River. In the eighth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1580), Baihe Temple collapsed in the water.