2. Lugou Bridge was built in 1 189 and rebuilt in 1444. The bridge was rebuilt in the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi (1698) because it was destroyed by floods. Lugou Bridge is 266.5m long and 7.5m wide, with culvert 1 1 hole. There are 140 stone guardrails on the left and right sides of the bridge, and there are about 500 stone lions lying on the stigma, which are different in expression and lifelike. There is a white marble tablet in the pavilion in the east of Qiaodong, titled "Lugou Xiaoyue", which is one of the eight scenic spots in Yanjing. Italian traveler Kyle Poirot once described the bridge in his travel notes and admired it.
3. To the east of Lugou Bridge is wanping county, which was built in the 11th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1638). 1On the night of July 7th, 937, Japanese troops stationed in Fengtai conducted military exercises in China Garrison near Lugou Bridge. After the exercise, the Japanese army unreasonably demanded to enter the ancient city of Wanping, which was defended by the China army, on the pretext of lacking a single soldier, but was rejected by the defenders in China. The Japanese army then attacked the ancient city of Wanping and the Lugou Bridge in the east of the bridge in an attempt to seize the Lugou Bridge. This is the Lugouqiao Incident or the July 7th Incident. Under the outrageous provocation and attack of the Japanese army, the officers and men of the 29th Army, China's garrison, couldn't bear it any longer and fought back, firing the first shot of the Chinese nation's all-round fight against the Japanese invaders.
The Lugouqiao Incident marked the beginning of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. From then on, the people of China fought in unity under the anti-Japanese national united front advocated by the Party and finally defeated the Japanese aggressors. At the same time, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression also made the battlefield in China an important battlefield in the world anti-fascist war and made outstanding contributions to the victory of the world anti-fascist war.
Up to now, the bullet marks of the Japanese army can be seen on the sentry post of Lugouqiao and the wall of Wanping ancient city. Lugou Bridge, which only allows pedestrians to pass, is a national key protected cultural relic. At present, Lugouqiao, Wanping Ancient City, China War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Sculpture Park and China War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression Memorial Hall have become the largest patriotic education bases in China to commemorate War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.