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History of Smoke-burning Pavilion and Vibrating Tower
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On the bank of Jiangyan West Road in Anqing, an ancient city, there is a pavilion with red columns and yellow tiles painted cornices. This is the cigarette-burning pavilion in Anqing. On the stone tablet of the rockery base outside the pavilion, the article "Smoke-burning Pavilion" is engraved, which records a historical situation one hundred years ago.

According to historical records, in the early years of the Republic of China, in the middle of September of 19 12, one evening, while patrolling the Nanmen River in Anqing, more than 7 boxes of smuggled opium were seized from the merchant ship "Dingchang" of the British Swire Company, with a value of 1.6 million yuan. Illegal British businessmen want to use Anqing as a stronghold or transit point to transport these opium to the mainland of China for distribution. After receiving the report, Bai, the then governor of Anhui, immediately ordered Hu, the commander of the first division and the gendarmerie, to confiscate all opium. The next day, the British Consulate lodged a "serious protest" with the Anhui Governor's Office, unreasonably demanding that China return the seized opium within 24 hours, and apologizing to the British merchant ship under investigation. At the same time, the British gunboats moored on the Anqing River unloaded their guns, and the gunners boarded the guns. The muzzle was aimed at the South Gate Tower, which was imposing and tense. Without fear, Bai led the artillery team to gather by the river, confronted them, and even more disregarded his personal safety, boarded the British ship to negotiate with them.

On September 16, 2006, Bai ordered Qi Genghuan, director of the provincial police department, to monitor and burn seven boxes of confiscated opium in front of the Governor's Office. Tens of thousands of people watched and the people applauded. 654381October 6, British Consul General in Shanghai Rolex made a special trip to Anqing to demand compensation, which was severely refuted by Bai. Later, Rolex invited someone to mediate, but Bai flatly refused. The British consul had no choice but to leave Anqing awkwardly, and the provincial capital Anqing won a great victory in the struggle against imperialism and burning cigarettes!

Dr. Sun Yat-sen spoke highly of Bai's cigarette burning action. Sun Yat-sen took the warship "United Whale" from Shanghai to Hankou, and when passing through Anqing, he decided to dock in Anqing. 65438+ year1at 4: 00 p.m. on October 23, Bai led military and political officials, businessmen, scholars and citizens from the provincial capital to meet him at the riverside. Dr. Sun Yat-sen made a speech on the podium set up at the south gate of the Governor's Office, and highly praised the just action of the Anhui people. He said: "Your province is the most serious in dealing with smoking ban, and it is quite legal to deal with it ... Your method of saving cigarettes can be a model for all provinces."

In order to commemorate this feat of burning cigarettes and Dr. Sun Yat-sen's trip to Anqing, the Anqing Municipal People's Government built this cigarette burning pavilion on May 1987, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen landed here to give a speech.

Vibrating tower:

Zhenta is located in Yingjiang Temple, Anqing City, near the Yangtze River. Formerly known as the Wanfo Pagoda, also known as the Yingjiang Temple Pagoda, it was later named Zhenfeng, which means "revitalizing the style of writing". In the fourth year of the Dragon (1570), Wang Equan, the magistrate of Anqing, presided over the construction of Zhenta, one of the famous ancient pagodas along the Yangtze River. It has the reputation of "not looking at the tower after Anqing". The tower and the temple were not built at the same time. The temple was built in the seventh year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (974). Because there are nearly a thousand large and small Buddha statues in the temple, it is named Wanfo Temple. In the seventh year of Qing Shunzhi (1650), it was renamed Yingjiang Temple.