Bihou (Chinese: 庇厚) or Pei Hou,[1] is a village located in Hexin Residential Community in Taicheng Subdistrict, Taishan City, in Guangdong Province, southern China.[2] The village is located at latitude 22.2489234°N and longitude 112.7630542°E, 11 meters above sea level, off Guishui Road (桂水路).[3]

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Bihou 庇厚 Peihou
Natural Village
Bihou Streetscape
Coordinates: 22.2489234°N 112.7630542°E / 22.2489234; 112.7630542
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]

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