Historical legends of Aihui ancient city

Aihui City is an outstanding city with nine generals. There is another touching legend about these nine generals. According to legend, when Aihui City was built, a Feng Shui gentleman came here. Seeing the beautiful scenery, the straight river and the sunshine as a precious mirror, they told people that Aihui is a treasure, and the Shili River will produce ten generals. However, a tower must be built to curb the geomantic omen here. People followed Mr. Feng Shui's advice. Unexpectedly, while digging the tower foundation, a butterfly suddenly flew out of the ground. After hearing the news, Feng Shui master repeatedly sighed: Feng Shui is broken, there are no ten generals, only nine generals.

The stone tablets of nine generals stand in the pine forest in the south of the city, and the inscriptions on each stone tablet are carved in Chinese and Manchu. Regrettably, these extremely precious cultural relics were vandalized in the turbulent years, leaving no trace.

However, it was not butterflies that ultimately destroyed Aihui's geomantic omen, but Russian invaders.

On August 3rd 1900, the invading Russian army attacked Aihui City from the south, north and east. Under the leadership of Fengxiang, commander of Aihui's deputy Dutong North Road United Front, Aihui soldiers and civilians wrote a magnificent chapter against Russia with their blood and lives. Finally, due to being outnumbered, the city fell. The Russian invaders burned this ancient city with a history of more than 200 years, and only one Kuixing brother survived.