Baidugou Ancient Village in Sanyuan, Shaanxi

The Baidugou ancient village is located 25 kilometers from Sanyuan County, with a history of more than 1,600 years. It contains ancient residential cultural genes and was once a prosperous historical town in the region. Baidugou is located at the northernmost point of Sanyuan County, bordering Yao County, with a unique geographical location. It is an important passage from Guanzhong to northern Shaanxi, Gansu, and Ningxia. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, it has been a battleground for the military. During the modern revolutionary period, Baidugou was a key point to the revolutionary bases in Zaojin, Malan, and Yan'an. The Red Army and the Eighth Route Army both had secret transit stations in Baidugou. The older generation of revolutionaries once lived in the Baidugou earth kiln dwellings. At present, Baidugou has a land area of 3.5 square kilometers, 808 households, 3,756 people, and there are 225 earth kiln courtyards in the village. The ancient earth kiln houses are well preserved, the trees are lush, and the entire village is hidden in a natural green barrier, with distinctive features - known as the first village of earth kilns in the world.