Introduction to Cixi Luanjia: In 1900 AD, the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded Beijing. The Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu fled to Xi'an in a hurry. In the next year, 1901, when the Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu returned to Luan Beijing, they passed by us. Gongxian County, due to the famine and financial deficit in Henan at that time, the local magistrate was unable to accommodate them, so they asked the Kang family to fund the visit to the two palaces. Since they did not know whether Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu would go by water or by land, they did both. In preparation, a palace was built at Dongheishiguan and a pontoon bridge was built on the Luo River. In addition, five dragon boats were built on the Luo River in Gong County. In order to berth these five large ships, they specially built Five docks were built on the east bank of Luoshui in the north of Nanyaowan Village, commonly known as Longyao.

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