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Weixin County 威信县

Weixin County (威信县) preserves the memory of the February 1935 Zhaxi Conference (扎西会议), held while the Red Army was on the Long March.

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A hazy aerial view of a town filling a valley surrounded by green hills in Weixin County
An aerial view of the county town of Weixin, nestled among hills · 威信县城航拍全景 Source-recorded photograph date: 2007. · ICYWATER · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Administrative area
County · 县
Part of
Zhaotong
Chinese name
威信县
Local areas
County guide

Area & population

Area in the source
1,416.00 km²
Population · 2020
352,318

Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.

Wooden courtyards and exhibition halls

The Zhaxi Conference Site (扎西会议会址) is a timber courtyard with wooden columns and lattice windows. At Zhaxi Red Town (扎西红色小镇), stone-paved lanes run among local-style houses. The memorial museum uses photographs, text and objects to explain the Long March, while reconstructed scenes and holographic projection add other ways of presenting the history. The county also has a Long March slogan museum.

Stone villages and local dishes

Shuitian Town (水田镇) combines the Huafangzi Conference Site (花房子会议旧址) with the landscapes of Yashang Stone Village (崖上石寨) and Chishuiya Gorge (赤水崖峡谷). Reused village houses accommodate rural stays. Weixin’s named foods include laoguo griddle cooking (烙锅), sour-soup pig’s trotters, old-street erkuai rice cakes (饵块) and spicy fish.

Sources for this guide

威信县人民政府门户网站 · Weixin County Government

Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-27.

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Zhaxi Meeting Memorial Site (扎西会议纪念地)Zhaxi Meeting Memorial Site · 扎西会议纪念地

Zhaxi Meeting Memorial Site扎西会议纪念地

The Zhaxi Meeting Memorial Site, in Weixin County, Zhaotong, commemorates a series of Communist Party Politburo meetings held from 5 to 10 February 1935 during the Long March, at three venues within the county: Huafangzi in Shuitianzhai, Zhuangzishang in Dahetan, and the Jiangxi Guild Hall in Zhaxi township, collectively known as the Zhaxi Meeting.

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Sources & geographic information

Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.

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