East Catalpa Pass has a long history and profound cultural deposits. There’re still more than 100 ancient buildings, which were built in the late Qing Dynasty and the early period of Republic of China, left in the village, including many historical sites with high development value, like the Relics of Official Boat Port, Yueshi Temple, Ancient Post Road, XU’s Grand Courtyard and Chunhe Chinese Pharmacy mentioned in YU Dafu’s novel East Catalpa Pass, and the original site of East Catalpa Pass Orthopedic Hospital established by famous veteran orthopedist of TCM ZHANG Shaofu. With the theory of “Design goes first in the construction of beautiful China”, East Catalpa Pass Village aims to build itself into a design town in the theme of “Dynamic Fuchun River and Creative East Catalpa Pass”. Besides, the village is making efforts to develop itself into a new village with ancient charm, so as to enhance the development of rural leisure travel. All these actions have gained the attention and praise from all walks of life.

(Source: Publicity Department of Fuyang District Committee)