| Bihou | |
| Other Name: | Peihou |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Guangdong |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level City |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jiangmen |
| Subdivision Type3: | County-level City |
| Subdivision Name3: | Taishan |
| Subdivision Type4: | Subdistrict |
| Subdivision Name4: | Taicheng Subdistrict |
| Subdivision Type5: | Residential Community |
| Subdivision Name5: | Hexin Residential Community |
| Settlement Type: | Natural Village |
| Native Name Lang: | zh |
| Native Name: | 庇厚 |
| Coordinates: | 22.2489°N 112.7631°W |
| Pushpin Map: | Guangdong |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Bihou within Guangdong |
Bihou or Pei Hou,[1] is a natural village located in Hexin Residential Community in Taicheng Subdistrict, Taishan, in Guangdong province, southern China.[2] The village is located at latitude 22.2489234°N and longitude 112.7630542°E, 11m (36feet) above sea level, off Guishui Road .[3]
Rice, fish, bananas, pawpaw and pig feed are grown around the village.
Bihou was founded in the 18th century by Tan Gong Chang, one of the many descendants of the viscounts of the feudal State of Tan (1046BC-684BC) in present-day Shandong Province.[4]
All of its inhabitants are still of one patrilineage with the clan name of Tan, and have family in Taicheng and Yangjiang. Expatriate family members have settled in Australia and the United States.
On March 3, 1941, Japanese troops attacked the village as part of the assault on the neighboring Taicheng Township.[5] Bullet holes are still visible in the fabric of the now-defunct village clan school, and through one of the neighboring palm trees.
The children of Bihou and a dozen other villages attend the Chengxi Kaizhi Primary School .[6]
The village hosts the Bihou Village Cultural Building, which was opened some years ago, when it was reported in the local media.[7]
The village hosted a celebration of the Double Ninth Festival, which included a parade, song, and dance,[8] and was largely meant to celebrate the elderly. As part of the festival, the village's married women donned qipaos, performed a lion dance, and partook in a number of other traditions for an audience of the village elders.[9]