History of Baguio City

Baguio City is located in the north of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, in the west of Luzon Island, and in Benguet Province of the Philippines. Baguio was just an abandoned Shan Ye during the 230-year Spanish rule. /kloc-at the end of 0/9, the us military began to build roads and set up military camps here. 1909, the United States appointed faubus as the governor of Baguio, and Baguio was designated as a model city, that is, a municipality directly under the central government, which was under the jurisdiction of the central government, and September of 1 was its founding day. Then large-scale construction, population growth, overseas Chinese in Guangdong have arrived. Overseas Chinese and local people have worked together to build this alpine paradise and tourist city. During World War II, Baguio was the first city in the Philippines to be bombed by the Japanese Air Force, and it was also the city occupied by Japan for the longest time. Baguio was liberated in April 1945.

According to legend, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the naval forces commanded by Lin Daogan were expelled to Luzon Island by Qing soldiers and met with resistance from the Spanish army. At first, the morale was high, and the Spanish army retreated to Manila. Because of the river barrier, it began to attack for a long time and lacked ammunition. After the arrival of Spanish reinforcements, it launched a large-scale counterattack and began to retreat. The Spanish army pursued it and began to retreat to the Baguio forest belt, scattered in all corners, intermarried with indigenous people and assimilated. Today, many cultural relics unearthed in Gaoshan Province, such as pottery and handicrafts, retain the Ming Dynasty art in China and ancient folk superstitions and customs in China. After a hundred years' changes, Baguio has become a famous summer resort from sheep farm. Times have changed, Baguio will surely move towards a more brilliant tomorrow.