There is no relationship between the gossip well establishment and the Yin and Yang of Taoism. The qing dynasty (1862) of the first year of development, to prevent war cut off water supply in the city, magistrate of a county Wu Sen behind in the west of the city god temple built a well, well depth more than two zhangs (about 7 meters, should be lower than meijiang dry season water level), a culvert, the bottom from the big pond (name of Simon bridge back, 200-300 meters, yucai middle school) to introduce mei river water Wells, Wells bricks octagonal, known as the "gossip" well. On the one hand, it shortened the distance of water intake and made it convenient for the common people. On the other hand, the water source was introduced into the city, which made it a strategic initiative.

　　During the warlord melee, xiushan was repeatedly robbed
After the revolution of 1911, the warlords scuffle, and xiushan was the border city of sichuan, hunan and guizhou, which was rich in rice, so they were often occupied by various warlords.

　　One of them called Li Shanbo, pull a call "me" forces, is predisposed to mountain want money to food, mountain local armed vigilante cannot compete with him, had to turn to Yu You Yang aid hubei Wang Boshan militia commander.
He sent peng guoping to negotiate with li shanbo on behalf of xiushan. Li, under pressure from wang, promised to withdraw, but asked xiushan to raise money for him. Peng guo-ping stayed at xiushan as the county magistrate, raising money to send away li shanbo, and the public security of xiushan was appointed by the dragon pool regiment general xiong xiang.

　　It is said that this xiong xiang is not the average person, he became the richest man of xiushan county with his father's oil show oil, and he was the chief of the group practice in xiushan county, the head of qianjiang county and xiushan county. After being in charge of xiushan, he attached great importance to social work, and he also started school, and practiced the defense of group ding. In 1918, the unkempt li shanbo ran back to xiushan to ask for food. The people of xiushan were completely angry and finally rebelled against li to go into the city. Xiong xiang led xiushan men and women to the wall. Rolling stone, sword and stick, beat back li's many times of attack.

　　When li shanbo saw that he couldn't, he adopted the siege strategy, which was 45 days. But Li Shanbo miscalculation, the mountain is rich in rice, no lack of food in the city, but that would have dug gossip Wells, is in the key period to ensure the water supply in the city, thousands of people are there in the city, eat and drink, socks, also cannot leave the well one day.
Li's besieged city to 45 days, then hunan's reinforcements arrived, with xiushan military people to the outside, repulsed li shanbo. Three days later, he confirmed that there was no ambush and opened the gate.