Hexiwu Town (simplified Chinese: 河西务镇; traditional Chinese: 河西務鎮; pinyin: Héxīwù Zhèn), formerly known as Ho-Hsi-Wu, is a town situated on the northern part of Wuqing District, Tianjin, China.
[3] During the Ming dynasty, the bursting of several dikes at Hexiwu touched off a crisis in 1424.
Mu Jin and Zhang Xin directed efforts by more than 5,000 workers from the Ministry of Public Works to repair the damage and restore the irrigation system.
[4] The site played a minor role during the Boxer Rebellion, seeing battle on 25 July between the international relief force and the Kansu Braves under Dong Fuxiang.
[5] At the end of 2022, Hexiwu Town covered 53 subdivisions, where 2 were residential communities and 51 were villages.