白起故(gu)里,即陜西省眉縣(xian),位(wei)于(yu)秦嶺(ling)主峰(feng)太白山腳下,北跨渭河,屬秦嶺(ling)北麓半丘陵地帶,總體呈現“七河九原一(yi)面坡,六山一(yi)水三分田”的地貌(mao)特征(zheng)。
據《眉(mei)縣縣志》記載(zai),眉(mei)縣城(cheng)(cheng)東(dong)舊有(you)白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)城(cheng)(cheng),今眉(mei)縣常(chang)興(xing)鎮(zhen)白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)家村(cun)白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)姓皆白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)后裔。白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)家村(cun)原有(you)白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)城(cheng)(cheng)、白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)祠和白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)冢(zhong)(zhong)。白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)城(cheng)(cheng)東(dong)西長約(yue) 200多(duo)(duo)米(mi) ,南北寬大約(yue)有(you)80米(mi) ,城(cheng)(cheng)墻大約(yue)高 8米(mi),寬 5米(mi)。白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)祠原來有(you) 8畝大,修有(you)大殿、走廊(lang)、山門等,氣勢雄(xiong)偉壯觀。白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)冢(zhong)(zhong)位于村(cun)東(dong),好(hao)似(si)一個(ge)小山包,傳說是白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)的(de)(de)兵卒堆土而(er)成的(de)(de),冢(zhong)(zhong)內修有(you)天(tian)井,東(dong)西南北 4個(ge)窯門,里面還有(you)長長的(de)(de)走廊(lang)和無(wu)數個(ge)拐窯。遺憾(han)的(de)(de)是,歷經歲(sui)月變遷(qian),風雨(yu)侵蝕,白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)城(cheng)(cheng)早已(yi)成殘(can)垣斷壁,白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)冢(zhong)(zhong)也已(yi)夷為平地,現只存白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)祠。白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)祠堂雖(sui)經兩次修葺,但由于年代(dai)(dai)久(jiu)遠(yuan),已(yi)搖搖欲墜。盡管如此,隨著時代(dai)(dai)的(de)(de)變遷(qian),白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)家村(cun)的(de)(de) 360多(duo)(duo)名白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)后裔自發在村(cun)外為先祖白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)立起(qi)(qi)(qi)(qi)了一座紀念碑,希望彰顯白(bai)(bai)(bai)(bai)家村(cun)厚重的(de)(de)人文內涵,并(bing)能推(tui)動當地旅游的(de)(de)發展(zhan)。