Why is Changsha called Xingcheng?

Changsha is called Star City because of Changsha Star.

Changsha star is the night of 28 stars (night: it belongs to water and is an earthworm. For the seven nights in the south, it is the tail of Suzaku, and the tail of a bird is used to control the direction. ), the affiliated star stayed over Jingzhou, and the Changsha star was over Changsha City, hence the name Changsha today.

Shi Ming Tian Wenzhi said, "Xiaoxing, Changsha, go down to Changsha." Changsha Xiaoxing refers to Changsha Star and Changsha refers to Changsha City.

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Origin of Changsha place name: The geological structure of Changsha is mainly seasonal sandstone, gravel, siltstone and shale. After years of external force, a lot of sand and gravel have accumulated on the surface after weathering and water erosion, especially in Xiangjiang River Basin where Changsha is located, where there are large beaches and sandbars.

Every dry season, these continents and beaches are exposed, showing people a piece of sand, especially when the sand grows up, "white sand is like frost and snow", which is very eye-catching, so many ancient books call Changsha a sand town or a land of sand.

For example, Zhang, the magistrate of Changsha in the Tang Dynasty, said that the local wind inscription in Changsha quoted Dunga's story: "The land of sand is the city of Yunyang." "History of the Road" says: "Sand is Changsha; Yunyang is Chaling. " Another "Yuanhe County Records" said: "In the Spring and Autumn Period, the territory of Jingzhou in Gong Yu was in the middle of Guizhou and south of Chu. Qin merged with the world and divided Shaxiang, south of Guizhou, into Changsha County, unifying Xiangchuan. "

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