Interesting Talk on the Place Names of Wugang

Many place names in Wugang area are very interesting. Through these place names, we can learn about Wugang's past lives. According to historical records, the author sorts out the origin of some place names in Wugang, and interprets Steel City for readers through these place names.

(photography? Conan)

? Shopping?

There is only one place named after the store in Wugang area, Lilinpu Village, Zaolin Town. The origin of Lilinpu is directly related to "shop".

In the long history, how the central government communicates with local governments is a crucial event. Stations and shops are set up to solve this great event. Post, station and shop have different functions, and the scale of post is large, mainly for reception, accommodation and cargo transshipment. Radio stations focus on transmitting military information and are generally used by military authorities; There are the most shops, mainly delivering government documents and folk letters.

According to local records, in the sixth year of Qin Long in the Ming Dynasty (1572), three shops, Lilinpu, Shangdian and Jieguanting, were built and completed in the autumn of 1573.

These are the only three shops in Wugang today. 195 1 When the Shimantan Reservoir was built, the Guanting was flooded, but it no longer exists. Judging from the current data, the remaining Li Linpu and Shangdian have a history of at least 445 years.

In the old system, there were 30 miles of post offices and 10 miles of shops. Wugang was located in a remote place in ancient times, and there was no post office. Only shops were set up as needed. The function and setting scale of the store is larger than that of the conventional store, but smaller than that of the post station, which can be seen from the geographical location of the three stores. To the south of Wuyang, Lilinpu is 9 kilometers, Lilinpu is 9 kilometers to Guanting 10, and Guanting is 8 kilometers to Shangdian.

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? Shopping?

There are six place names named after "Dian" in Wugang. From north to south are Sanlidian, Lvdian, Tang Di Store, Zhu Lan Store, Shangdian Store and Wangdian Store. Lvdian Village is the only way from Wuyang to Xiping in the southeast. I don't want to say more here. We can read a lot of information through the geographical location of the other five "points".

In ancient times, most of the "shops" were carriage shops, which were close to traffic arteries and provided simple accommodation for passers-by.

Since the Yuan Dynasty, most areas of Wugang and Wuyang have been under the jurisdiction of Nanyang Prefecture. Wuyang southbound, passing Sanlidian, Tang Di Store, Zhu Lan Store, Shangdian Store and Wangdian, connecting the above places, the official road from Wuyang to Nanyang House in ancient times clearly emerged. All villages named after Dian are adjacent to the official road, and there is no village named after Dian outside the official road.

Go south from Wangdian, cross Xiaoshidian, and go all the way south to Nanyang House.

These villages and towns named after "shops" have left their origins in local chronicles.

Wangdian In the early Ming Dynasty, Wang De of Hongdong County, Shanxi Province opened a restaurant here, named Wangdian, also known as Wangjiadian. Later referred to as Wangdian, it has been passed down to this day.

Shangdian In ancient times, people with Shang surname set up shop here, so it was called a shop.

Zhu Lan store. In the early Qing Dynasty, Liu, Li, Zhang and Zhang moved from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province and opened a restaurant at the intersection of Guandao Road. There is a large piece of blue bamboo next to the restaurant, named Cynthia's shop, and later lied about Zhu Lan's shop. Today, in Zhu Lan and Liu Zhanyuan's family, only Liu, Li and Zhang He are registered households, and as long as they are old households with the same surname, they are all family members.

Tangdi Store, also known as Mingtangli Store and Tangli Store, is very close to Zhu Lan, and no relevant records have been found so far.

Sanlidian is 3 miles away from Wuyang City and close to the official road. A village was built in the late Ming Dynasty. Someone opened a shop here, so it was named Sanli Store.

After marking the above villages on the map (see the picture below, shops and shops in Wugang), we can draw a conclusion that this road is an ancient road with a long history, from Wuyang to Zhu Lan, passing through Dashimen and Guanting, and going south to Shangdian and Wangdian. Besides, there are no other traffic arteries in Wugang area, and all the villages in Wugang named shops are concentrated around this official road.

With the passage of time, the ancient road has long been lost in history. Only these place names tell the vicissitudes of history in silence.

(Also: there is a village called Canglidian in the north of Zhangbuzhuang in Zaolin Town, which is also on this ancient road. 1August, 975, the village was destroyed by flood, and then moved south to merge with Zhangbuzhuang, and the original village name was abandoned. )

(Shops and shops in Wugang)

? Street?

In ancient times, most places named after streets were market towns, which were the economic centers near Fiona Fang. In Wugang, Ying Street and Miao Street were named "Jie".

Ying street. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Yin in Hongdong County of Shanxi moved here, named Yin Jiaying, which was abbreviated as the Qing Dynasty. 19 13 or so, here gradually formed a market town, known as Yin Ying Street, hereinafter referred to as Yingjie. At that time, Yingjie had a lot of business. During the Republic of China, Datong Township and Yinying Township were established in Wugang area. At that time, all township offices were stationed in Yingjie. Even today, when we walk into Yingjie Village, we can still see the traces left by history.

Temple street. Temple Street is located in a remote place, but Hongyang County was set up in the jurisdiction of this temple street in ancient times, and Hongyang Hou was appointed here in the Han Dynasty. In the early years, there was a Wang Shun Temple in the village, so it was called Niulang Temple. In the late Qing Dynasty, it gradually became a market, and was later called Temple Street.

? Settings?

Compared with the ancient "street", the collection scale is slightly smaller. Within the jurisdiction of Wugang, there are four places with "Ji" as the place name, all of which have clear historical records.

At the beginning of Xinji Ming Dynasty, people with Bai surname moved in from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, and then there was a market named Baiji. In the seventeenth year of Qing Qianlong (1752), Bletilla striata was flooded, and the Bai surname moved away with it. After the flood receded, it gradually gathered into a market, and the local people named it Xinji, later known as Xinji. Xinji was very famous at that time, and its industry and commerce were extremely developed. 1939, Xinya tobacco factory was established, and then Mingtai, Zhenxing and other tobacco factories were gradually established, and there were cinemas. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the adjustment of zoning, Xinji gradually faded out of people's sight. But here, like Ying Street, buildings that are obviously different from ordinary villages can be seen everywhere. Chatting with friends the other day. My friend collected a wine glass. Four words are clearly engraved on the base of the brass wine glass, "Xinya Tobacco Factory". At that moment, I seemed to see Xinji's past.

Cao Ji When the village was built in the early Ming Dynasty, Cao lived here, and there was a market called Cao Ji.

Yin Ji. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, three families named Yin moved to Hongtong County, Shaanxi Province, and later formed a market called Yinji.

Channel 8. Before Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, there were no such place names as Batai. At that time, it was called Chen Jiaji, because there were many surnames of Chen and there was a market, so it was called Chen Jiaji.

Mark English Street, Temple Street, Xinji, Caoji, Yin Ji and Batai on the map, and you can also find some rules.

These streets are far away from Wuyang City, and all of them are located in the plain except Yin Ji and Miaojie, which are adjacent to mountainous areas. However, there are no places named after "Ji" and "Jie" in the southern, southwestern and western mountainous areas of Wugang.

From this, we can infer that for a long time, Wugang area is vast and sparsely populated, and the only population is mainly distributed in Batai and Zaolin Plain. This can be proved by the population records of the jurisdiction. The earliest record of Wuyang (Wugang) local population in historical materials began in the 24th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (139 1). At that time, there were 2308 households in the whole Wuyang area, with a population of 16377, mainly concentrated in the northern plain of Wuyang area. The population of Wugang is very small, except for the officials from Wuyang to Nanyang mentioned above. More than 200 years later, in the fourteenth year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (164 1), there were 8,778 households15,967 people in Wugang area, which was not as large as the population of a township now.

(Streets and rallies in Wugang)

? Medical preparation office?

Even now, many old people are used to calling the People's Hospital in Zhu Lan the Medical Preparation Department. Many people don't know this name, and some people think it is a "medical observation room", where doctors "see a doctor" for patients. In fact, the origin of the name "Medical Preparation Office" originated from the Pingwu Project.

1April, 972, the People's Hospital of Pingwu Work Area was established. 10 In June, the preparation office of the People's Hospital of Pingwu Work Area Municipal Construction Office was established, located in Zhu Lan. For a long time, people used to call the people's hospital the medical preparation office. 1973, Henan Workers' Sanatorium (Henan Luoshan "May 7th" Cadre School Health Company) was handed over to the Municipal Construction Department of Pingwu Work Area for management, and the Cadre School Health Company moved soon, with a total of 257 employees. Later, on the basis of the health company, the Municipal People's Hospital was built.

This is the earliest origin of People's Hospital.

? Mine construction?

The mine building, also known as the building, is very famous around Batai. It was called Lou because there were several buildings here at that time, hence the name. But why is it called mine construction? Many people don't understand. The origin of this name is also related to the war of peace and military engineering.

197 1 in August, Qinling No.2 Mining Construction Company was transferred to the construction site of Pingwu Project with the consent of the Ministry of Metallurgy. Soon, more than 500 employees of Qinling Mining Construction No.2 Company 1500 came to this strange land of Wugang to undertake the construction of Batai Mining Area. Later, its residence was called mine construction, which has been passed down to this day.

This is the origin of mine construction.

(photography? Conan)

This article is compiled by the author according to some historical materials.

The main information comes from wugang city Annals and Wuyang County Annals.

The picture uses Baidu map screenshot.

About the author:

Zhang Liwei was born in Wugang, Henan. I have a wide range of hobbies and like to write something. Microfilm works include jiaozi in a jar in a shop, Hot Tofu in Wugang, Group Hosts Dating, Nigou Chen's Big Talk and so on.