Origin of Shangqiu

According to the history, the founder of the Shang people, Xiè (契), who was successful in curing the water by Yu (禹), was granted the title of Shang (商), and then he migrated to Shang (商), and later on, later on, the people called the place where the Shang people lived in ruins as Shangqiu (商丘).

Shangqiu was founded as the capital of the Song Kingdom, Songcheng (now Suiyang District); it was called Songzhou in Sui and Tang Dynasties; it was changed to Guide County; it was called Yingtianfu during the period of Jingde in Song Dynasty, and it was the capital of the Song Dynasty. It is the Nanjing of Northern Song Dynasty.

Jin Cheng'an five years renamed Gui Defu, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties; Republic of China in 18 years called Shangqiu so far. Shangqiu is the ancestral home of Confucius, the ancient master of literature and philosophy Zhuang Zhou and the hometown of the heroine Hua Mulan, is the birthplace of merchants, commodities, business culture.

There are more than 200 cultural relics protection units and more than 3,000 attractions in the city***. The Ancient City of Shangqiu (Suoyang District) is one of the four better-preserved ancient cities in China.

Expanded Information:

Shangqiu is the most famous city in China. p>The legendary story of Shangqiu's place name:

Anciently, people ate raw food, and then, due to natural causes such as thunder and lightning and wind, natural fires were formed, which cooked things such as tree seeds and beasts that couldn't escape in time. People picked and ate them and realized that cooked food was much tastier than raw food.

So they slowly learned to put their food on the fire and roast it. At that time, there was no ready-made fire tools, people saw thunder and lightning forest fires, as if they were a treasure, and try to find ways to save the fire.

On one occasion, when Emperor ?a?dou Xuanbo, his son, was on an inspection tour of his subjects, he came to a place where the people were still eating raw food, and most of them were physically weak and sickly. Emperor ?ukú took great pity on them and asked why they did not eat cooked food.

The people replied, "There is no fire." êêêêêêêêêêThe emperor asked, òWhy don?t you look elsewhere? Draw the fire and don't let it go out!" The people said to him, "I have looked for it a few times, but sometimes it has gone out because of the lack of supply of firewood and grass, and sometimes because of flooding."

Emperor ?a?rul looked around, and sure enough, there were ashes from the fire that had been extinguished by the flooded river. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and thought to himself: how can we think of a way to keep the fire from going out? After thinking for a while, he said to Xiongnu in a serious tone, "Look, right now, help the subjects here to draw the fire.

And manage the fire well to keep it from going out, is a big matter of life and death for the subjects here, you are my most capable son, I want you to do this, how about it?" Xiongnu was a loyal and obedient man, and immediately agreed with his mouth full.

From then on, Xiongnu became the "Fire Chief" of the area, and this area became the fiefdom of Xiongnu, which was given the name "Shang" by Emperor ?ü. When Xiongnu was appointed to this place, he was so busy working on the fire affairs that he couldn't eat or sleep well.

First, he led the people to bring fire from far away, and made a mound, put the fire on the mound, and put a canopy on the top to protect it from the rain, so that the rain in the sky couldn't extinguish the fire, and the flooding of the river couldn't soak out the fire.

Then he led the people around to look for firewood, and thanks to Xiongnu's wisdom and hard work, the people of Shang were able not only to build fires everywhere, but also to keep them burning for a long time.

Everyone was grateful to Xiongnu, saying that he was a god from the sky who had come down to the earth to bring good to the people. After Xiongnu's death, the people remembered his merits and with reverence, buried him with the thickest funeral of the time on the mound where they had kept the fire during his lifetime.

According to the custom of the time, each person who mourned him had to add a bag of yellow earth to his grave. As a result, the mound was piled up bigger and bigger. Because Xiongnu's title was "Shang", the mound became known as "Shangqiu" (商丘). As time went by, "Shangqiu" became the name of the place.

Shangqiu around the origin of place names:

1, Songji Town: 35 kilometers southeast of the ancient city of Shangqiu, the Tang Dynasty, the village of Songzhou, named Songji. Ming and Qing Dynasty called Song set. Republic of China is still called Song set.

2, dock wall town: 27 kilometers southeast of the ancient city of Shangqiu, originally Shang Tang South Bo capital site, and then became a village. Song, Kai Bao years, the village south of the lax water, there are waterways from Bianjing (Kaifeng) to all parts of the Jianghuai, there are often merchant ships passing through the wind anchored here. In order to prevent the wind from stopping the ship, the ship owner built a fortress wall on the north bank of Laxshui, which was called dock wall. Because there are inns and stores to form a market town, commonly known as dock wall set.

3, Fengqiao: 19 kilometers southeast of the ancient city of Shangqiu. Originally known as Li oil workshop, the Qianlong years Li family name in the construction of this fragrant oil workshop, so the name. After the Fengqiao township government moved here, referred to as Fengqiao.

4, Yan set: 12 kilometers southeast of the ancient city of Shangqiu. Anciently known as Hongfengkou. Tang Dynasty Yan store here, named Yan Xiaodian. Song Dynasty renamed Yan family set. The end of the Qing Dynasty referred to as Yan set.

5, double eight: 16 kilometers northeast of the ancient city of Shangqiu. In the Han Dynasty built the village, Sui Dynasty set, because the villagers more surnamed Ding, the name Ding family set. The Song Dynasty built Ding town, because in the Songzhou to Qilu main road mouth, also known as Dingjia Daokou. 1912 renamed Daokou set. Later, in 1958, Mao Zedong visited this place on August 8, and in commemoration of this, the name was changed to Shuangbachi.

6, Zhangge: 14 kilometers northeast of the ancient city of Shangqiu. Early Ming Zhang Cai built a village here, named Zhang Caizhuang. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, because of the location of Liu mouth to Bozhou Road, the Zhang family name on the road to build a building, renamed Zhang Ge.

7, Xie set: 20 kilometers northwest of the ancient city of Shangqiu. 1913 repair the Longhai Railway when the station was built, 4 kilometers south of the small dam named small dam station. 1958 Xie set of the People's Company to move here, renamed Xie set station, built Xie set.

8, Li mouth: 15 kilometers south of the ancient city of Shangqiu. Spring and Autumn period called Xincheng, also known as Xincheng Pavilion. Song time because of early military chaos into rubble, commonly known as tile slope. In the early Ming Dynasty, Li rebuilt, because of the ferry, renamed Li Jiakou, because there is a market, also known as Li Jiakou set. At the end of the Qing Dynasty referred to as Li Kou set.

9, Guo Village: 15 kilometers south of the ancient city of Shangqiu. The Tang Dynasty Guo family built a village in this collection, so the name Guo Village.

10, Bao Gong Temple: 30 kilometers south of the ancient city of Shangqiu. Song Renzong, Longtuge straight Bachelor guarantee from Bianjing (Kaifeng) home to Luzhou (Hefei) via this place, the descendants to commemorate him and build Bao Gong Temple. It was developed into a village in the Jin Dynasty, and the village was named after the temple.

11, Zhou set: 15 kilometers east of the ancient city of Shangqiu. Ming Hongwu years Zhou family name in this village set, named Zhou family set, referred to as Zhou set.

12, platform: 9 kilometers northeast of the ancient city of Shangqiu. Spring and Autumn Song Ping Gong built platform, wide and flat, so the name platform. Three Kingdoms when this place into a village, and then there is a market, called the platform set. Abbreviated platform. Jin Xie Huilian Fu snow in this, also known as the snow garden.

13, high Xin: 23 kilometers south of the ancient city of Shangqiu. In ancient times for the emperor ?a Gaoxin's first feudal capital, named Gaoxin. Song Dynasty set Gaoxin town. Ming set Gaoxin auxiliary. There has been a market for many generations, so it is called Gaoxin Jie.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Shangqiu