Jincheng has a "car stopping village", I heard that it has something to do with Confucius, what is it about?

? ? The village is located in Zezhou County, Jinmiao store town territory, located in the southern end of the Taihang, located in the junction of Jin and Henan, the left control Tokyo Bianliang , under the view East Luoyang , the right even West Chang'an and Yao Pingyang, a stage and even the four capitals.

? Stop the car village for generations of soldiers must fight for the place, known as "Jinnan Ping Han", but also the first batch of national "Chinese traditional villages", Shanxi Province, the second batch of historical and cultural villages.

Speaking of the origin of the name of the village, the locals have a widely circulated story. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius traveled around the world, from the Central Plains to Jin preaching and lecturing, passing through the village, the center of the road, there are children in the middle of the road to play the game of building a city of stone, Confucius and his entourage of people ignored, blocking the road.

One of them, Xiang Zou, was a young but resourceful boy who challenged Confucius by saying, "Only the car goes around the city, but the city doesn't give way to the car. Confucius thought to himself, "Even the children of the State of Jin are so smart, adults should be how, why do you need to teach? The first time I saw this was when I was a student at the University of California at Berkeley.

Since then, the name of the village was changed to stop the car, now the village north of the Tianjing Pass next to the ancient road can still be seen back to the car rut marks. The descendants for the worship of Confucius, in the village southeast of the temple, but also set up a "Confucius back to the rut of the car" monument. "Confucius back to the car" has become one of the four major attractions of Jincheng.

Li Bai, the poet, described the village as "May call each other to the Taihang, the destruction of the wheel does not know the sheep's intestines bitter", and 11 emperors passed through this place in history. This is the first time in history that 11 emperors have passed through this place.

"Confucius back to the car" has been far away, but back to the car of the rut has been y branded into the Taihang Mountains on this typical traditional village. The majestic Taihang Mountains, unique landforms, ancient stagecoaches, quiet temples, simple customs and magical tantalizing ancient legends constitute a unique and splendid history and culture here, and the village is a bright pearl in the 5,000-year history and cultural heritage of China.