Yuci city slogan

(Wang Qingming) What worries Yuci people is that since 1999, Jinzhong City, which was born, suddenly made Yuci's sense of existence disappear. Among the eleven prefecture-level cities in Shanxi, only Jinzhong City and Lvliang City did not inherit the habit of naming central cities as special zones, administrative offices or regions, but directly named them as regions. Many people know Jinzhong but don't know that it is an administrative name, and they don't know that the resident of this administrative center is in Yuci.

However, it took 40 years or even longer to trace back to the past before discovering the glory in Yuci history. Yuci existed at least before In 457 Bc, Zhao Xiangzi and Taiyuan were built. It was called Tushui and Wei Yu in the Spring and Autumn Period and Yuci in the Warring States Period until today. Only the administrative name after Yuci has always been called county, and the highest level has been called city. However, in just over ten years, it has once again dropped directly from the municipal level to the district level, which is as small as it can be.

Yuci's demotion brought trouble to Lishi, which is also related to his being my brother, or they got together several years ago. At that time, most of luliang county was within the jurisdiction of Jinzhong District. Yuci City was revoked twice after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but the status of the central city never changed. When Jinzhong built the city, it should be related to the culture of Shanxi merchants that rose with the help of tourism at that time. Jintai Valley and Yin Qi County, including Pingyao County, have been well preserved since Ming and Qing Dynasties, fully displaying the complete characteristics of residents, and splitting the historical pattern of Fen, Ping, Jie and Xiao. Fenyang and Xiaoyi became part of Luliang area, while Jiexiu and Pingyao were under the jurisdiction of Yuci City.

Therefore, the rise of tourism ignores the existence of Yuci, but Yuci is also remembered when needed because of the development of tourism. The title of Jinzhong City makes Shanxi merchant culture synonymous with Jinzhong. Despite the existence of Shanxi merchants such as Changjia Manor, the trinity of Shanxi merchants' tourist routes in Taigu, Qixian and Pingyao once made Yuci's position very embarrassing or even depressed. Taiyuan people living in the provincial capital city occasionally think of a Yuci district nearby, where there are fourteen A-level scenic spots.

The result of fourteen A-level scenic spots is that whenever there is a tourist in Pingyao ancient city, at least 14 tourists visit Yuci. As two cities, Yuci has no walls and boundaries. He has been integrated into Taiyuan city circle in his development. His left hand is a modern city, and his right hand is a traditional rural courtyard. He refused the pressure and busyness of big cities, abandoned the shrewdness and calculation of businessmen, and wandered around like a mountain and sea connection.

Yuci quickly accepted the psychological influence brought by administrative divisions and consciously integrated with reality. In fact, no matter how the administrative name changes, Yuci leads a quiet life. Completely different from the dialects of surrounding counties, Yuci maintains its own local dialect. Yuci is a battleground for military strategists in history, with various forces intervening in it, but after all, it has not changed the local accent. Yuci people never fight for any grievances, nor do they think highly of themselves. Instead, they looked at the willow trees in front of the courtyard, smoked cigarettes in the kitchen and guarded their homes with the most exquisite life.

However, the key fact is that Taiyuan and Pingyao are inseparable from Yuci. When the train rushed to Taiyuan with his roar, it had to pass through Yuci, and even some trains had to go to other places through Yuci for the second time. The vast plain of Yuci makes the formation of Taiyuan trains have to extend to Yuci boundary. The intersection of the two oldest railways in Shanxi, Tongpu Line and Shitai Line, is not in Taiyuan, but in Yuci. Geographical location and terrain requirements make Yuci an unshakable position.

Similarly, Shanxi merchants have to pass through Yuci, a treasure trove of geomantic omen. Now, the ancient official road and the ancient post station are scattered in the fields of Yuci, and they inadvertently go in the opposite direction to the ancients. It's just that many people forget Yuci's past as the origin and look at the distant scenery more. Only when I am tired, do I want to go home, or I think I should see the land and scenery in Yuci before I leave.

Rural life in Taiyuan still exists in Yuci; The local culture believes that Pingyao has disappeared and Yuci is still there. He kept the most primitive innocence and voluntarily forgot the temptation of the outside world. It is precisely because it does not meet the needs of the existence of secular brushes that Yuci has the time and space and conditions to maintain its original innocence.