Quanzhou place name legend

In China's vast land and long history, Quanzhou is not one, but two: one in the north and the other in the south. Quanzhou, Fujian in the south, did not refer to Quanzhou now from the beginning. Many people don't understand these historical facts, and they must be explained to solve their doubts. ?

In the Western Han Dynasty, Quanzhou, which was originally established, was located near Tongzhou, Hebei Province. Liu Xixin's Archaeological Records of Lucheng in Qing Dynasty said: "According to the Han and Jin Dynasties, Yongnv and Quanzhou were counties respectively. See History of Han Geography, History of Counties in the Later Han Dynasty, and History of Jin Dynasty Geography. In the seventh year of Taiping Zhenjun in the Northern Wei Dynasty (446), Quanzhou became a slave forever. Look at the terrain of Shu Wei. " This passage clearly tells us that Quanzhou was a place in the north before the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Here is an interesting coincidence. Li Zhuowu, a famous thinker in Ming Dynasty, had an indissoluble bond with the place name "Spring" all his life. He was born in Quanzhou, Fujian; Being an official for the first time, he went to * * * city, Henan Province, also known as "Baiquan". He named himself "Baiquan Jushi". Finally, he was buried in Tongzhou, Hebei Province, which was called Quanzhou in ancient times. ?

By the ninth year of Sui Dynasty (589), the name of "Quanzhou" appeared for the first time in Fujian in the south, but this "Quanzhou" was in Fuzhou today, not in southern Fujian. To tell a joke, it is in line with historical facts if Fuzhou people in the Sui Dynasty are called "Quanzhou" people. The name Quanzhou is even older than Fuzhou! ?

In the second year of Tang Jingyun (7 1 1), Quanzhou was renamed Zhou Min, and Wu Rongfu, who originally belonged to Nan 'an, was named Quanzhou. In this way, the place name "Quanzhou" moved from Fuzhou to southern Fujian. However, the state is governed by Fengzhou Town in Nan 'an today, not Quanzhou now. At that time, Quanzhou was deserted, with graves and bases. Until the sixth year of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty (7 18), with the economic development, Nan 'an County was separated from the southeast and Jinjiang County was established, and the state capital was moved to Quanzhou City. So Quanzhou today is a newly built city in the Tang Dynasty. ?

The name of "Quanzhou" is set in Quanzhou today, and the name has not changed. It was changed to "Qingyuan County" and "Pinghai". In the second year of the Northern Song Dynasty (977), the name of "Quanzhou" was restored, and it was called from then on, and it was permanently fixed. If someone wanted to hold a ceremony to celebrate the centenary of Quanzhou, it should have been held as early as the year before last. ?

Why is Quanzhou named after a spring? This matter involves mountains and rivers. The main mountain in Quanzhou is Qingyuan Mountain in the northern suburb. Because there is milky white spring water flowing out of the cave on the mountain, it is named Qingyuan Mountain, also known as Quanshan. The name of this state comes from the name of this mountain. Some people may ask, since the Sui Dynasty called Fuzhou Quanzhou, is there Qingyuan Mountain in Fuzhou? By the way, there is also a mountain with spring water in Fuzhou, also called Quanshan. When the Ming Dynasty compiled Quanzhou Fuzhi, it made a joke because it was not clear about this problem. They recorded in the Biography of Zhu Han Maichen that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered officials to go south, and the king of the East Yue kept Chunshan, mistaking it for Qingyuan Mountain, and Zhu Maichen, who splashed water before the horse, had arrived in southern Fujian. In fact, Chunshan in Hanshu refers to Chunshan in Fuzhou, which has nothing to do with Qingyuan Mountain. The reason why the Tang Dynasty moved from Fuzhou to Quanzhou was because there were spring mountains in both places, which was in line with the trend of mountains and rivers. As for Quanzhou, it was later renamed "Qingyuan County", and Qingyuan became one of the aliases of Quanzhou, all named after the clear spring water flowing out of this mountain.