The origin of Chongqing place names

The Origin of Place Names of Four Towns in the Northern New District of Chongqing

Harmony between people: During the light years of the Qing Dynasty, the tile shop was renamed as a harmonious field, which means that harmony is the most important thing among people.

Dazhulin: Because the local natural village was originally named Dazhulin, it was named after it.

Li Jia: It was built as Li Jiachang in the early Qing Dynasty, and it was renamed Li Jia because it belonged to Kerry, the Jiangbei Guild Hall, near Jialing River.

Yuanyang: There are two 30-meter-parallel bridges on the stream near the field where the former Yuanyang township government is located; There is also a big tree with two trunks directly across the river, forming a natural bridge, like a mandarin duck spreading its wings and crawling on the stream, hence the name. (Excerpted from the second quarter of Chapter 3 of Jiangbei Annals)

The place names in Chongqing are the most "comedy"

Author: Chen Rende

Say a serial, say a serial, Chongqing's place name is a bit strange; Shrimp and chili pepper Dam, such a place name is a joke; Water vermiculite and Mafeng River are hard to say to me. I don't know. I have to say it. Let's have fun.

Sand area articles

"Rhino" or "shit"?

Let me tell you a story first: one day last month, a media in this city published a notice of power outage, which impressively wrote: "The power outage scope includes rhinoceros excrement and rhinoceros excrement pumping in Shapingba District". Oh, my God, rhinoceros shit and rhinoceros shit. What are these place names? Many readers are angry after reading the newspaper. They don't believe that this beautiful city around them has such an ugly place name. Some readers have questioned and protested this. Later, the people concerned went to the district government to inquire, but the people in the district government couldn't figure it out when they asked the street. Guess what happened? Shapingba district really has two place names: "rhinoceros excrement" and "rhinoceros excrement pumping". Now everyone is even more angry. Chongqing has been striding towards civilization and progress for many years. Doesn't such a place name damage the image of Chongqing?

Jiangbei tablets

"Shrimp flat" is too "shrimp"

The following story is: One day this autumn, Jiangbei District Government invited a group of well-known cultural figures to a meeting. The theme of the meeting is nothing more than discussing how to rename a place name. As we all know, Jiangbei District Government will move to another place to start over. Of course, the seat of Tang Tang District Government should be very imposing. It's a pity that that place has an ugly name called shrimp. As we all know, shrimp is derogatory in Bayu dialect, which generally refers to those who are humble and petty and unwilling to be shrimp. Now that the district government is going to be built there, some people are a little embarrassed.

How did the name shrimp come from? That's because there is a stone that looks like a shrimp in the stream there. Boy, when the highway was being built there, an iconic signboard was erected high on the roadside, which read the words "Shrimp Ping", and the shrimp became famous when it could be seen by cars passing far away.

I talked for a long time about the meeting of Jiangbei District Government. All the participants thought that shrimp really hurt their image, but in the end they didn't decide a better name to replace it. So, until today, when you pass by, the word shrimp still stands high there.

Vulgar articles

"Leprosy" and "leprosy" should be treated.

The two stories are finished, but there are many more folk place names in Chongqing, and there are many similar place names. Just a few examples: grasshopper stone, yellow clay stick, chili pepper dam, Mafeng River and crooked mouth. This is a terrible blow, and it makes me sick to hear it. Who can believe that this is actually the name of a city that is moving towards an international metropolis? Of course, we know that every place name has its origin, such as leech stone, which must be rampant in that place; Huangnibang must be equivalent to the loess high slope, but we can't feel the shadow of culture and the progress of the times anyway.

In June this year, the issue of place names attracted the attention of the Municipal People's Congress. They formed a law enforcement inspection team and launched a "carpet search" in the nine districts of the main city to arrest all these bad place names, which finally made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. However, when will those vulgar place names disappear from our sight?

Clan seal

"A hundred schools of thought contend" is so hot.

Another reflection of farming culture in place names is that clan color is particularly prominent. Old Chongqing seems to have been carved up by different clans. A tribe delimits a territory and then names it after its own surname. This family is overwhelmed, and the whole feeling is a vivid "hundred schools of thought contend". Do not believe you: Wang Jiatuo, Tang Jiatuo, Guo Jiatuo and Li Jiatuo are all occupied by one family. Yangjiaping, Chen Jiaping, Panjiaping, one person accounts for one ping. Xiejiawan and Xiaojiawan, one for each.

If you take a bus from two intersections to Yangjiaping, you have to pass several doors. The car drove out for a while and arrived at Wangjiapo, followed by Xiaojiawan. Just out of Xiaojiawan, the conductor is already calling Majiapu. Before he could catch his breath, Yuan Jiagang arrived again, and finally he had to go through Xiejiawan to finally reach Yangjiaping. Taking a bus is like a clan trip. Isn't this torture?

Probably in the farming era, people were in a state of natural economy for a long time, farming and eating by themselves, and the voices of chickens and dogs heard each other and died. Over time, each goes its own way, forming a pattern of "a hundred schools of thought contend". You see, Chongqing is not "sui generis": Zhoujiaba, Liujiaba, Ranjiaba, Tongjiaxi, Zhanjiaxi, Dongjiaxi, Yangjiaping, Chen Jiaping, Panjiaping, Tongjiaqiao, Yanggongqiao, Chen Jiaqiao, Majiayan, Zengjiayan and Huangjiayakou-alas, I'm tired.

Associative articles

Five inches is bigger than "five inches"

If the old place names in Chongqing are characterized by obvious traces of agricultural culture, then the modern place names in Chongqing are characterized by no culture. The name of a street is extremely simple, and the name of a street is connected with the starting point and the end point, so there is a slate road from Shiqiaopu to Xiaolongkan, and Huang Wu Road from Wulidian to Huanghuayuan (too numerous to mention).

In this way, the problem comes out.

There is a road called five-inch road, which is only five inches long?

There is a road called Chicken Beating Road, which specializes in chicken beating?

There is a line called updated line, updated line, not too old?

If you are a newcomer to Chongqing, even if you have superhuman imagination, I'm afraid you can't guess what these place names are all about. Of course, with a little guidance, you will achieve great success. Wucun Road is from Wulidian to Cuntan, Tanji Road is from Marbles to Jiguanshi, and the updated route is from Jiaochangkou to Xinshan Village. I understand, but I'm disappointed. Why can't I think of a name with a little culture? Does Chongqing really have no culture?

Thought of here, a little short of breath.

Agricultural supplies

Is Chongqing still at the top of the "Bay" and "Dam"?

The old place names in Chongqing have a common feature, that is, the traces of farming culture are very obvious.

Please look at the following place names:

Datian Bay, Xuetian Bay, Caiyuanba, Sun Dong Dam, Kuzhu Dam, Eggplant Creek, Liziba and Pipa Mountain have nothing to do with aquaculture. As a kind of historical and cultural accumulation, place names reflect the historical characteristics of those places and let people know the historical evolution. As long as they see these place names, they will know immediately. Oh, so this is farmland, so eggplant is planted here.

But today's Chongqing is not a big country after all, but a world-famous metropolis.

When you stand in the square of the railway station and look up at the tall waiting building, look around the viaduct overhead and feel the strong breath of modern urban civilization, suddenly someone calls "Caiyuanba", and you will suddenly feel how incongruous the name "Caiyuanba" is with the scenery in front of you, even if you are very interested, you will feel dull. When you watch an exciting ball game or colorful star performance in Datianwan Stadium, screams and shouts are endless, and your whole body is burning with pain, if you unfortunately think that this is a large paddy field, then those twinkling stars in front of you may become farmers transplanting rice in the field, otherwise how can you call Datianwan?

Didn't everyone say we should keep pace with the times? Then, should these inappropriate place names from the distant farming era also keep pace with the times? What era shall we take them to in the future?

Humorous drama

During the Cultural Revolution, Chongqing was full of "red".

Speaking of place names, it reminds me of a big farce in the history of place names in Chongqing.

It was the summer of 1966, and the climax of the Cultural Revolution was getting higher and higher. Everything has been labeled as a revolution, and place names are no exception. In this way, Chaotianmen Port in Chongqing has become a "Red Harbor", and its supporting "Red Harbor Series" includes Honggang Road (formerly Shaanxi Road), Honggang Branch Road (formerly Caojia Lane), Honggang Front Street (formerly Yu Jia Lane), Honggang Middle Street (formerly Baiheting Street) and Honggang Back Street (formerly Fengbei Street).

The scarlet letter became the most revolutionary name, so Eling became the red ridge, Mengyuan became the red garden, and Caiyuanba became the red shore. In addition, Hongqi Road, Hongwei Road, Hongxing Road, Hongguang Road, Yonghong Lane, Han Hong Road and Hongfengpo. Almost used up all available.

If the scarlet letter is not enough, use the names Dongfeng, Shuguang, Xiangyang, Revolution, Advance, Liberation, Long March, Courage, Innovation, Anti-American, Aid Korea, May 1st, Bayi, Yan 'an, Jinggangshan, Daqing, Dazhai and Nanniwan. In short, the more revolutions the better.

The above street names were later dubbed "Rebel Street Names". After the Cultural Revolution, most of them changed their original names, which is a joke in history.

References:

Chongqing North New Area Administrative Committee China Surname Network