Where is the only city in Chinese history named after a Taoist priest? It still exists today, but all the people are rich?

The only city in Chinese history named after a Taoist priest - the coastal city of Maoming, Guangdong

Picture 1: The coast of Maoming City

The origin of the name of Maoming City, It has a long history. What everyone is now well-known for is Maoming, which is an oil city! As soon as you hear the name, you know that this place must be rich. Hahaha In fact, Maoming City is also known as "Oil City", and it is well-deserved. Maoming City's mineral resources are not only rich in types, but also large in scale and rich in mineral reserves. There are as many as 53 types of minerals, and the distribution of mineral deposits is even wider. Mineral deposits of varying amounts have been found in 334 locations in the region, not to mention oil shale deposits.

Picture 2 Maoming City Minerals

Let’s talk about the namer of Maoming City-Taoist Pan Maoming. Taoist Pan Maoming has a very high status in Lingnan Taoism and is respected by everyone as the pioneer of Lingnan Taoism. He is also known as "Pan Xian". Taoist priest Pan Maoming was born in Panpo, Genzi Town, Gaozhou (now part of Maoming City, Guangdong Province), more than 1,600 years ago. Taoist Pan traveled far and wide when he was young, and he once sought advice from Maoshan Taoist Zhang Xuanbin.

Picture 3 Pan Maoming Memorial Park

Taoist priest Pan Maoming is indeed highly respected in the local area and often helps the world with the elixirs he refines. When the plague broke out in western Guangdong, he helped the world by hanging pots and saved many poor people without taking any money. After the Taoist priest Pan Maoming passed away, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty named the local county capital after him in memory of "Pan Xian" Pan Maoming's life-saving kindness and achievements to the people of western Guangdong, and named it Maoming City.

Throughout the past dynasties, Taoist priest Pan Maoming was the only one who used the name of a Taoist priest to establish states, counties, cities, etc. After more than a thousand years, the name has never been changed.