Yangcheng history and culture in Yangcheng town

According to historical records: The area around Zhouzhuang, Xinji Village, Liuxiang, was originally Yangcheng, which was established during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In 506 BC, Cai destroyed Shen and belonged to Chu. It is named "Yangcheng" because it is adjacent to an ancient waterway - Jinghe River in the south, which means "the mountains to the south and the water to the north are Yang".

The establishment of Yangcheng County in Runan during the Qin Dynasty is found not only in the Tang Dynasty commentaries in "Historical Records", but also in the local chronicles of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. "Ming Yi Tong Zhi" Volume 31 "Historic Sites": "The ancient city of Yangcheng is in the boundary of (Runing) Prefecture, the Han Dynasty established the county under Runan County, and the Eastern Han Dynasty Province entered Ruyang." Li Bengu's "Runan Chronicles" of the Ming Dynasty and Jiaqing's "Runing Prefecture Chronicles" of the Qing Dynasty also recorded the location of the ancient city of Yangcheng in the same way. In the 29th year of Kangxi's reign, "Yu Di Zhi", one of the volumes of "Shangcai County Chronicles" records: Yangcheng is located in the southeast of Shangcai County, between Ruyang and Pingyu. "Cao Wei (should be the Eastern Han Dynasty) was abandoned and entered Ruyang." The "Dictionary of Ancient and Modern Place Names of China" edited by Mr. Zang Lihe during the Republic of China recorded that the Yangcheng Marquis State (also known as Yangcheng County) in the Han Dynasty was "located on the boundary of Runan County in present-day Henan Province". The so-called "boundary" refers to "environment". "Runing Prefecture Boundary" and "Runan County Boundary" refer to the Runing Prefecture boundary or the Runan County boundary.

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Chen Sheng, courtesy name She, was born in Yangcheng, Runan (now northwest of Pingyu). When he was young, he worked as a hired worker in the fields. He often said to his companions: "As long as you are rich and noble, don't forget each other." His companions all laughed at him for wishful thinking. She retorted: "The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan!" This shows his extraordinary ambition. After Qin II sought the throne, he conscripted 900 young men from all over Henan to garrison in Yuyang next to the Great Wall. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, a native of Yangxia (now Taikang), were designated as captains. Under the supervision of officers and soldiers, the team traveled all the way and stayed overnight. When they arrived in Daze Township, they encountered heavy rain for 20 days in a row, which delayed the trip. According to the rules of the day, all of them will be beheaded. Therefore, Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Lu Chen from Zhengyang and others decided to rise up and fight to the death. Through careful instigation such as the Fish Belly Alchemy Book and the Fox Ming on the Bonfire, he killed Qin Wei, launched the first peasant uprising in Chinese history, and quickly captured Chen County. His subordinates supported Chen Sheng as king and established the country as Zhang Chu. The rebel army put forward the slogan "Fight the unjust and punish the Qin Dynasty", which was echoed by the whole world. The rebel army advanced westward like a storm, approaching Xianyang. The Second Emperor of the Later Qin Dynasty sent 100,000 prisoners to Lishan and fought fiercely with the rebels. Wu Guang died in battle, and Chen Sheng withdrew from Chen County, the capital of Zhang Chu State, but was killed by the coachman Zhuang Jia on the way. Lu Chen led a Cangtou army with slaves as the main force, and retreated to the Zhengyanglu River area to continue the struggle. The rebel army once captured Chen County, killed the traitor Zhuang Jia, and buried the leader Chen Sheng. It is said that one of Chen Sheng's tombs is an open tomb and the other is a dark tomb. Lu Chen buried Chen Sheng in Mangdang Mountain openly, but secretly transported the bones back to Chen Sheng's hometown. This was called Ye Luo's return to his roots. After the fellow villagers buried Chen Sheng in secret, they spread the rumor that Chen Sheng was buried in Mangdang Mountain to prevent the Qin Dynasty from sending people to dig the grave. Regarding Chen Sheng's achievements, Tai Shigong greatly praised him and said: "Although She died, he sent the princes, kings and generals to destroy the Qin Dynasty. The merits given to Chen Sheng are the crime of Qin. Wow! She is also an outstanding person! "

"Historical Records" and "Hanshu" both record that Chen Shengxiang, the leader of the first peasant uprising in Chinese history, was in Yangcheng. Not only that, the compilers of "Ming Yi Tong Zhi" and Runan Chronicles also stated in "Character Chronicles" that Chen Sheng was from Runan and focused on his biography. For example, "Characters" in Volume 31 of "Ming Yi Tong Zhi": "Chen Sheng (people) in Yangcheng, Runan, tried to farm with others when he was young. The second Qin Dynasty went to Zuoxu Yuyang, and won against Wu Guang, a native of Yangxia. "The law should be cut, and the plan is to do something."

According to the above-mentioned documents (see "The Master of Mo, Zi Meng Sheng, Lord of Yangcheng, Shanjing" in "Lu Shi Chun Qiu Shang De Chapter"). The general outline of the historical evolution of the name of Yangcheng in Runan is from the article "Yangcheng Muhou Liu De" in Runan's "Hanshu·Wangqi Enzehou Biao" and the records in "Yuanhe County Chronicles", "Taiping Huanyu Ji" and "Yudi Guangji"). It is: "The Spring and Autumn Period belonged to Shen and Cai, and the Warring States Period belonged to Chu." During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the area around the former Liuxinji Village Committee was the feudal state of the Yangcheng Lord of the royal family of the Chu Dynasty. The famous Chu Ci writer Song Yufu said, "Bewilderment of Yangcheng, fascination with Cai". When King Chu Mourning died, Lord Yangcheng besieged Wu Qi in the funeral home and accidentally shot the king's body. He was punished by death according to the law. Lord Yangcheng fled and Chu took back his fiefdom. After that, Wei continued to unite with Han, Qi and others to attack Chu. Wei and Han successively occupied large areas of Chu State's Shangcai, Ancheng and other territories.

The Runan area, which was originally the territory of the Chu State, became the territory of Chu and Wei. Rudong formed a border line between Chu and Wei - the Wei Great Wall (Gulf). Yangcheng, less than 8 kilometers away from the Great Wall of Wei, became an important military town of Chu State.

In 221 BC, after Qin unified the six kingdoms, Yangcheng County was established and belonged to Chen County; in the Western Han Dynasty, Yangcheng was changed to Runan County. In the fourth year of Dijie (66 BC), Zongzheng and Liu De were granted the title of Yang. City Marquis. The famous historian and writer Liu Xiang is the son of Liu De, and Liu Xin, the national teacher respected by Wang Mang, is his grandson. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, when Wang Mang took over as regent, the world was in chaos, and Liu De's great-grandson Liu Sa (pronounced sà) was "defeated" after he succeeded to the throne. In order to reduce the bureaucracy and reduce the burden on the people, Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, replaced the military attachés with civil servants, merged the provinces with counties, and Yangcheng was merged with Ruyang. It was the land of Pingyu, Yichun and Ruyang counties. Later, Yichun and Pingyu counties were cut off and returned to Ruyang.

In 1913, Ruyang was renamed "Runan". After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Government Affairs Council of the Central People's Government decided on April 26, 1951, to establish Pingyu County in the south of Runan, and the eight districts in the east of Rudong were placed under Pingyu County, and the ancient city of Yangcheng was also included in Pingyu County. Yu County boundary.

After investigation, the ancient city of Yangcheng is located in Zhouzhuang, the former Houliu Town, 29 miles northeast of Runan County, 50 miles southeast of Shangcai County, and 40 miles northwest of Pingyu County. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, because the land was high and the land was not flooded, it became the residence of Yuan An, a wealthy family. Yangcheng Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty, and there are Yuan's tombs, Yangcheng ruins and Huanglu Hall ruins. Yangcheng Town currently has the Yangcheng Old City ruins, the Wei Great Wall (Honggou) ruins in the Warring States Period, the military castle ruins of the Chu Kingdom in the Warring States Period, the Han Ancient City, the Yuan Family Tomb, the Shangwang Temple, and the Hongshan Temple ruins. From the perspective of humanistic origins, from the Yin and Shang Dynasties to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Central Plains culture was the mainstream here, and it was compatible with various surrounding cultural connotations such as Qilu culture in the east, Jingchu culture in the south, Yanzhao culture in the north, and Qin and Jin culture in the west. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Buddhism spread eastward, and the "Yangcheng" area became a gathering place for religious forces of various sects. Taoist temples, pagodas and temples were scattered throughout the territory. The unique cultural landscape of the city temple.

In the long history of development, "Yangcheng" has nurtured a large number of cultural celebrities who are shining in the annals of history with its profound historical and cultural heritage. Yangcheng is the hometown of Yuan An, the "Fourth Generation and Three Dukes", and is also the birthplace of the Yuan family. Chen Sheng launched the first peasant uprising in order to resist the tyranny of Qin II.

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The Yuan family tomb is located in the west of Kongdong Village, Yangcheng Township, the Eastern Han Dynasty tomb, and is a county-level cultural relics protection unit. The third one, arranged from north to south, covers an area of ??400 square meters and is 4.7 meters high. They are the tombs of Situ Yuanan and his family during the Eastern Han Dynasty and Emperor Dynasty. The middle tomb was excavated by the Japanese invading army, the north tomb was excavated during the Cultural Revolution, and only the south tomb was intact. The cultural relics unearthed in Beizhong include gold-plated lamps, high lamps, basalt figurines, gold-inlaid knives with inscriptions on the back, pottery pigs, five-baht coins, etc., as well as a large number of painted pottery fragments. There is a complete red-colored brick ear chamber on one side of the tomb.

The Yuan Jiazhong in Xinji Village, 5 kilometers west of Yangcheng Town, is buried with Yuan An, a famous political figure in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and his clan members. Today, there are two huge tombs about 12 meters high on the ground of the Yuan family tomb. The north tomb is the tomb of Yuan An, and the south tomb is the tomb of Yuan An's second son Yuan Chang. The Yuan family in Runan County of the Eastern Han Dynasty was very famous. Even in contemporary times, many descendants of the Yuan family are proud to be descendants of this family. Yuan Shikai, a tycoon of the Republic of China, considered himself a descendant of Yuan An. His family genealogy begins with "The family in Runan has an old reputation, and the descendants of Shun have a long history." Gu Taimin, a native of the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem when he visited Yuan An's hometown: "Even though there are many moons in Runan, Yuan is the only one who should teach this matter."

According to Yuan Xiongkun, the eternal president of the Yuan Clan Association in Hong Kong. There are about 8 million Chinese people with the surname Yuan in the world, and nearly 2 million people think that they are descendants of Yuan An of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Every year around the Qingming Festival, descendants of Yuan An from all over the world come to Libai whenever they have time, regardless of the distance. Worship ancestors.

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Hongshan Temple, known as "Gushen Temple" in ancient times, is believed to be the son of King Zhou of Yin, Yin Hong, who survived the catastrophe. In the hermitage of "Hongshan Hermitage" (also known as Hongshan Taoist), Yin Hong invented the horse pegging and provided horse training technology to our country. He later became a disciple of Yuan Tianzun. It is said that "Hong Fan" was written here.

Hongshan Temple was built in the Yin and Zhou Dynasties and rebuilt in the past dynasties. Today, there are more than ten broken tablets and tablets. The famous one is the "Prince Qianqiu" monument with a ringing stone Xuanwu seat. The main palaces and pavilions are: Hongjun Palace, Xianwang Palace, Gushen Palace, Yuhuang Pavilion, Niuwang Palace, Horse King Palace, Dragon King Palace, Nai Nai Palace, Yama Palace and other palaces. In the autumn of 1937, Liu Deqin (Liu Yunfu), Ma Hongmo, You Zhikun (You Yunfeng), Zhang Zhenzhou, Zhang Ziming, Zhao Wenheng (Zhao Fengzao), Shang Yi, Zuofenggang (Zuo Ming), Wan Zonghai, Zhan Caicai and others returned to their hometowns one after another. This group of passionate young people were deeply influenced by the "December 9th" movement and had strong national self-esteem and patriotic enthusiasm. Most of them were students who graduated from Runan No. 6 Middle School. After contacting each other, they initiated the establishment of the "Runan Youth Anti-Japanese National Salvation Corps". It is clearly stated in the regiment's charter: Our regiment is a group of patriotic youths whose purpose is to contact young people from all walks of life and carry out anti-Japanese and national salvation activities. Anyone who has a sense of justice and advocates resistance to Japan will unite and fight ruthlessly against sabotage. Under the anti-Japanese situation of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang, they obtained the support of the local garrison and submitted a request to the Runan County Government of the Kuomintang for approval.

In October 1937, the Youth Anti-Japanese National Salvation Corps held a grand founding meeting in Houlongting, Runan City. Nearly 300 well-known representatives from all walks of life were invited to attend. The conference approved the league constitution and democratically elected You Zhikun as chairman and Zhao Wenheng as deputy chairman. The office of the regiment headquarters is located in Houlongting, with three departments: organization, publicity, and general affairs. After the Youth Anti-Japanese National Salvation Corps was established, various regions in Rudong responded and established 14 branches one after another. The Xinji and Zhangwanzhai branches in Yangcheng Town were headed by Liu Deqin (Liu Yunfu). They took the ten-point program of resisting Japan and saving the nation as their purpose, organized youths to promote the anti-Japanese war, raised donations, mobilized to join the army, gave preferential treatment to anti-Japanese family members, and trained and trained anti-Japanese backbones. , the former Liu Youth Anti-Japanese National Salvation Corps, under the leadership of Liu Delin, persisted until the spring of 1939, making great contributions to the revolutionary cause.

In August 1947, Liu and Deng's army went south to reach the Rudong area. Because it was blocked by romantic enemies in the front, it was pursued by heavy troops in the back. In order to follow the orders of superiors and reach the Dabie Mountains on time, it could secure some heavy weapons and military supplies. Equipment, uniforms, etc. will not be lost along the way or even fall into the hands of the enemy. With the consent of leaders Liu and Deng, the logistics department of Liu and Deng's army left a battalion of troops. Zhang Wanzhai is bounded by the Nanma Chang River to the north and the Hong River and Mao River to the east. There is Jinghe River in the south, surrounded by rivers. This village is impregnable with high fortifications and deep ditches. It is shielded by the river and is located in a remote location. It catches the enemy by surprise. Therefore, Zhangwanzhai Military Station was built. Since it was surrounded by enemy-occupied areas, the garrison commander repeatedly visited the village. We conducted confidential propaganda among the people in each household, and interacted with the people in accordance with the "Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention". They did not leave the village gate during drills and stood guard day and night, making the local bandits intimidated. Secretly engaged in the supply, operation, sending and receiving, and safekeeping of various military supplies. At that time, it was called "Baili Bai District, Yizhaihong". Due to the good propaganda work of the garrison, the harmonious military-civilian relations, the high awareness of the people in the camp, and the flawless confidentiality work, the Zhangwanzhai Military Station persisted until the liberation of Runan.

In February 1949, the entire territory of Runan was liberated. In order to rationalize the distribution of district-level organizations in Rudong, the Runan County Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to cancel Shuangmiao, Donglongwangmiao, and Wanzhai 3 In this district, Miaowan, Xiyangdian, and Chengdong (Litun) were built, and Sheqiao was renamed Siping Port. There are six districts in Rudong: Yangbu, Pingyu, Sipingbukou, Miaowan, Xiyangdian and Chengdong. The leading members of each district committee have also been adjusted, including Wang Dengjia, secretary of the Pingbukou District Committee of Zhongxin Temple, Hao Shiqing, district chief, and Wang Xinfa, deputy district chief.

In the summer of 1948, the Sheqiao District Committee and District Government of the Communist Party of China established rural political power in Yangcheng City. Hu Zhigao, formerly a native of Huling Village in Houliu Township and the administrative village chief of Huling, was killed in the Huling Village area by armed bandits recruited by the Kuomintang reactionaries in the same year. Zhu Hejie, formerly a native of Houliu Dingying, was born in 1918. He participated in the revolution in 1947 and died in Daliuzhuang in Wanzhong in 1948. Zhang Wenjing, formerly a native of Weizhuang, Liu Township, was born in 1918 and was a soldier of Binhai District. In 1948, he fought side by side with District Chief Zhang Guangrong and died heroically in the Weizhuang area of ??Cross Road Township. The first is to strengthen organizational leadership and formulate emergency plans.

The town has established a "Three Autumn" work headquarters with the town mayor as the commander. It implements the measures of leaders covering areas and cadres covering villages and fields, clarifying tasks and implementing responsibilities at all levels. At the same time, village cadres and teachers from Bao Village were also organized to set up 18 three-autumn commandos to provide assistance to needy families such as lonely elderly people, five-guaranteed households and migrant workers to ensure the smooth completion of the autumn harvest task.

The second is to strengthen publicity. Vigorously create a publicity atmosphere for the ban on burning, improve villagers' awareness of environmental protection, and use publicity vehicles, posting slogans, hanging banners, etc. to carry out publicity. *** dispatched 4 promotional vehicles, hung 150 banners, posted 600 slogans, 25,000 copies of plain paper, and 200 copies of announcements.

The third is to strengthen supervision and inspection, strengthen the responsibilities of Baocun leaders and Baocun departments, clarify responsibilities, require Baocun cadres and Baocun units to raise their awareness, go deep into the field work, and implement various incineration measures. Carry out follow-up inspections to prevent the occurrence of orange pole burning incidents.

The fourth is to actively provide agricultural machinery, fertilizers, pesticides and other agricultural inputs. Technical personnel were organized to conduct a comprehensive overhaul of all agricultural machinery in the town, and villagers were encouraged to actively purchase new agricultural machinery. The power supply station actively performs line maintenance work to ensure smooth lines during the autumn harvest. The agricultural supplies supply and marketing department has been coordinated to actively supply agricultural supplies and has prepared 250,000 kilograms of high-quality seeds, 250 tons of chemical fertilizers, and 10 tons of pesticides.

The fifth is to implement a reward and punishment system. Those who have outstanding achievements in the "Three Summers" work will be notified of praise and given material rewards. Those who report burning phenomena and cause major adverse effects will be criticized and fined. If the circumstances are serious, they will be held criminally responsible. Since the launch of the Party’s mass line education and practice activities, Pingyuyang Town has taken the launch of the Party’s mass line education and practice activities as a starting point, made the land transfer work a key task, and actively promoted the land transfer work.

Taking village cadres and village cadres as the main line, more than 10,000 leaflets were printed and went deep into farmers' households and fields to widely publicize policies related to land transfer.

Change the planting structure, plant sorghum extensively, and actively coordinate with Henan Haiju Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. to sign contracts with farmers to centrally contract farmers' land at a price of 1,000 yuan per mu per year. Farmers can increase their income by more than 200 yuan per mu.

Actively coordinate the recruitment of investment companies and help farmers find jobs at their doorsteps, which solves the problem of employment and income increase for farmers after they are freed from the land. Each migrant farmer can increase his annual income by more than 20,000 yuan. The land transfer work in Yangcheng Town is progressing smoothly, and more than 3,600 acres of land have been signed for transfer. Yangcheng Town has carried out safety production inspections many times in a row to ensure the smooth progress of all work. As the new year is approaching, the town party committee and government attach great importance to production safety and require this work to be done well. First, strengthen organizational leadership and implement responsibilities. Centrally arrange and deploy large-scale inspection work, and each village and community cooperates, coordinates, and implements specific work, and guides relevant departments to conduct safety inspections of enterprises and individuals in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

The second is to increase investigation efforts and eliminate hidden dangers. Dare to adopt a "zero tolerance" attitude towards hidden dangers and problems, follow the style of being scientifically rigorous, investigating in accordance with the law, and seeking truth from facts, and do not miss blind spots and conduct careful inspections to ensure that the major inspections achieve effective results.

The third is to insist on treating both the symptoms and root causes to build safety. Based on the actual situation of the village, each village conducts a comprehensive and in-depth inspection of the village's production safety, including intensifying inspections of small shops, tofu shops, individual production workshops, etc., especially public places such as schools and nursing homes, to eliminate hidden dangers.

The fourth is to guide social participation and comprehensive supervision. Guide the public to participate in safety production inspection activities through extensive publicity. Give full play to the role of public opinion, encourage public supervision, report problems in a timely manner, and form a multi-angle investigation mechanism with the participation of the whole people. The town aims to "increase agricultural efficiency, increase farmers' wealth, increase finances, and stabilize rural areas", and vigorously develops high-efficiency cash crops and specialty agriculture based on local conditions and classified guidance. On the basis of stabilizing the planting of 58,000 acres of high-quality wheat, 2,500 acres of the "Zhengmai 98" high-quality variety were planted in the two village committees of Zhangwanzhai and Sunbao as demonstrations.

The animal husbandry and breeding industry has developed rapidly. There are 32 new pig farms with more than 200 pigs, 3 new breeding communities of Malipo, Hongshan Temple and Sibukou, 360 new breeding professional households, and the whole town can reproduce sows** *Total 4,000 head, subsidy amount 400,000 yuan. The town has developed 6 professional breeding villages, with 40,000 pigs currently in stock, 70,000 slaughtered annually, and 2,700 large livestock. Yangcheng, known as the largest duck breeding base in southern Henan, currently has 350,000 breeding poultry. The town’s total livestock industry The output value reached 8.22 million yuan.