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Longsheng Autonomous County [Guangxi] Guilin

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There are many place names with dragons in Beijing. A rough count shows that there are more than 211. No matter in urban areas, suburbs or counties, regardless of mountains or plains, almost any district or county has dragon place names.

Among the dragon place names in Beijing, there are some streets and alleys, such as Longtoujing Street, Erlong Road, Shanglong Lane and Longjia Hutong. Some are village names, such as Qinglongqiao Town, Longwantun, Longmenzhuang and Longbei Village. Some are mountain names, such as Longshan, Jiulong Mountain, Panlong Mountain and Longgu Mountain. Some are water names, such as Dalonghe, longtan lake, Bailongtan and Longyan Spring. Some are scenic spots, such as Longqingxia, Longmenjian, Bailongtan and Heilongtan. Others were originally temples and temples and evolved into place names, such as Longwang Temple, Longquan Temple and Huilongguan. These place names with dragon characters are really varied. These dragon place names are just today's place names that are being used. Other dragon place names have been abandoned or changed into historical place names, such as Longqingzhou. At that time, Yanqing County was named Geshan County when it was in Liao and Jin Dynasties. Yuan Renzong was born in Xiangshui Garden in the county, so after Yuan Renzong acceded to the throne, he upgraded Gashan County to a state. Because the emperor in the past was regarded as the "real dragon emperor", the birth and enthronement of the emperor were of course festive, so the name of Gashan County was changed to Longqingzhou. In the early years of Ming Dynasty, Longqingzhou was abolished, and when it was re-established in Yongle, the name of the state was changed to Qin Long. That is, the "dragon" of the "real dragon emperor" was changed to "prosperous" dragon, because in the eyes of the rulers of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty could never be a dragon. Although only one word was changed, the pronunciation was the same, but the meaning was completely different. During the Qin Long period of the Ming Dynasty, Qin Long was changed to Yanqing in order to avoid the taboo of the year number of Muzong in the Ming Dynasty. Longqingzhou, a place name of the Yuan Dynasty, has become a historical place name, but its good name has been revived and become a good name of one of the 16 new scenic spots in Beijing. This is Longqingxia.

If you pay attention, you will find that some dragon place names in Beijing can form a place name dragon. Among the names of dragons that have disappeared, there is a place called "One Dragon", which is Shanjiankou Street in Chongwen District now. Although the dragon no longer exists, many dragon names can still form today's dragon. Which of the existing dragon names in Beijing can form a dragon?

first of all, the faucet. There is a village in Lixian Township, Daxing County. According to legend, it was established in the Ming Dynasty, and its name is "Longtou". How did this village name come from? It turns out that there is a sand hill in the north of this village, which was formed by the flood and siltation of Yongding River in history. This sand hill is four or five meters high and covers an area of more than ten acres. It lies like a dragon and is called the "dragon body". Later, a temple was built in front of Shagang. There were two springs in front of the temple, like longan. When this temple evolved into a village, it took the name "Dragon Head". In addition, there is a northwest-southeast inclined street in Xicheng District, whose name is Longtoujing Street. It is said that there used to be a well in this street, which was called "Rentou Well". There was an ancient temple near the well, and the incense was not very strong. In the Qing Dynasty, there was a drought, dripping like gold, but the water in the headwell was always very prosperous. One day, someone came to the well to carry water, and saw a faucet shaking in the well, as if spitting water. The news spread and people rushed to watch it, so the human head well was renamed as the faucet well. The original ancient temple was also changed to a temple dedicated to the Dragon King, and the incense was flourishing. In fact, there is no faucet in the well, but the kiss on the temple is reflected in the well water, forming a faucet. Some comrades studied according to the unearthed epitaph and thought that the name Longtoujing evolved from Longdao Township. Longdao Township is a place name in the northern suburb of Youzhou City in Tang Dynasty. Tang Youzhou City is located in the area of Guang 'anmen today. Longdao and Longtou are similar in pronunciation, so it is more credible to say that Longtou well evolved from Longdao Township. In this way, the name Longtoujing has a long history.

there are dragon mouths, longan, dragon horns and dragon whiskers on the faucet. Among the dragon place names in Beijing, besides not seeing the dragon horn, there are really names of longan, dragon mouth and dragon beard! There is a perennial spring in Xiaonian Village, Gaoyakou Township, Changping County, which is called Longan Spring. There is a reservoir not far from the south of Dayu in Mentougou District. Its name is Longkou Reservoir, and its mouth is also mouth. The famous Longxugou in Chongwen District flows from the north and east of the Temple of Heaven to the southeast outside Beijing. This Longxugou is probably the old path of the lower reaches of the ancient Gaoliang River. Probably because Beijing was the capital of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the place where emperors who claimed to be "the real dragon emperor" lived, this river channel also had the reputation of Longxugou. Before liberation, it was a stinking ditch where dirt drifted and mosquitoes and flies bred. Immediately after liberation, it was completely rectified and turned into a clear water ditch. People's artist Lao She wrote the famous script "Longxugou" with the change of this ditch as the theme, and then made it into a movie. Although Longxugou is now transformed into an underground river, the newly-built streets and residential areas on its upper and both sides are still named after it, such as Longxugou Road, Longxugou Beili and so on.

The dragon head is on the dragon body. Among the dragon place names in Beijing, Longbei Village and Longgushan are related to the dragon body. Longbei Village is located in the northwest of Haidian District, west of Jinshan, because the mountain looks like Longbei, hence the name of the village. Longgu Mountain is a well-known mountain at home and abroad, in the west of Zhoukoudian, Fangshan District. Named after the mountain is rich in traditional Chinese medicine keel. How did these keels come from? As we all know, about 511,111 to 611,111 years ago, in this natural cave on the hill, there lived a primitive human being, that is, "Beijingers". About 111,111 years ago, there were new cave people living here. About 18,111 years ago, cavemen also lived in this cave at the top of the mountain. Beijingers, Xindong people and cavemen are all primitive humans in the Paleolithic Age. After they died, their bones remained in caves and became fossils. At the same time, a large number of animal bones they killed also piled up in caves and became fossils. Due to the lack of necessary scientific knowledge, the ancients mistook these fossils for keel remains. It is a valuable medicinal material. Because from Beijingers to cavemen, they have lived in caves on the mountain for a long time, hundreds of thousands of years, so there are many keels produced on this mountain, and people call this mountain Longgu Mountain. Since the discovery of Peking man's skull fossils for the first time in the 1921s, Longgushan has become famous at home and abroad. Because it is the hometown of Beijingers, cave dwellers and cave dwellers, it is also a scientific base for studying ancient humans and vertebrate paleontology.

Everyone knows that dragons have four claws. However, only two of the dragon place names in Beijing are related to dragon claws, one is Dragon Claw Huai Hutong in Xuanwu District, the other is Dragon Claw Tree in Chaoyang District in the west of Taoranting Park. In the north of xiaohongmen, the origin of these two dragon place names is obviously related to the tree shape, that is to say, there was a locust tree that looked like a dragon claw in Dragon Claw Huai Hutong, but what tree grew in Dragon Claw Tree Village, which can't be seen from the place name alone, so it must also be. Because the tree shape of the inverted locust is really like a dragon's claw.

Since there are dragon names in Beijing, such as dragon head, dragon mouth, longan, dragon beard, keel, dragon back and dragon claw, isn't this a place name dragon?

Having said that, you may naturally ask a question: Why are there so many dragon names in Beijing? We have to find the answer from the meaning of the word "dragon".

The dragon is a magical animal in the ancient legends of China. It lives in the sea, rivers or deep pools, which can make clouds and rain and benefit mankind, so people worship it and are superstitious about it. Where there is deep pool and clear water, people call it "Longtan". Where there are abundant springs, people regard them as "Longquan". Where there is the exit of deep ravines, people call it "Longmen". Where rivers often flood, people build the Dragon King Temple nearby and pray for the blessing of the Dragon King. This is one of the main reasons why there are many dragon names in Beijing.

on the other hand, it is precisely because of the dragon's air that it became the symbol of the feudal emperor. In the past, the emperor called himself "the real dragon son of heaven", and the descendants of the emperor were called "the dragon son and grandson". Therefore, some ground objects related to feudal emperors are often named after the word "dragon". For example, the Summer Palace is a royal garden in the Qing Dynasty, and the island in Kunming Lake in the park is called Longwang Temple. The sluice on the east side of Kunming Lake is called Erlong Sluice. The arched bridge in the northwest of Kunming Lake is called Qinglong Bridge. Another example is that there are two hills on both sides outside the gate of the Ming Tombs, just as two generals, Hum and Ha, guard the southeast gate of the mausoleum area, and these two hills are named Fengshan and Longshan. Nanyuan was a royal garden in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and it was a place for emperors to hunt and play. Therefore, the two rivers, the North and the South, which originated in or near the garden, were named Longhe and Fenghe respectively. Such examples are too numerous to mention. Since Beijing was built as the capital of Liao Dynasty, the capital of Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties was built here, so the dragon place names in Beijing are more and more concentrated than those in other places.

The place names of these dragons mentioned above can form a "place name dragon". Although this dragon is deformed, it has two faucets, two dragon whiskers, a longan, a dragon's back, a keel and two dragon claws, but it has extraordinary skills and magical powers, and its skills and magical powers are also revealed by the names of dragons. First of all, it can change many colors and is a chameleon. Sometimes white, lying in Bailongtan, Miyun County. Sometimes black, hidden in Miyun Black Dragon Pool. Sometimes it is yellow, and it makes waves in Huanglongtan in Shijingshan District. Sometimes blue, in the Qinglong Lake in Shijingshan District, the clouds gather and the rain turns. Sometimes it turns red, and there is Red Dragon Pool in Yanqing County. Sometimes it turns golden, so Pinggu County has the Golden Dragon Hall. Although the name dragon in Beijing is changeable in color, it is mainly black and white. Therefore, Bailongtan and Heilongtan in Beijing are also quite famous. Bailongtan has been selected as one of the sixteen new scenic spots in Beijing. I won't waste my breath here, but I'd like to introduce the Black Dragon Pool to you! Black Dragon Pool is located in the northwest of Shichengzi Township, Miyun County. It is a four-kilometer-long canyon originally named Gu Lou Valley. According to legend, Bailong and Black Dragon were brothers in ancient times and both lived in Bailongtan. When he grew up and separated, his honest brother Black Dragon took the initiative to give Bailongtan this good place to his younger brother Bailong and came to Gu Lou Valley alone. At that time, there was not a drop of water and an inch of grass in Gu Lou Valley, and there were barren hills and bare ridges, so the Black Dragon was carrying water and planting grass in vain. Seeing that this young man is simple and honest and hardworking, the bodhi old zu Yunmeng on Daxi Mountain gave him a silver belt and 18 orbs. This silver belt is the Gu Lou Valley River. Although it is only 21 miles long, the drop is more than 811 meters, and the water is piled up into more than ten deep pools along the way, just like a string of orbs. Black Dragon Pool is one of them. There is a famous scene here called "Dragon Split Stone", which is two huge stones with one room each, with a natural channel 4 meters long and 71 centimeters wide in the middle. These two huge stones were originally a whole stone, but one year when there was a flood, the black dragon went down the mountain by water and was blocked by this huge stone. With the help of the power of lightning, the angry black dragon lifted its claws and shook the mountains, splitting it in two, forming a great wonder.

The place name dragon in Beijing is not only a dragon with changing colors, but also a deformed dragon. Sometimes it comes back from a tiring swim and stays still, and becomes Wolong. There is Wolong Village in Yongding Township, Mentougou District. According to local legend, the hill in the southwest of the village is the head of a stone dragon, whose tail is in Jietai Temple, and the tap is close to Yongding River, just like a stone dragon stretching his head to drink water in Yongding River. People call this hill Wollongong, and the village is named after it. Sometimes it is very active and takes off, so there is Feilongqiao Hutong in the west of Wang Hongbin Street in Dongcheng District, which is named after the bridge. There used to be a stone bridge built nearby in Ming Dynasty called Feihongqiao, which was renamed Feilongqiao in Qing Dynasty. The bridge is made of white marble, with beautiful shape and originality. The bridge railing is carved with lions, dragons, frogs, fish, shrimps, sea animals and so on, and engraved with water ripple patterns. There are flying rainbow archways at the north and south ends of the bridge, and there are skylight pavilions and cloud shadow pavilions on the east and west sides; There is a rockery in the north of the bridge, a xiudong at the foot of the mountain, a Ganyun Hall on the mountain, and Lingxu Pavilion and Yufeng Pavilion on both sides of the hall, which is really like a masterpiece of landscape painting. Unfortunately, this beautiful landscape can't be seen today. Only this Feilongqiao Hutong gives people infinite reverie. Sometimes it curled up and turned into Panlong Mountain in Shijingshan District. Nowadays, the mountains are densely forested and lush, and there are abundant millstones, shale and other resources at the foot of the mountain. The famous fahai temple is hidden in the mountainside southeast of Panlong Mountain. Ming Dynasty murals in temples are rare art treasures and have been listed as key cultural relics protection units in Beijing.

The place name dragon in Beijing has the spell of being divided into two parts at least, and divided into nine parts at most. Divided into two, it becomes Erlong Gate, Erlong Road, Erlonggang and other place names. Erlong Gate is located under the east wall of the Summer Palace, which is the two water gates of Kunming Lake. Because there are two faucets carved, it is named Erlong Gate, and the nearby village is also called Erlong Gate Village. Erlong Road is in the middle of Xicheng District. It is said that in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, there were puddles and depressions in the east of Taiping Bridge, south of Bicai Hutong and north of Damucang. In the middle of Qing Dynasty, houses were built one after another, including Zheng Wangfu and Wang Ye Buddhist Temple. Therefore, the puddle gradually shrinks, commonly known as Erlong Pit. In the Republic of China, the pit was filled to build roads, hence the name Erlong Road. Divided into nine and turned into Jiulong Mountain. Jiulong Mountain is located in Mentougou, which belongs to Taihang Mountain range. There are four ridges on each side of the mountain winding away, just like eight dragons lying back to back. The other "dragon" goes down the mountain and reaches the Yongding River. There are rich coal seams under Jiulong Mountain. In 1962, the state established the Jiulongshan Forest Farm here, which has now grown to nearly 11,111 mu of forest area. In addition, at the west exit of Chemical Industry Road outside Zuo 'anmen, Chaoyang District, there is another Jiulong Mountain. According to "A Brief Introduction to Chenyuan", "Jiulong Mountain is on the north bank of Yongsheng Bridge in Nanding, and the soil of Liangshui River is dredged between Qianlong and Qianlong. From west to east, it is about three miles long, ranging from two to three feet high. Committee twists and turns like Youlong. Ten thousand peaches and willows are planted around. " This Jiulong Mountain is artificially piled up. It no longer exists.

The place name Dragon in Beijing also has the magical power of cutting stones and splitting mountains, creating beautiful scenic spots for people. Longqingxia and Longmenjian are two examples. Let's talk about Longqing Gorge first. Comrades who have been to Longqing Gorge in Yanqing County can enjoy the scenery known as the "Little Lijiang River" in Beijing. The towering dam of Longqingxia Reservoir connects two mountains, with a width of 41 to 51 meters. The dam is like a giant white lock to lock the dragon. Climbing the dam overlooking the north, the dark green water reflects the mountains and white clouds. The cliffs of the two mountains in the east and west stand upright like knives, which are tens of feet high. The "Longqing Gorge" may be from this gorge.