The formation of Wu. According to legend, more than 365,438+000 years ago, Zhou, the leader of Qishan tribe in Shaanxi, had three sons: Taibo and He. The third son has a very clever son named Chang. Zhou believes that the prosperity of Zhou tribe depends on Chang in the future. Taibo and Estimated that Zhou wanted to pass the throne to Hechang, so they went south to Meili (now Meicun Town, Wuxi City) under the guise of collecting herbs, and cut off their tattoos according to the custom of local aborigines (to facilitate fishing and hunting in the river) to avoid it. This virtue of humility has been passed down to this day, so today Taber is called the ultimate virtue. Later, Zhou Taiwang became the calendar king and passed it on to Chang, who was the king of literature who established the Zhou Dynasty. Taibo and the local aborigines merged on the land and were loved by the local people, and established the country, which is the formation of "Wu". "Wu" has the same pronunciation as "fish", "Wu" and "Wu" and is similar to the local dialect of Wu. The word "Wu" first appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronze inscriptions, and then appeared in the shape of a fish. At the same time, Taibohe brought the Central Plains culture and combined it with the local indigenous culture to form a new cultural system, namely Wu culture.

Documentary records: Historical Records of Wu Taibo Family and Biography of Wu Yue Chun Qiu Wu Taibo both recorded that Zhou Taiwang's sons Taibo and Zhong Yong went to Wu at the end of Shang Dynasty.

Historical Records of Family Justice in Wu Taibo: Taibo Gumery, 60 miles southeast of Wuxi County, Changzhou.

Historical Records of Wu: "My uncle and I are both sons of King Zhou Tai, and Wang's brother is also. Ji Li offered a son often, and wanted to stand and often, so Taibo and rampage, tattooed, said not to avoid. The calendar fruit is the king's season, often the king of literature, and the Taibo Lin is the self-styled, righteous, so it belongs to more than a thousand households, named. "

"Zuo Zhuan" recorded the words of the doctor of Yuzhou in five years: "Taibo, Yuzhong, Taiwang. Taibo does not obey and does not accept. "

The above documents show that Taber and Zhong Yong came to Wuxi from Zhongyuan to avoid the throne, and created Wu culture in Wuxi.

Three stages of the study history of regional culture in Wu. Liang Qichao was the first person to study Wu Yue culture. In 1930s, Mr. Juxian Wei initiated the establishment of "wuyue History and Geography Research Society" and put forward "Wu Yue Culture Research", which was the first stage. According to the unearthed cultural relics (1June, 954), in 1950s, experts such as Jiangsu Yin discovered Kun in Yandun Mountain, Dantu County, Zhenjiang. The bronze wares of the Western Zhou Kangwang period with the word 120 were unearthed in the south of the Yangtze River, which aroused widespread concern. Famous scholars such as Guo Moruo, Chen, Chen Bangfu, Cen and Tan discussed the social system in the early Western Zhou Dynasty and the early history of Wu State according to the inscriptions. Yi Hou Kuang, unearthed in Dantu County, Ningzhen area, the political center of the early Wu State or the place where Taibo and Zhong Yong went south, put forward the concept of "archaeological Wu culture", which is the second stage; In 1980s, a theme park with the connotation of Wu culture was founded by farmers in Yanqiao Town, Wuxi City, and the first civil society scientific research institution, Wu Xue Institute, was established, and the regional Wu culture was put forward. This is the third stage.

Wu culture put forward by the Institute of Wu Studies is a regional culture of Wu, which consists of three historical periods: pre-Wu culture, Wu culture and post-Wu culture. The pre-Wu culture was based on Sanshan culture in Taihu Lake, Majiabang culture (7,000-6,000 years ago), Songze culture (6,000-5,000 years ago), Liangzhu culture (5,000-4,000 years ago) and Maqiao culture (4,000-3,000 years ago). Sometimes we put *. At the end of Shang Dynasty, Zhou Taibo and Wu Li under Qishan combined with local aborigines to form the Wu culture. After nearly 700 years, the inheritance of 25 generations of kings spread to Fuxi to destroy the country. From the destruction of the State of Yue and the annexation of the State of Yue by Chu to the unification of China by Qin Shihuang, it became a unified region, which was called Emperor Wu. After that, it experienced dynasty change, from unity to division, and then from division to unity. As a region, its culture continues to exist and develop. There are similarities and differences between post-Wu culture and Central Plains culture and regional culture. You have me, I have you, and the post-Wu culture with strong regional cultural style is called Wu culture or Wuzhong culture. This 10,000-year historical trend shows that Wu culture has a long history.

What is the geographical scope of Wudi? Through the study of Wu culture, we think that Wu culture, as a social ideology, is not static, but constantly changing in historical development and change. It is not isolated, it must be linked with the horizontal direction. The division of different regions is not arbitrary. Generally speaking, regional standards are formed by different characteristics of geographical natural environment and different foundations and forms of material spirit. Therefore, the regional definition of Great Wu Culture is: a regional whole with the Yangtze River Delta as the center, Taihu Lake as the center, Shanghai and Nanjing as the beginning and end, Suzhou, Changzhou, Wuxi, Zhenjiang, Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Huzhou as the joints, and Nantong and Yangzhou as the borders.

The relationship between Wu culture and Wuxi. 3 100 years ago, Taibo brought the combination of Central Plains culture and local indigenous culture, formed a unique Wu culture, initiated Jiangnan civilization, became the birthplace of Wu culture, and also caused the first glory in the history of Wu State; At the beginning of the 20th century, Wuxi's national industry and commerce rose, and Rong (Mianwang, Buwang, Rong Desheng, Rong), Tang (Tang, Tang Xiangting), Xue, Yang and Saturday Capital Groups appeared. From the background of their prosperity, some of them, such as Yang Jia, Yang Zonglian and Yang, founded industrial yarn mills. Some officials and people, such as Xue Jia, Xue Nanxuan and Xue Shouxuan, run Yongtai Silk Factory. Rong Desheng's Rong family, Rong and Baoxing flour mills, these are all folk behaviors. The formation of such industrialists and businessmen has made Wuxi the third largest industrial city after Shanghai, Tianjin and Guangzhou, and Wuxi has become the birthplace of national industry and commerce. After the reform and opening up, the vigorous development of township enterprises has enabled farmers to develop from the agro-industrial economic model that used to focus on handicrafts and agriculture, and Wuxi has become the birthplace of township enterprises. The great development of Wuxi's industrial and commercial culture benefits from the profound cultural heritage of Wuxi for thousands of years. It is this humanistic spirit and sense of national responsibility in Wu that makes Wu people forge ahead, be determined to innovate and be pragmatic and enterprising, and create such a grand situation.