According to legend, long ago, many villages in Linzhou had no names. At first, there was a village in the northeast of the city. There is a man named Wang Shihai in the village. His family has a mother, a wife and a son less than one year old. This Wang Shihai is reckless and lazy, and he is a notorious disobedience. Usually, he and his wife don't work, cook or take care of their children at home, and they rely entirely on their elderly and frail old mother to serve them. One day, his mother was cooking in the kitchen with her grandson. The child scratched his hands and feet and was scalded by boiling water. Wang Shihai heard the crying, grabbed the child in one hand, turned around and picked up a kitchen knife to cut his mother. The old man was so scared that he couldn't dodge, fell to the ground and was seriously injured. He didn't even eat or drink and died in a few days.
After the news came out, it immediately became the local headline news. The county government sent two people on a business trip to the northeast to find Wang Shihai. Unexpectedly, both of them were careless, and Wang Shihai was called "Wang Shikai". When they came to this Qushan village, they found that there happened to be a man named Wang Shikai in this village. Without asking questions, take him back and ask about the execution. After hearing the news, the insider talked about it in succession, saying that it was really "hanging seeds" (in Linzhou dialect), and Wang Shihai almost lost his life. Later, when more people talked about it, people called the place where Wang Shihai lived "Diaozhuang".
At that time, Wang Shikai lived in this small village with no name. After Wang Shikai was killed, his family complained for many years, and the patrol judge tried the case himself. In the end, the murderer Wang Shihai was arrested and Wang Shikai was rehabilitated. People all know that Qu killed, and his hometown is called "Qu Killing Village". Later, people thought the name was indecent, so they renamed it Qushan Village according to the local mountain situation.
Hangzhong Village was later renamed Xiancheng Village. Why did you change it to Xiancheng? According to folklore, since Wang Shihai was brought to justice, the social atmosphere in the village has been greatly improved, and neighborhood unity, family harmony, respect for the elderly and love for the young have become a common practice. After a long time, people thought the name of the village "Hangzhong" was not pleasant to hear, so they renamed it "Xiancheng" village. Later, the number of residents gradually increased, and one village became two villages, which are today's "Dong Xiancheng" and "West County".
Finally, talk about a corner of the county. It is said that at that time, the court stipulated that if there was a disobedient and unfilial son in any village, it would mean that the atmosphere in your county was not good, and it also showed that the county officials had not fulfilled their responsibilities. In which direction of the county is the rebel's home, a section of the city wall or corner in that direction will be torn off and taken back to warn future generations. Because Xiancheng Village is in the northeast of Linzhou City, the northeast corner of Linzhou City Wall has been torn off.
Linzhou City was founded in the first year of Tianping in the East Wei Dynasty (534). It has been 1470 years. In what year and month was a corner of this city demolished? I checked all the historical records in Linzhou, but there is no written record.