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Because of its special geographical location and the prosperous history of ethnic minorities, Yibin, as an ancient and new city, really has many topics to talk about. For example, the origin and evolution of the name of Yibin City where Jinsha River meets Minjiang River is a topic that has been talked about so far.
to put it bluntly, this topic is that the original name of "Hejiang Gate" is gradually being replaced by "Landmark Square". Some people say yes, others say no. There is a reason to say yes, and vice versa. So this paper takes a little effort to make a "textual research" on its original name. As far as the whole administrative area of Yibin is concerned, Qin and Han dynasties called "Bo", Liang dynasty called "Rong" and Song dynasty called "Xu" today. Moreover, in the history of more than 2, years after Yibin was built, except for a short time when its state and county governments moved to other places (such as Nanxi), most of the time, the state and county governments built cities at the junction of Minjiang River and Jinsha River and on the shore. The "Sanjiangkou" we often refer to did not refer to the place where the two rivers meet today, but to Yibin City, the "Mahu River Club". So, when did the "Sanjiangkou" where the two rivers meet today really mean? It started in the Yuan Dynasty at the latest. Before that, I reviewed Historical Records/Biography of Southwest Yi, History of Han Dynasty/Geography, History of Later Han Dynasty/County and Country, History of Old Tang Dynasty/Geography, History of New Tang Dynasty/Geography, History of Song Dynasty/Geography, etc., and most of them were vague and ambiguous about where Yibin was built. To be more precise, Chang Qu, a Sichuanese, said in Huayang Guozhi that Yibin was under the jurisdiction of Qianwei County, which "ruled the Mahu River, and the water flowed across the river, and the old Bo people had lychees". It was not until the Yuan History that the location of the place names built in Yibin City was clearly recorded.
"History of Yuan Dynasty/Geography XII" wrote: "Suzhou Road, Ancient Bo Country, Tang Rongzhou. Zhenguan's first migration and governance were in Sanjiangkou, west of Shujiang River. Song was promoted to the state, belonging to Dongchuan Road, and later renamed Xuzhou. " Here, we can see that the official history of "Sanjiangkou" was first seen in the Yuan History written by Song Lian, a great scholar in the Ming Dynasty. At this time, the "Sanjiangkou" is still the original meaning of the name of the earth, which refers to the old city of Yibin today. However, we have clearly seen that "Sanjiangkou" already has a small place name, that is, the actual reference of Hejiangmen today. It is described in the Ming History that "there are Zhuti Mountain in the west, Shicheng Mountain in the southwest, Chaoyang Cliff in the northwest, the great river passing under it, and Mahu River in the east and southeast". Although there is no reference to "Sanjiangkou" in Ming History/Geography, there is no doubt that its geographical description is accurate. Just to point out that the "great river" in Ming History is not the Yangtze River today (great river is another name for the Yangtze River) but the Minjiang River. Before the Ming Dynasty (even in the Qing Dynasty), it was customary to regard the Minjiang River as the main stream of the Yangtze River and the Jinsha River as a tributary of the Yangtze River. It was not until Xu Xiake visited Lijiang, Yunnan, that he officially regarded Jinsha River as the main stream of the Yangtze River. In the 17th year of Jiaqing, Qing Dynasty (183), Yibin County Annals contained: "Wei Gao opened the governor's office and built a earthen city in Sanjiangkou". That is to say, although "Sanjiangkou" has the double meanings of Yibin City's land name and Yibin City's small place name at the confluence of two rivers, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the name of "Sanjiangkou" at the confluence of two rivers in Yibin City has been finalized in folk and official texts. By the way, it was originally the confluence of the two rivers, that is, the Jinsha River and the Minjiang River, but why did the ancients call it the "Three Rivers" (and it is still the case today)? It is because after the confluence of the "Three Rivers" in a place similar to the peninsula, "Three Rivers" were visually formed. That is, standing at the Sanjiangkou and looking east, the Minjiang River is on the left, the Jinsha River is on the right, and the Yangtze River is in front of you.
when did the evolution from "Sanjiangkou" to "Hejiangmen" come from? According to the relevant records in Yibin County Records in the 17th year of Jiaqing, the theory of "Hejiangmen" should have been finalized in the middle of Qing Dynasty. First, poetry, and second, historical sites all have the title of "Hejiangmen". Let's talk about poetry first When Kangxi was in Yibin, Zhou Can, the inspector of Yibin, had a poem entitled "Giving Gao Taishou to Hejiang Building in the spring". Kangxi has been in 1725, which is less than 1 years since the establishment of the government in 1644. The poem has the word "Hejiang". Later, Li Jiuxia, a native of Fushun (which was also the jurisdiction of Yibin at that time), had the first sentence of "Rhyme on the Wall of Denghejiang Building" in the 15 th ancient times, namely, "Rongcheng Hejiang Building, Fengyun and Throughput". There are two songs related to Hejiang in Eight Scenes of Yibin. One is "Autumn Rising in the Double Rivers" and the other is "jathyapple on the River Floor". The original sequence of the two poems indicates that this scene is related to the confluence of the two rivers. The original preface of "The Autumn Rise of Shuangjiang River" is "The mountains in the southwest of the county descend from Emei, the Minjiang River on the left, the Jinsha River on the right, and the Hejiang Building outside the city, and the next meeting is the east note"; The original preface of Jiang Lou jathyapple is "Hejiang Lou is outside the east gate of the county". Let's talk about monuments. In the "Historical Records" of Yibin County Records in the 17th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, there are three places related to Hejiang. One is "Hejiang Building" and the original note is "outside Hejiang Gate"; One is the "Shuanglong Flight Control" square, and the original note is "outside Hejiang Gate"; One is the "Dan Hua Fu Land" square, and the original note is "in Hejiang Gate". Now it seems to us that the three historic sites have vanished. However, one thing is surprising. That is, the name of "Hejiangmen" was finalized in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. There is only one thing that makes people suspicious. That is to say, is this small place name at the confluence of the three rivers in Yibin the name of "Hejiang Building" or "Hejiang Gate" first? Of course, as far as the literature and history materials I am in contact with now are concerned, there should be "Hejiang Building" first, and then "Hejiang Gate". Why? Among the "gates" of Yibin Linjiang, there are "Xiaonanmen", "South Gate" and "Dongmen", and obviously, "Hejiang Building" is not far from the East Gate. It seems that there should not be another "door". This shows that "Hejiang Gate" was naturally formed because of the architectural and social psychological influence of the "Hejiang Building" built in Ming and Qing Dynasties at the latest in the early Qing Dynasty. Of course, this does not rule out that "Hejiang Gate" precedes "Hejiang Building", otherwise, the old records would not say that "Hejiang Building" is outside Hejiang Gate. By the way, in Yibin County Annals in the 17th year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, "Tukao Annals" was marked with the address of "Hejiang Building". It is said that this address is the "Yibin Shipping Building" gradually established after several years of new China-however, it was also removed because of the construction of the so-called "landmark square".
Therefore, it is natural to talk about the so-called "landmark square" with a history of three years. What is a "landmark square"? It is said that the junction of the two rivers is the starting point of the Yangtze River, so a landmark of the starting point of the Yangtze River should be established here. As we all know, Yibin is the boundary, including more than 3,4 meters of Jinsha River in the upper reaches of Yibin and more than 2,8 meters of Chuanjiang, Yangzijiang and Dajiang in the middle and lower reaches. From this point of view, the Yangtze River landmark can be built anywhere. Of course, in the sense of the original Yangtze River motor boat sailing and convention, the name of "Yangtze River" really started from Yibin. Therefore, it is understandable to build a landmark with similar significance in Yibin. The problem is, it is really inconceivable to abandon the place names that have been around for nearly 4 years just for a political reason. Moreover, in terms of history, culture and pure geography, I believe that "Hejiangmen" and "Landmark Square" have more historical and cultural connotations than "Landmark Square". Of course, the times are forward-looking, and the society is certainly progressing-this naturally includes the change of some place names-but how to keep our historical and cultural traditions and how to preserve some genes of our history and culture should not be regarded as against the weather, especially in the era of materialistic desires.
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