The county seat of Youxian County was called "Meicheng" in ancient times. Hou Liang moved from Youxian to this site in the Five Dynasties. According to legend, there was a scholar who took the exam at that time. Because I like plum blossoms very much, I asked buddhist nun to bring a bowl of plum blossoms. When he handed over the county, he accidentally broke the plum blossom bowl, and the scholar planted plum blossoms by the river with heartache. A few years later, the scholar became a scholar and became an official in Beijing.
On one occasion, he visited various counties and came to Youxian, and he did not forget to look at this plum tree. This story touched a magistrate, who advocated the residents of the county to plant plum trees. During his administration, the number of plum trees in the county increased gradually. According to historical records, the county towns in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty were all covered with plum trees, and the county administration was nicknamed "Meicheng". In the second year of Qing Qianlong, the county seat was directly called "Meicheng Town".
Youxian tourist attractions
Civilization Tower is located at the top of Yaowan Mountain on the south bank of the river opposite the county seat, which is 1 km away from the urban area. The Year of Bingzi in Wanli of Ming Dynasty (1576) was initiated by Xu, a magistrate of a county. The tower has seven floors and eight directions, with a height of 2 1 m, red stone as the base and blue brick as the body, with a bottom length of 3.58m and an area of 42m2. The stone gate in Qiyang contains the word "tower of civilization", which is neat and powerful.
Civilization Tower is located at the top of Gleditsia sinensis Shuikou on the south bank of Mishui in the western suburb of the county seat, about 5 kilometers away from the county seat. In the Bingzi Year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1576), Xu, a magistrate of a county, advocated the construction, but the Qinggan Long Year (1742) collapsed. The following year, Feng Yundong, the magistrate of a county, asked the gentry to rebuild. The whole tower is made of bluestone, with six sides and five floors, 9.7 meters high and 3.2 meters long at the bottom, covering an area of 35.8 square meters. There are square columns in the tower and holes in the center, so you can climb up.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Youxian County