Xu Jing, the prefect of Shunde Prefecture in the Qing Dynasty, once explained in his "Shunde Prefecture Chronicles" that he majored in: Qingfeng Tower is the symbol of Shunde Prefecture's outstanding people and the place where Xingtai's cultural heritage lies. Its noble land cannot be ignored. Changed. Xu Jingzeng's theory is based on someone who said: The door in the middle of the Qingfeng Tower cannot be blocked. If someone blocks it, it will inevitably lead to the poverty of the people of Xingtai and the depletion of talents in Xingtai; it will also lead to floods in the Yellow River; and the city of Kaifeng will be overwhelmed. Xu Jingzeng has four factual bases.
1. During the Chongfen period (1628-1644), Tang Yizhan, the prefect of Shunde Prefecture, did not believe what he said, so he blocked the door of Qingfeng Tower and left Xiang (Kan Yu) just south of the government office. (People say "leaving the direction is a blessing") A new street called "Phoenix Street" was opened as the way in and out of the house. This move by Magistrate Tang not only resulted in the failure of scholars in Xingtai County in the next thirty years, but also caused the people of Xingtai to fall into disasters such as military disasters in the Ming and Song Dynasties, unpredictable floods and droughts, and the destruction of the country and the family. Especially in the "Guiwei Incident" in the 16th year of Chongxu (1643), the impregnable Xingtai City was defended by the Xingtai officers and soldiers and the people of Xingtai, but it was still captured by the Qing soldiers. Due to the "unyielding death" of General Li Rulong, Zhang Ziqian, Fu Mei, Meng Lubo and other rural sages, "more than 3,000 old and young men died, and more than 700 women died" in Xingtai City, and hundreds of families were killed in the massacre.
2. In the 16th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1659), Guo Chu, the prefect of Shunde Prefecture, accepted the lesson that Tang Yizhan caused misfortune to the people of Xingtai by blocking the gate of Qingfeng Tower through folk collecting, and "reformed it". "Still", that is, the door of Qingfeng Pavilion was reopened, and the officials and servants of the government office and the sedan chair were greeted. Horses will also enter and leave through this gate instead of Phoenix Street. The positive result of Guo Chu's "change from the past" is the comeback of Xingtai talents.
3. In the sixth year of Kangxi (1667), in order to celebrate the return of Xingtai talents, Li Jiayin, the newly appointed prefect of Shunde, specially opened a new east-west passage in the north of Qingfeng Tower, which was called "Liangke Mine", and in the east Liangke archways were built at the intersections of Lijiayin and Xi. Ke Road, and the archway at the intersection of Liang Ke Road was demolished, which once again led to the failure of the imperial examinations of Xingtai scholars.
4. During the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, Tang Yizhan, the prefect of Shunde Prefecture, blocked the gate of the Qingfeng Tower. Another negative consequence was the breach of the Yellow River and the submergence of Kaifeng City. It has been passed down from our ancestors that the location of Shunde Prefecture’s Yamen was originally the site of Zhao Xiangzi’s palace during the Warring States Period (both the prefecture and county annals recorded this), and its northwest original location. It is the ancient Xingtai where Xinghou of the Xing Kingdom worshiped heaven in the Spring and Autumn Period. Its southeast, where Qingfeng Tower is located, was originally a green spring. It was connected to the Dalhuo and Baiquan springs through an underground river. It is not only the cultural context of Xingtai, but also the site of Qingfeng Tower. It is the first of the dragon veins in Xingtai. This green spring is as clear as jade, and there are golden toads and golden-winged carps swimming leisurely in the spring. In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, it took over the world from Chai Zongxun, the youngest son of Chai Rong, Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty. When Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin conquered the Northern Han Dynasty, he stationed in Xingzhou. The Huashan Taoist Miao Guangyi who accompanied him said to him: "Xingzhou has had the aura of an emperor since ancient times, and its source comes from this spring in Xingzhou City. Once the golden eaves in the spring come ashore, they will turn into dragons, and once the golden carps soar into the air, they will turn into phoenixes. "Zhao Kuangyin ordered Guo Jin, who was guarding Xingzhou at that time, to fill in the spring and move a county building on it to suppress it. This county building is now the Qingfeng Tower. It is said that since then, there has never been anything like Chai Rong. Such Xingtai people dominated the world, so when Hongmai of the Southern Song Dynasty passed by Xingtai as an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin and stayed temporarily in Xingtai Station not far from Qingfeng Tower, he could see the emperor's spirit disappearing in ancient Xingtai and write a poem with sadness: