Why is Nanchang called Hongcheng?

Nanchang, an ancient city in the south of the Yangtze River with a long history of more than 2,200 years, is located in the lower reaches of the Ganjiang River on the south bank of the Yangtze River. The vast and fertile land is the earliest birthplace of Ganjiang civilization. Brilliant for thousands of years, it was born here. But the history of human activities in Nanchang can be traced back to about 200,000 years ago.

According to legend, the Yellow Emperor's Chen Lehong Cliff House came to Nanchang Xishan to drill wells and cultivate his temperament. Hongya Well became a popular resort for a while. Nanchang is also called "Hongzhou" and "Hongdu".

In 22 1 year BC, after Qin Shihuang unified the whole country, it was divided into 36 counties, and the whole territory of Jiangxi was under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang County. In 206 BC, Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, known as the Western Han Dynasty in history. In 202 BC, Liu Bangling ordered Guan Ying, the imperial historian, to lead the troops to "cross the river and set up a county" and enter Nanchang. The following year, the official camp officially established Zhang Yu County, which became the general name of ancient Jiangxi.

Wang Tengting Pavilion in the early Tang Dynasty was magnificent and beautifully structured. On the stairs, the beautiful scenery of "the sunset is lonely in Qi Fei, and the autumn water is in the sky" is refreshing. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Nanchang had developed waterways and prosperous commerce. Outside Zhangjiang Gate and under Wang Tengting Pavilion, merchant ships come and go day and night. Wei Zhuang, a poet, has a poem to prove it: Nanchang city corridor is filled with smoke and water is floating in the sky. The grass is green to cover the fairy and the sunset is red to line the beautiful boat.

Nanchang City once entered its heyday in Ming Dynasty. There is a saying among the people in Nanchang: Kyushu has seven gates and eighteen slopes, and three lakes and nine Tianjin connect Jiangxi. This is the grand occasion of Nanchang City at that time. According to historical records, in the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang visited Nanchang and ordered the governor to rebuild Nanchang City. The number of gates in Nanchang was reduced from twelve to seven, but the city's defense was more consolidated. The seven rebuilt Nanchang gates are: Zhangjiang Gate (now the junction of Zhangjiang West Road and Rongmen Road), Huimin Gate (now the junction of Chuanshang Road and Nanpu Road), Guangrun Gate (now the intersection of Chuanshan Road, Pan Qi Street and Zhichong Lane), Jinxianmen (now the intersection of Yongshu Road and Ximazhuang Road), Shunhua Gate (now the intersection of Bayi Avenue and Ruzi Road) and Yonghe Gate (now).

Thousands of years of love affair still gave birth to many outstanding talents in Nanchang: Xu Ruzi, a senior in Zhou Nan, Deng Wan, a famous minister in the Southern Dynasties, Huang Tingjian, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty, Wei Liangfu, a dramatist in the Ming Dynasty, Shu Fen, a traveler in the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Dayuan, a wise man Wei Liangbi, Zhu Da, a maverick painter in the Eight Mountains, Cheng Maojun and Mei, a great jurist.

Since 2000, Nanchang has been the center of Jiangxi culture, where talents from all over Jiangxi blend and create, and from here to the whole country, it has achieved brilliant Jiangxi culture since the Song Dynasty: Xu Zhimo's "Bed of Chen Fan" has a beautiful story, Huang Tingjian's "Dream Pillow Hongdu" started Jiangxi poetry school, and Tang Xianzu lived in Baihuazhou for four dreams in Linchuan, and the society gathered talents and lakes in Jiangxi.