The common saying is that the city is brought by trains
Because when Zhengding Station was being built, for fear of affecting feng shui and other reasons, Zhengding Railway Station was built in Shijiazhuang ( Xiumen to be exact), without the establishment of this train station, there would be no Shijiazhuang today
As can be seen from the previous name, it was previously called Shimen. The names of the two villages each have one character (Shijiazhuang-Xiumen), which shows that this place is actually very small, and in the 1990s, the area east of the East Second Ring Road belonged to Zhengding County rather than Shijiazhuang City (neither the suburbs). Therefore, in terms of the real source of Shijiazhuang, it is better to visit Zhengding, which is more valuable for research
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The entire East Second Ring Road of Shijiazhuang is an ancient road, or it can be said that it is a place left after the river bed becomes thirsty. After getting off the road, in ancient times this road was the only way to Beijing from the east side of Taihang, that is, the North-South Road (there were still relics of this road in the 1990s. Because this road is a dirt road, there are many people walking on it, and the soil is covered with dirt. It was circled and blown away. Over time, the road became deeper than the surrounding areas. The last time I saw it, it was a ditch two meters deep and twenty meters wide, but it is gone now). Moreover, Zhongshan Road was the only way from Shanxi to Tianjin in ancient times. Therefore, in terms of geographical location, the development of Shijiazhuang must be inseparable from the flow of traffic. So we know why Zhengding City was a fortress in ancient times.