Where does Jinling in a Dream of Red Mansions refer to now?

Jinling is the most elegant and oldest official name of Nanjing, which has been used ever since. Its origin is generally considered to be named after Zhongshan in Nanjing, and it was called Jinling Mountain in the Spring and Autumn Period. In 333 BC, after Chu Weiwang was destroyed, a city was built on the present Liang Qingshan. Because the Purple Mountain was called Jinling Mountain at that time, and the rest of the mountains didn't have their own names, Chu Yi was built on Liang Qingshan, which was a part of Jinling Mountain at that time, so the city was named Jinling City.

It is clearly recorded in Records of Tang Jiankang that Chu Weiwang was named Jinling City because of the mountain, that is, the name of the city was named after the mountain. Because the Yangtze River is still downstream at the west foot of Liang Qingshan, and Jinling City controls the Huaihe River, the situation is very dangerous, so Chu Weiwang chose Jinling City here, hoping to plot the world with the natural barrier of the Yangtze River. Jinlingyi is the second ancient city in Nanjing history after Yuecheng. From the perspective of urban structure, it looks like a small castle; However, in nature, it is completely different from Yuecheng. It is a city occupied by an administrative district, marking the beginning of the establishment of administrative divisions in Nanjing, and Nanjing began to be called Jinling.

There is another saying about the source of Jinling, that is, the theory of burying gold. According to legend, Jinling was named because Qin Shihuang buried gold in Jinling Gang, Longwan, north of the city, in order to make the town royal. "Ding Jing Jiankangzhi" records: "Father said that Qin (the first emperor) hated the southeast king, and the gold-casting people were buried here." He also said that a monument had been erected in Jinling Hill where Qin Shihuang buried gold, which read: "Not in front of the mountain, not behind the mountain, not in the south of the mountain, not in the north of the mountain, someone has it, and the country is rich and strong." It is also said that Qin Shihuang did not really bury gold, but pretended to bury gold in the mountains. In this way, the people looking for gold "cut all over the mountain, and the gold was not obtained, and the gas of the mountain was vented." This is Qin Shihuang's plan to drive people to cut mountains and destroy Wang Qi's geomantic omen.

Besides, Chu Weiwang buried gold. It is said that Chu Weiwang thought Nanjing was the "king" at that time, so he ordered his men to bury gold in the river north of Lion Mountain (formerly known as Longwan). "Ding Jing Jiankangzhi" records: "In the thirty-sixth year of King Xian of Zhou (333 BC), Chu Zixiong defeated Yue in business and took Wu. Because this place has a royal atmosphere, it is named Jinling because of its gold burial. " As for the source of Jinling, there is another saying that Nanjing is connected with Jintan, and its mountains produce gold, hence the name.