This is the Feng Shui in Wuhan. The intersection of the Yangtze River and Hanshui River washed out the fertile fields in Jianghan Plain and became the cornerstone of the prosperity of Chu State.
Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang are like three wild animals, sitting on the river bank watching The River of No Return.
Who is the boss in the three towns?
The first to rise is the boss Wuchang.
Why? Because Wuchang was born in the noblest place and used to be the imperial city. Yes, you are not mistaken. It is indeed the imperial city.
The Han Dynasty was the fief of Hou Fankuai, a fierce dog butcher in Wuyang. With its geographical location, it has gradually developed into a major commercial city. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Sun Wu occupied Wuchang, and the last emperor Sun Hao moved Wu's capital from Jianye (Nanjing) to Wuchang.
As a result, the residents of the old imperial capital did not buy it, and they made rumors one after another: "I would rather drink Jianye water than eat Wuchang fish; It is better to die in Jianye, not just Wuchang. "
After the Wu Shu of the Three Kingdoms was recorded, the literati also wrote: "The land of Wuchang is real and dangerous. If it is not the place where the king is safe and supports the people, the ship will sink and the mausoleum will be in serious danger. "
In fact, these are all alarmist.
Wuchang also rose first because of its political and military status. The situation in Wuchang is steep, easy to defend but difficult to attack. If Wu continues to insist on Wuchang as its capital, I am afraid it will not be so easy to perish.
Because of this history, "don't eat Wuchang fish" is famous all over the world as a kind of moral integrity, but Wuchang fish's reputation has also spread. "Wuchang County Records" contains: "The water is swirling, the deep pool is bottomless, and fishermen catch it just for delicious food." This kind of fish likes swimming against the current, so its meat is delicious.
The second rising is the second brother Hanyang.
"Hanyang has a clear tree and a nest of herbs in Parrot Island", a well-known Tang poem, tells the story of Hanyang.
The rise of Hanyang was also in the Tang Dynasty. With the reunification of North and South, the trade between Jiangnan and Sichuan is getting closer and closer. Hanyang has gradually surpassed Wuchang in economy because of its port status of "on the right bank of the river with ships and officials".
Li Bai's "For Jiang Taishou", "Wan Ren came here and sailed over Yangzhou", and countless merchant ships passed through here and went east to Yangzhou. Luo Yin's "Remembering Xiakou" said: "There are many inns at the gate of Hanyang." It promoted the prosperity of Hanyang's commerce and trade.
In the Song Dynasty, Lu You started from Hangzhou, went up the Yangtze River, went to Chengdu and passed Hanyang. He recorded that "the wealth in the city is complicated in appearance, and the south city outside the city is also counted." Although Qiantang and Jiankang can't pass, they are cosmopolitan "(entering Shu), which is said to be more prosperous than Hangzhou and Nanjing, the capitals of the Song Dynasty. This is not just the concept of a first-tier city, but the first city in the Song Dynasty.
Until the Yuan Dynasty, Hanyang was still the leader of the three towns in Wuhan, and Yu Que's "Deng Taiping Temple" in the Yuan Dynasty still called "Jia Ke sailed out of Hanyang".
The third rising is the younger brother Hankou!
Hankou has waited too long!
A flood in the Ming Dynasty made Hankou counterattack.
In the Ming Dynasty, "Huguang Tongzhi" recorded: "At the beginning of Chenghua, the Hanshui River suddenly passed through the dredging port and Shikou, about ten miles long. Since then, the Hanshui River has been silted up. "
During the Chenghua period, the Hanshui River suddenly changed course and merged into the Yangtze River from Hankou, and the old river channel was blocked. So Hankou naturally became a nouveau riche.
Since then, Hankou has been bordered by the Yangtze River in the east, wuyue in the south of the Yangtze River in the east and Hanshui River in the south. It can enter Dongting and Xiaoxiang in the south, travel westward, enter Shu through the Three Gorges, and reach the Central Plains in the north, making it the largest water transport hub in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
Hankou was also among the first-tier cities in the Ming Dynasty, and Hankou people even thought they were the best in the world. "Getting married in today's world. Fuhan Town is not a metropolis or a county, but it has a population of tens of miles, thousands of households, dozens of shops and tens of millions of ships, and all the famous towns in Kyushu have concessions. " (Hanyang County Records)
It means that Hankou is neither the capital nor a grand event, but the economy is the first, and all major cities in the country are not as developed as we are.
Is this the spicy taste of Hankou duck neck?
It is said that until the Qing Dynasty, foreign businessmen still called Hankou "Chicago of the East".
This is the history of three towns in Wuhan. One after another, for thousands of years.
In Reading the City, Mr. Yi Zhongtian commented: "Wuhan people belong to east, west, north and south, regardless of their physique or personality. They are taller than southerners, smaller than northerners, braver than Chengdu people, bolder than Shanghainese, more capable of being an official than Cantonese people, doing business better than Shandong people, writing better than Hebei people, and fighting better than Jiangsu and Zhejiang people. In short, you can be literate and martial, and you can do business. "
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