Where is Wu Zetian’s hometown?
Guangyuan, known as Lizhou in ancient times, is the gateway to northern Sichuan. It is the northernmost city in Sichuan and the third largest city in Sichuan. It has a total area of 16,300 square kilometers and a population of 3 million. It is about 320 kilometers away from Chengdu and has Sichuan and Shaanxi. The road is connected to Baocheng Railway.
Guangyuan is the only hometown of Empress Wu Zetian in Chinese history. It is located at the junction of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. It has a subtropical humid climate, and its transportation is also very developed, with both water, land and air. 1. Wu Zetian’s former residence is in Guangyuan, Sichuan. This statement is relatively recognized by the public.
2. Wu Zetian, whose real name was Wu Zhao, was changed to Wu Zhao after becoming emperor. His ancestral home was Bingzhou Wenshui (now Wenshui County, Shanxi Province) in the early Tang Dynasty, and he was a native of Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province (there is the "Guangzheng Stele" (959 AD) of Meng Chang, the Lord of Later Shu, unearthed in 1955 in Huangze Temple in Guangyuan Province, which is the textual research work of Wu Zetian An important basis for being born in Guangyuan). She was born in the first month of the seventh year of Emperor Wude (624) of Tang Dynasty and died in November of the first year of Emperor Zhongzong Shenlong (705). His biological mother was the second wife of a samurai, the daughter of Yang Da, a great gentry from Longyou, prime minister of the Sui Dynasty, and Duke of Suining.
3. Guangyuan is the birthplace of Wu Zetian. There is a Phoenix Tower in Guangyuan that is closely related to Wu Zetian.
It is said that when Wu Zetian was born in the seventh year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (AD 624), a phoenix circled the house once and then flew towards Dongshan. Wu Zetian's father (then the governor of Lizhou) immediately changed the name of Dongshan to Fenghuang Mountain. Wu Zetian was selected by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty as a talent at the age of 14, so the Phoenix Tower only had 14 floors, and the phoenix head looked back to the south, symbolizing Wu Zetian's longing for her hometown. After the death of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty succeeded to the throne, and Wu Zetian was in charge of the government for 42 years. Therefore, the Phoenix Tower is 42 meters high.