Why do you like Nanjing?
Legend has it that Mr. Feng Shui said that Nanjing had a kingly way, so Chu Weiwang buried gold and suppressed (or eliminated) the kingly way. Establish Jinling City here. This legend was first recorded in the Northern Song Dynasty's Taiping Universe: "In the past, Chu Weiwang saw that there was a royal spirit here, and because it was buried in gold, it was called Jinling." Since then, there have been similar records of supernatural beings in the Southern Song Dynasty and the Six Dynasties, which is also the earliest origin of Jinling.
Later legends were related to our first emperor Qin Shihuang. Legend has it that Qin Shihuang unified the six countries. After his southern tour, he went to the border of Nanjing. Two alchemists said to Qin Shihuang worriedly, "Jinling is a steep and majestic terrain, but it is the terrain of Long Mai. If you don't take countermeasures, there will be a son of heaven in five hundred years! "
Qin Shihuang was frightened to disgrace. He thought he was the first emperor, and his descendants would always be the emperors of the world. How can he tolerate the appearance of other emperors in Jinling? So I quickly asked for countermeasures. Cut off Fangshan Mountain, lead Qinhuai River into the city, let the king's anger go, and change Jinling into Moling (the place where horses were raised and fed in ancient times). Now Fangshan Mountain in Nanjing is also called Fangyin Mountain. The top of the mountain is flat, as if it had been artificially cut off. The Inner Qinhuai River, which flows into Nanjing, was indeed introduced artificially later.
Of course, Chu Weiwang buried gold and Qin Shihuang died of dragon's breath, all of which are legends passed down from mouth to mouth. Now people can't prove the truth, but it does add many different cultural renderings to the city of Nanjing. When I arrived in the Three Kingdoms, the saying that Nanjing has the flavor of a king reached a climax, which is Zhuge Liang's sentence: the dragon is in the middle of the mountain and the stone is around the tiger. It is really the home of the emperor. In this sentence, Sun Quan's statement that he moved the capital to Nanjing and Nanjing City reached its climax, which has influenced it to this day!
It can be said that Nanjing is really special at this point!
After that, I'm talking about some other features. Nanjing is the only capital among the four ancient capitals in China that has not been ruled by foreigners, and it is a place where the Han people are revived. After the Jin people moved south, the Northern and Southern Dynasties were opposed for more than 300 years, and the dynasties changed frequently, but the Southern Dynasties were China orthodoxy. There is no doubt about it. The expulsion of Mongolia established another unified dynasty of the Han people-the Ming Dynasty, including the establishment of the Republic of China after the Qing Dynasty.
It is said that the regime of Nanjing, with its capital, is short-lived, but how many dynasties have unified China's long history? Only a few. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the whole history of China was chaotic, that is, there were more short-lived capitals in Luoyang and Xi 'an than in Nanjing. The history of Jiankang Prefecture as the capital of Southern Song Dynasty is longer than that of Lin 'an Prefecture as the provincial capital. Nanjing did not count the history of 100 years as the capital.
The capital system of Ming Dynasty is the most special existence in China's dynasties. Nanjing has retained six complete departments and administrative agencies. Nanjing in the middle and late Ming Dynasty was left as the capital, not as the capital. Of course, the son of heaven works in Beijing, and Beijing is naturally respected. However, there is no doubt about the system of the two capitals in the Ming Dynasty, but now people will not do this when calculating these things, and there is no need to argue about Nanjing. Like Luoyang and Xi 'an, should it be counted as a quarrel in the history of capital construction?
The most glorious moment of the Ming Dynasty was almost completed in Nanjing. The overthrow of Mongolian rule, the compilation of Yongle Grand Ceremony, Zheng He's voyage to the West, the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages, the construction of the Ming Tombs, and the 600-year-old royal tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties opened the way for this kind of tomb to be built on the top of a treasure city. After the reunification of the Qin Dynasty, after two dynasties, in a short time, can you deny the history of Qin Shihuang and the Qin Dynasty?
The Sui Dynasty was destroyed by Li Tang only a few years after its establishment. Can you deny the contribution of this dynasty? On the contrary, learn more about the history of the Lower Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Six Dynasties, and inherit the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty. The historical position of the famous Little Spring and Autumn Period cannot be erased in a short life!
Having said that, I just want to say that I think Nanjing is indeed a very special city in China. It is the only capital city in the era of unification in southern China. After all, the history of China is based on China and the Central Plains. There must be a reason why a southern water town can become the capital again and again.
Today, Nanjing is still a perfect combination of mountains, rivers and forests. The trees on the road cover the sky, and the pulse of cities in various dynasties is clearly visible. Purple Mountain is still from the East, and Nanjing is still full of culture. Every dynasty, every generation, everyone and every city will have its special mission, accept it and live in peace for a long time.
? During the heyday of Sui and Tang Dynasties, Nanjing was in ruins, but after nirvana, it still could not stop its glory. What about Yecheng in the same period? Seize the day, in the long run, to tell the truth, at this point, Nanjing has already burst into laughter!
Why do you like Nanjing?