Why is Qingyuan called Fengcheng?

Qingyuan is also called Fengcheng, because the map of Qingyuan is like a phoenix. The name of Fengcheng also comes from a legend: on a tall plane tree near Qingyuan Workers' Cultural Palace, there lived a nest of phoenixes, and under the tree lived a young man named Zhang Yi, who made a living by rowing. One year, there was a flood in Beijiang River. As the saying goes, "Nanxiong falls into the water and scatters wet stones. He went to Shaoguan and gained three feet. He poured half of England and Germany and immersed himself in Qingyuan. " It can be seen that the flood was fierce and Qingcheng was flooded at once. Zhang Yi supported the boat to save people everywhere and saved them under the buttonwood tree. When he heard the call of the Phoenix, he found that the water level was almost submerged at the top of the tree, and the Phoenix went out to look for food. When the phoenix's wings were not long enough, when the water flooded the buttonwood tree, Zhang Yi quickly swam to the center of the tree and picked up the phoenix in the nest, but Zhang Yi's feet were entangled in the parasitic vines of the tree and could not get away, so she had to put the phoenix in the boat. Seeing this touching scene, I think people are willing to lay down their lives to save the phoenix, and they should also fulfill the wishes of young people to save lives. They landed on the water and let the drowning man step on its back to escape. Finally, due to exhaustion of physical strength, it was sacrificed to become two streets in Qingyuan, so Qingyuan looked like a phoenix, and the place where the phoenix was sacrificed was called Li Qifeng, so Qingcheng was named Fengcheng.

There is also a saying in modern times that Qingyuan is famous for Qingyuan chicken, which is also called Phoenix, so it is called Fengcheng.