Interesting Place Names of Villages in Yuanyang County
Every land must have a name. The name is derived from the land, and the land is referred to by the name. Yuanyang County used to be divided into Yuanwu and Yangwu counties. In March 1950, the two counties were merged and named Yuanyang County with the first names of the two counties. Yuanyang currently governs 5 towns and 12 townships, with more than 600 natural villages scattered on both sides of the North Embankment of the Yellow River.
When I was very young, adults asked me to remember which village my home was from, in case I got lost. Therefore, the name of this village is deeply engraved in my memory. As I got older, I learned the names of several surrounding villages. After I started working, I had the opportunity to visit so many villages in the county and learned many legends and stories about these villages.
Yuanyang is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. During the 863 years from the 3rd year of Kaiyun in the Later Jin Dynasty of the Five Dynasties to the 14th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (946-1809), the unruly wild horse of the Yellow River flowed in the original Yang is rampant in this land. Therefore, many place names in Yuanyang have left traces of the changes of the Yellow River. For example, the old course of the Yellow River includes Hedipu, Dong (West) Chuancun, Dong (West) Laohe, etc.; at the bends of the ancient Yellow River, there are Yangwan, Huiwan, etc.; there are hairy beaches, interbanks, etc. on the tidal flats of the Yellow River; The ancient ferry crossings include Ma Tou (Wharf), Xiama Tou, etc.; the Yellow River breach site includes Kouli, He Tou, etc. After the Yellow River rolled through, it left behind vast wastelands and yellow sand. Villages with such geographical features include: Shagang, Shaling, Hushawo, Shagedang, etc. In order to prevent floods, embankments must be built, so there are many village names related to the Yellow River embankment, such as Cigu Di (meaning the Yellow River embankment is strong and magnetically solid), Rencun Di, Ditou, Jia Di, etc. The county has many names related to the Yellow River and the embankment. There are more than 50 village names.
Yuanyang has been full of famous people in history, and some village names are imprinted with the marks of famous people. For example, Zhang Dafu Village is the hometown of Zhang Cang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty and a member of the Li family, Loucaidian is the food gathering place of Lou Shide, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Dazhai is the hometown of Yang Duo, Taizhong doctor of the Ming Dynasty, and Zi Dafu Village is because of the Song Dynasty. At that time, a person with the surname Zi in the village got its name from the imperial censor in the dynasty. Yueshi Village was named after General Liu Kun (also named Yueshi) of the Jin Dynasty stationed his army here. Sangyuan Village was named after the female writer Ban Zhao of the Han Dynasty rested here. Liuhou Village was where Zhang Liang (later named Liuhou) lived here during the late Qin Dynasty before and after he assassinated the Qin Dynasty. Jinma Zhang Village was named after Zhang Jiang, a native of the village, served as the prefect of Wuwei in the Han Dynasty and cast a bronze galloping horse (now a national tourism symbol) Got its name.
Villages are made of trees. There are also many villages in Yuanyang named after trees, gardens and flowers, such as Liuyuan, Zhuliuyuan, Taoyuan, Liyuan, Xingyuan, There are more than 10 villages including Caiyuanzhang and Xinglan.
Historically, Yuanyang was a place where heroes competed for deer and swords clashed. This can be seen from the word "武" in the names of ancient counties and cities. Some villages reflect the military activities at that time, such as: front (back) company camp (the barracks where Song and Liao faced off), front (back) songzhuang (where the Song army fought against the Jin soldiers), Huihui camp (win), etc. .
In the Yellow River beach south of the embankment, there are many villages similar to Liu'an, Mao'an, Wangwu and Maowu. We can easily think that in one or two hundred years In ancient times, the people who reclaimed the wasteland here pulled some thatch and folded a few branches to build thatched huts and huts to protect them from the wind and cold. According to statistics, there are 11 villages with nunnery as their common name, and 20 with house as their common name. In addition, there are 19 villages named after the "factory" of the wheat field (the field was later incorrectly written as factory). Places where people thrive must have well water, so there are many wells named after "wells", such as Shuangjing, Majing, Niujing, etc.
Some villages are named after the occupations engaged in by the villagers, such as distilleries (making wine), pottery houses (kilns), Indigo Chi Ge (using ponds to soak indigo, For dyeing cloth), Baopu (pawn), Youfangtun (pressing oil), Buffalo Zhao (raising buffalo), Gizhang (making grates), Ma Tiezhuang (forging iron), Biandang Wang (using a pole to pick alkali and sell it), etc. Some are named after the founders of the villages, such as nearly 20 villages such as Zhang Shourenzhuang, Li Yuechang, Zhanglanzhuang, Zhao Meowu, Zhenggao, Xuepengzhuang, and Qiaolianshanzhuang.
There are also villages with touching myths or historical stories, such as Zhanggu Village. "Zhang Gu Tomb List" records: "So, he returned from his official career and buried his relatives in Zhanggu Village, Dezheng Township, the former military camp. It was predicted that it would be a certain day in November of the fifth year of Emperor You's reign. Four days before the funeral, Jun He also died and was buried in his original soil on a certain day.
"Another example is Xiangshizhuang, formerly known as Shizhuang. It was the hometown of Shiyan, the number one scholar in the Huizong period of the Northern Song Dynasty. Before Shiyan was born, his mother had never given birth. She felt deeply guilty and gave her husband a sum of money to persuade her to go to Chengdu, Sichuan. Concubine. After his father arrived in Chengdu, one day he saw a filial woman kneeling on the roadside, begging for money from passers-by. When his father asked about it, he learned that the woman's father had died. She had no choice but to beg along the road because her family was poor and she had no money to bury her father. When his father heard this, he was deeply moved by the woman's filial piety, so he gave the woman all the money he had brought and returned home empty-handed. Not long after he came back, his mother became pregnant with Shi Yan. When Shi Yan was born, the whole village was filled with fragrance. The name was then changed to Zhang Ju's village. Legend has it that during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Ju secretly drank water from Zhou Cang. In the sixth year of the Republic of China, the Yang family in Xiaoyangwu moved here to settle down due to the collapse of the bank. In their free time, they asked a fortune teller for the name of the village. The fortune teller said: "Your surname is Yang, and the sheep will be fed by grass. "So it was named Yangcaopo. Jiulongquan. According to legend, nine snakes were dug out when digging a well in the village. The snakes were dragons and the incoming water was a spring. Therefore, the village was named Jiulongquan for good luck. The origin of the name of Dabin Village is even more rumored. It is a good story. In the early Ming Dynasty, a family moved here from Hongdong County, Shanxi Province. A few years later, a scholar friend came to visit. The man was not at home, so his wife entertained him. Because the family was poor, she put the empty wine bottle on the table. Go up, ask your friend to sit down, go out and cut your hair, and exchange wine to entertain your friends. The friend was greatly moved, and left a parting message: "The empty pot is for old friends, and the hair is for guests and friends." "The village got its name "Taibin", which later evolved into "Dabin". Shuangjing, before the Qing Dynasty, at the crossroads of the village, there were two wells, one foot apart, connected underground. If something fell from this well, it could be recovered from the other well. It was fished out of a well, so it was named Shuangjing. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou was chased by Jin soldiers and blocked by a river. At a critical moment, a tall horse ran out of the grass nearby and Zhao Gou crossed the river. When he arrived at the Guandi Temple in a village, he saw a mud horse with water dripping from its body. Zhao Gou couldn't help but said: "The mud horse is covered in water, how can it not collapse?" "After saying this, the mud horse collapsed to the ground. The village was named Madanpu. Banzhuang, during the Song Dynasty, the King of Korea invaded the Song Dynasty with the Jin Kingdom. He died here and built a temple to offer sacrifices. The Korean who stayed here to guard was named Banzhuang. Later, a village was formed here, named after Yanli. Legend has it that in ancient times, a pair of geese flew over the village, and one of them was injured by a hunter. A man named Li took it back and fed it. Two wild geese fell in love together and died without eating. From then on, the village was named Yanli. During the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty, a village named Cao was built here and named Caogang. In Maying, two bronze Buddhas, one large and one small, were washed out by the river and were enshrined in the village temple. Later, the bronze Buddha was stolen. The villagers asked stonemasons to carve two stone Buddhas in the shape of the bronze Buddha and placed them in two villages respectively. , hence the name. Some villages have changed their names, which is quite interesting. For example, Fangguan Village was originally named Lijiatun. Because villagers often had conflicts over land and borders, a man named Li Fan in this village was fair and good at solving disputes among the villagers. Then he asked him to judge and called him Judge. Later, the name of the village was also changed to Judge Village. The original name of Gugu Temple was Guozhuang. Later, the surname Zhu moved in. Because 18 people died in one year, superstitious people believed that the name of the village did not match the surname Zhu. The pig died after being boiled in a pot), so Hezhuang was originally named Hezhuang. Because it was often flooded by rivers, he thought the word "river" was unlucky, so he changed his name to Fanzhai, and later changed his name to Liu. When the family declined and the Fan family became more powerful, it was renamed Fanjiazhai and later evolved into Fanzhai. Dahu Village in Zhulou Township was named Pomegranate Garden because of the many pomegranate trees planted in ancient times. Later, the emperor's aunt passed by this place and stopped. Watching pomegranate flowers in the chariot. A man named Hu Cunzhen in the village was reckless and peeked at the emperor's aunt in front of the chariot. Later, he was afraid of being accused by the royal family, so he changed the name of the village to Dahu Village. The change of the name of the village was also related to the emperor's aunt. In the beginning, the village was named Fuzhuang. Huanggu passed by this village to rest while traveling south. People were proud of it, so they changed the name of the village to Huangfuzhuang. Over time, it evolved into Fuzhuang. According to legend, it was called Maogou. The gnashers moved here from Dabinyueshi and named the village Maogou gnanzhuang. Later, when his five sons became rich and built buildings, they felt that the name of the village was inelegant and was renamed Maozhai. Village is the hometown of Wan Qixi, a traitor of the Southern Song Dynasty. The villagers hated Wan Qixi for framed Yue Fei, so they changed the name of the village. Get to know many brothers. When you call out his name, he will give you a warm hug.