Today, we can't find these two names on the map, and they are replaced by other names. In thousands of years of Chinese civilization, the development of geography is also very important. The change of place names, the division of regions, the migration of population and the change of environment all have a great influence on geography. So when we see a place name in ancient books, it is often difficult to judge where it is and what it is called now. These can only be inferred from mountains, rivers, historical records and so on.
Here, let's see where Chao Ge and Xiqi, two famous political centers in Shang and Zhou Dynasties, are now. Relatively speaking, Xiqi is relatively easy to judge. Located in Qishan County, Shaanxi Province, there is no objection. The relationship between Zhou people and Western Qi began in the period of Gu Gong's enlightenment.
At that time, the Rongdi tribe often attacked the Zhou tribe, but neither the ancient duke nor his father wanted to confront Rongdi. As a result, the ancient duke left the place where he lived with important people who were closely related to Zhou tribe and moved to the foot of Qishan, the famous Xiqi and Shiji. Zhou Benji records:? (Gu Gong) But he and private people bowed, painted and fell in love, crossed Liangshan and stopped at the gap. ?
What about the Book of Songs? Daya？ Mian recorded in detail the process of Gu Gong leading Zhou people to build a palace in Xiqi. Ancient Qi Huangong settled in Xiqiao, but Zhou people who did not follow him came to Xiqiao one after another. People praised the virtues of ancient dukes, and more and more people surrendered to Zhou tribe. Since then, Xiqiao has become the most important political center of Zhou people.
After the death of Gu Gong, his youngest son Li Ji became the leader of the Zhou tribe. Speaking of Ji Li's succession, there is another interesting story. There are two brothers in Ji Li, Taibo and Yuzhong. The three brothers are almost the same in theory, but their father is expensive and their wife is constant, that is, the famous one in history, also known as Xibochang. The ancient duke said:? When I am a prosperous person on earth, is it a prosperous time? ?
As soon as this sentence came out, Taber and Yuzhong met? Death is like Man Jing, whose tattooed hair is broken, thus making the calendar. ? Then he succeeded to the throne, and later his son often succeeded to Xibochang. Xibochang was a great sage in ancient times, so many tribes went to Xiqiao to go to Xibochang. Over time, Xibochang became a vassal leader, which naturally challenged the authority of the Shang royal family, so Di Xin imprisoned Xibochang.
However, the prison time was not long, and Xiqiao sent a generous gift. Di Xin not only put Xibochang back, but also gave Xibochang a bow and arrow axe, symbolizing the power of conquest. This gave the Zhou people the opportunity to expand their territory, so more and more tribes surrendered to Xishu, and then Xibochang moved to the capital.
Zhou Wenwang in his later years? Cut and worship Hou Zhihu. As a rich city, migrating from the bottom is rich. Next year, Xibo will collapse and the prince will be made king of Wu. ? That is to say, during the Zhou Wuwang period, the political center of the Zhou people had been transferred to Fengyi, which was later called Fengjing with Haojing and belonged to the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, from the beginning of the attack, Xiqi gradually ceased to be the political center of the Zhou people, and its prosperity stopped.
Another bustling capital opposite Xiqi is also quietly dying, that is, singing. Chao Ge was the capital of Di Xin period, and it was also called the capital, but in any case, it was the most important political center of Shang Dynasty in Di Xin period. Before Chao Ge, there were many capitals in Shang Dynasty. According to incomplete statistics, the Shang Dynasty moved its capital at least eight times.
Frequent imagination of moving the capital is closely related to two reasons. One is that in most areas of Shang dynasty, the inheritance system of father's death and son's succession and brother's final reconciliation was implemented, and the chaotic inheritance system would lead to civil strife. After the new emperor ascended the throne, it was a very good choice to move the capital. Another reason is the bad living environment. During the Shang Dynasty, the living environment was quite bad, and some places were no longer suitable for living, so they had to move the capital.
Therefore, we can see that the capital was moved frequently during the Shang Dynasty, and the last time the capital was moved during the Diyi period. Di Yi moved the capital to Mo Yi, and his son Di Xin renamed it Chao Ge. Speaking of which, the name Chao Ge is really nice. Isn't it nice to sing loudly to the rising sun? But unfortunately, such a nice name didn't last.
After Di Xin succeeded to the throne, Chao Ge has been greatly expanded, which is a real prosperity. Di Xin set up deer stands and palaces in them, and collected rare treasures and beautiful wild animals, which made the sky in Chao Ge become uneasy.
Thus, when the four directions were conquered on a large scale, the Zhou people rose quietly and began to threaten the rule of the Shang Dynasty. So, in the end, Zhou people marched into Mu Ye, a suburb of Chao Ge, and started the most important battle of the prince of Wu, namely the battle of Makino. Di Xin was completely defeated in the battle of Makino? Zhou walked into the deer platform, put on Baoyu's clothes, caught fire and died. ? Then Shang destroyed Zhou Xing.
With the change of dynasties, the prosperity of Chao Ge is not what it used to be, and it has been destroyed to some extent. Later, Zhou Wuwang arranged Di Xin's son Wu Geng in Chao Ge, so what? Endless worship? . Of course, in order to prevent Wu Geng from insurrection, Zhou Wuwang also named all the surrounding areas of Chao Ge his younger brother, and Wu Geng was surrounded by younger brothers Guan Shu, Cai Shu and Huo Shu.
However, after Zhou Wuwang's death, young Zhou Chengwang succeeded to the throne, and Zhou Wuwang's younger brother Zhou Gongdan was in charge of state affairs, which caused some people's dissatisfaction. Guan Shu, Cai Shu and others joined forces with Wu Geng Uprising, which is known as the Three Prisons Rebellion, while Zhou Gongdan quickly put down the rebellion and killed Wu Geng, and the adherents of Shang Dynasty split in two, and some of them followed Kang Shu to become patriots.
Historical records? Uncle Weikang's family biography:? In Wu Geng, Yin Yumin named Kang Shu as Wei Jun, living in the old commercial city between Hehe and Qi. ? This commercial city refers to the songs of the ancient capital of Shang Dynasty. The specific address is between the Yellow River and Qishui, which is now the new district of Hebi City, Henan Province (there is also a saying that it is in Qixian County, Hebi City). It was not a long time for Wei to take Chao Ge as its capital, which lasted for the whole Western Zhou Dynasty. However, during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Wei moved its capital several times.
During the Qi Huangong period, Wei Yigong, who was obsessed with cranes, came to power. At that time, Ren Di invaded Wei from the north and died. Wei almost destroyed the country. Later, Mrs. Xu Mu ran for the motherland, and with the help of Qi Huangong, she drove away her office and successfully restored the country. Then she established her capital in Chuqiu, and her singing became history.
Nowadays, the names of Xiqi and Chao Ge have long since ceased to exist, and the ruins have become blurred in the baptism of war and time. We can only get a glimpse of their past glory from Qishan County in Shaanxi Province and Hebi New District in Henan Province.