The history of Lingzhou

Lingzhou, formerly known as Lingzhou, was founded in the fourth year of Huidi in the Western Han Dynasty (formerly 19 1). Hanshu records: "Lingzhou was founded in the fourth year of Huidi (BC 19 1). There is a strange garden in the river, and the number is not garden. Shigu said,' This garden is called Mother Horse. You can live in Yuezhou in the water. This place is in Hezhou. It can compete with water and never lose, so it is called Lingzhou. "Also called the river monster. Both the gardens are in the north. Lingzhou is one of the 19 counties under the jurisdiction of Beidi County in the Western Han Dynasty. Accordingly, since its establishment, Lingzhou has a long history of 2203 years (BC 19 1- 20 BC12).

The Records of Counties and Countries in the Later Han Dynasty recorded that Beidi County was the "Lingzhou", which was one of the six counties under the jurisdiction of Beidi County in the Eastern Han Dynasty, indicating that the "Lingzhou" was changed to "Lingzhou" in the Eastern Han Dynasty. (Written by Ban Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty: The Book of the First Han Dynasty: Volume 28 Geography Volume 8 Beidi County of Lingzhou; "North County". Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House,198665438+February, p. 1 15. Ye Fan Song: The History of the Later Han Dynasty: Volume 33 County Records, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 1986, 12, p. 76. )

Right: Bai Shuli, a professor in the history department of Ningxia University, wrote: monograph on Lingzhou history research: the cover of the book "Walking into Lingzhou". The author of this series commemorates the 2200th anniversary of the founding of Lingzhou (BC 19 1-2009), which was published by China Culture Publishing House in February 2009.

Around 2003, hundreds of Tang tombs were discovered in Wuzhong, Ningxia. One of them unearthed the epitaph of Mrs. Lu in Dongping County, an ancient place in the Tang Dynasty. The epitaph records that Mrs. Lu was buried in Dongyuan County, which is the seat of Lingzhou and the same city as Lingzhou. Archaeologists confirmed that the epitaph of Mrs. Lu was found at the Fucheng site in Wuzhong, Ningxia. Today, there is an ancient city in Wuzhong, namely Guling House. Wuzhong also has village relics such as Waqu, Zaoyuan and Banqiao, which were built by the Ming government for the survivors of Guling House. There is also the ruins of Lingzhou Ancient City in Ming Dynasty near Xinxiang Garden in lingwu city today. But the history of Lingzhou continues in Xinlingzhou, namely Lingwu City. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Xinling Prefecture was the largest city in the south of Yinchuan. Lingwu (Xinlingzhou) was founded in the Ming Dynasty, which continued the history of Lingzhou over two thousand years ago. Wuzhong and Lingwu are both successors of Guling.