Tuocheng is one of the oldest county towns in Guangdong Province, with a history of about 2200 years. About Tuocheng, there are detailed descriptions in historical books of past dynasties:
(1) History
According to Records of the Historian Zhufuyan Biography, Zhao Tuo was the main general of Qin Jun during Qin Jun's first trip to Vietnam. In 2 18 BC, Qin Jun first entered Lingnan. Tu Youyou's army, the main commander in chief of the Qin Dynasty, was defeated in Xi 'ou area on the western front, and Tu Youyou was killed, "hundreds of thousands of people died". Zhao Tuo's army on the Eastern Front carried out the policy of combining repression with appeasement, which won the support of the Vietnamese people and established a solid foundation in Fujian and Vietnam. In the thirty-third year of Qin Shihuang (2 14 BC), Ren Tao was appointed as the commander-in-chief, supplemented by Zhao Tuo, and Nanping Baiyue was set up in Nanhai, Guilin and Xiang Jun, Ren Tao was appointed as the county magistrate of Nanhai, and Zhao Tuo was appointed as the Longchuan order. Because Zhao Tuo is the East Route Army, the marching route is likely to be from Xijiang to Longjiang, that is, the upper reaches of Dongjiang (now northeast of Longchuan), and it will go down the river until Longchuan Laolong establishes a military camp and builds a tucheng to set up a cure station in Longchuan today. In recent years, the Longchuan County Annals compiled by Taiwan Province Longchuan Travel Scholars contains an article written by Huang Xun, entitled "An Examination of Zhao Tuo Longchuan, King of South Vietnam": "Zhao Tuo led his troops to Laolong to set up a camp roof, commanded the fortification deployment, and then opened Longchuan (Longchuan) to build a city, making the rear dam independent with Longchuan." Today, the remains of the castle at the top of Laolongzhai Mountain are still faintly visible, and it is said that it is the camp of the King of South Vietnam. Longchuan Tuocheng is about 10 km south of Laolongzhai Fort. The city is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with beautiful peaks, Dongjiang in the east and rivers like dragons. Zhao Tuo chose this place to build Tucheng as the county magistrate, which is also understandable. More importantly, Tuocheng is located near the boundary between Dongjiang River and Hanjiang River. The southwest can control the south of Longchuan along Dongjiang River, and the southeast can control the east of Longchuan along Korea, which is of great strategic significance.
Li Jifu, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, wrote in the entry of Heyuan County in Yuanhe County (Volume 34): "The old city of Longchuan is 175 miles in the northeast waterway of the county, and Longchuan County is also in Qin. Commander Qin Nanhai called Longchuan to order Zhao Tuo to give him political power, which is here. " According to the geographical location of Longchuan Tuocheng today, it is in the northeast channel of Heyuan 175, which coincides with what Yuan said. Song's "Taiping Universe Longchuan Entry" (Volume 155) said: "Gan Heng, the original county Guangnan Liu assumed a false name, changed to Longchuan County in six years, and still moved to the county, ancient Zhao Tuo City, with mountains in the west and water in the south. Wuli in the northwest, Longchuan River used to be called, flowing from Anyuan in Ganzhou to the county. " The source of Longchuan River (Dongjiang River) flows from Anyuan County, Jiangxi Province to Longchuan County, the first 1 county in Guangdong Province. Today, Longchuan Tuocheng is connected to Yishan in the northwest and Longchuan River in the south. This coincides with the geographical location mentioned in Taiping Huan Ji.
Wang Xiangzhi's book Ji Sheng in the Ground quoted Weng Shaoxu from Xunyang Zhi: "In the fifteenth year of Shaoxing in Song Dynasty, Han Jing, the county magistrate, moved to the east of the city, Wei's hometown, and took a bite of Taijing." He also said: "Longchuan old town is 30 steps along the state." At that time, Zhou Xun House was located on the right side of today's town government. Heyuan County Records in Yuanhe County Records of Tang Dynasty (Volume 34, page 89) records: "Longxue Mountain is now called Longchuan Mountain, which is 340 miles northeast of Heyuan County." This is the earliest recorded ancient book Longxue Mountain in Longchuan. The location of "Longxue Mountain" painted in Jiajing's Huizhou Mansion Records, Huizhou Mansion Map and Huizhou Mansion General Plan is adjacent to Guangxin Capital and the 11th Capital of Longchuan County. This is also the earliest map with "Longxue Mountain" painted so far. According to the investigation team of Longchuan County's famous cultural city, the comrades personally visited the site and confirmed that there are eight places called "Dragon" near Longchuan Guangxin and Eleventh Capital (northeast of Longchuan, that is, Mabugang and Yanzhan), one of which is called "Cave Flowing Spring", which is very similar to what Yan Shigu and others said. After investigation, it is found that the location of "Cave Flowing Spring" is consistent with that recorded in Homology Record and Huizhou Map. Check Ming Jiajing's Huichuan County Records. Map. "Longchuan Landscape Map" says: "(Tuocheng) is twenty miles west of Liucheng Village and twenty miles southwest of Xia Yun Village." The same book "Huizhou Fuzhi Heyuan County Records Map" says: "The northeast of Heyuan is 150 miles away from Xia Yun Village in Longchuan." According to this, it can be proved that the old city of Zhao Tuo is happy in today's Longchuan Tuocheng.
(2) Cultural relics and historic sites
According to the relevant historical materials verified by Longchuan County Museum, Longchuan County was built in the Qin Dynasty, with limited manpower, material resources and financial resources, and it is a square earthen city. The Qin and Han tombs unearthed in Tuocheng in 2004 were all earth tombs, and there were no brick tombs before Sui and Tang Dynasties. This shows that archaeological excavations are in line with historical facts. After more than 2,000 years of changes, Gulongchuan County no longer exists, but many cultural relics are still well preserved. For example, Yuewangjing, located in Guangxiao Temple in Tuocheng, Longchuan County (on the Wu He side of Mountain Street in Tuocheng), is a well designated by Zhao Tuo, the magistrate of Qin County, and later Zhao Tuo was the King of Nanyue, hence the name "Yuewangjing". In the fifth year of Tang Ganfu (AD 878), it was rebuilt, and Wei Changming, a city sage, made a well note to facilitate stone removal. "Wang Menstruation" says: "Zhao Tuo, the king of South Vietnam, used to make Longchuan, built and ruled in the east of the lake, blocked the mountains and took the river, climbed high to see the scenery all around, but this was the middle, the soil was fertile, the vegetation gradually sprouted, and the rules were established. It is ten miles away from Yishan in the north, five miles away from Wuma Peak in the east, and many miles away from the river in the south, opposite Haizhu Mountain (hence the name). Digging wells in the east of governance, the more wells. " The story of the King of Yue refers to the geographical location of the present-day Longchuan Tuocheng. Jingji added, "Thirty-five generations of Changming ancestors came here from Shaanxi! Reality starts from crossing the well. " Changming is the 1 Jinshi in Zhou Xun. When he was an official in Tang Xizong, he had a bachelor's degree in Imperial Examination and Hanlin, and his scholarship was rigorous. In addition, his ancestors and Zhao Tuo were contemporaries and came from Shaanxi with Zhao Tuo. The story of the old city has been handed down from generation to generation and is credible.
Zhao Tuo's former residence, terraced fields in Zhao Tuo and crossbow camp in Zhao Tuo are in the city, and Ma Jiangang, who was trained by Zhao Tuo, is in the suburbs. This website still exists today.
There are still many historical sites and ancient buildings in Tuocheng, including the ancient city base of Qin Dynasty, Yuewangjing, Zhao Tuo's former residence, Zhengxiang Tower in Tang Dynasty, etc. "Governing from the country" in Song Dynasty; Old sites and ancient buildings such as Chenghuang Temple, Wang Yue Temple, Confucius Temple, Donghe, Xianta Bridge, New Pagoda and Kaobang in Ming and Qing Dynasties.