Shen County
has a profound historical and cultural heritage. As early as the Neolithic Age, clans and tribes already existed in the territory. Today's Guancheng area was once the capital of the Xia Dynasty. The three dynasties of Tang and Yu belonged to the territory of Yanzhou. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States, Xindi belonged to Wei, Wei, and Qi successively; the Qin Dynasty established Yangping County (later Shen County) and belonged to Dongjun; in the Han Dynasty, Yangping and Dongwuyang (later Three counties (Chaocheng County) and Panguan (later Guancheng County) coexisted; in 221 BC, Qin annexed the six countries and divided them into 36 counties. At that time, it belonged to Dongjun, and Yangping County was first established. Later Qi changed it to Leping County. Xinting County was established in the later Zhou Dynasty. In 586 (the sixth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty), it was renamed Yangping County. In 588, it was renamed Qingyi. In 606 AD (the second year of Sui Dynasty), it was first called Shen County. In the Song Dynasty, it belonged to Damingfu on Hebei East Road and Dongchang Road in the south of Zhongshu Province. In the Ming Dynasty, it belonged to Dongchang Prefecture. In the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Dongchang Mansion, the Chief Secretary of Shandong Province. In the early years of the Republic of China, Donglindao belonged to Shandong Province. It was a state, a county, and a county. The place name was changed and restored. The affiliation was changed. In 1928, it was directly under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province. On August 1, 1944, the entire Shen County was liberated. From 1949 to 1952, it belonged to the Liaocheng area of ??Pingyuan Province. At the end of 1958, the organizational structure of Shen County was abolished, and the territory was assigned to Fan County and Guan County. On July 1, 1961, Shenxian County was restored. After 1964, all Fan County lands north of Jindi were placed under Shen County.
According to textual research, Shen County is a site of the Longshan Culture. In the late Neolithic Age, a primitive society more than 4,000 years ago, from the geographical location of our county, it is located on the old course of the Yellow River, because grass follows the water. Since ancient times, people have lived on grass. Ancient humans have developed this fertile soil and formed settlements one after another. This gave birth to the place names of Shen County, and it was not until language and writing came into being that place names were produced and recorded. It can be seen that the history of Shen County has a long history.
According to "Minutes of Fang Yu", in the thirty-sixth year of Qin Shihuang's victory (in 221 BC), he annexed the six countries, dismissed the princes and placed them in defense, and divided the world into thirty-six counties, including Shen County. Belongs to Dongjun, when it was Yangping County. It was renamed several times in 2226 years ago. It was Yangping County in the Qin Dynasty, Leping County in the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Northern Qi Dynasty. It was renamed Xinting County in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Yangping was restored in the Sui Dynasty and was once changed to Qingyi. , and later changed its name to Shen County, which is still in use today.
Judging from the place name information in Shen County, there are 15 place names that have been formed as early as the Warring States Period and have been passed down to this day, such as Maling, Daokou, etc. Most of these place names are based on the features of the landforms and landforms. As time goes by, it is generally not easy to attack. The reason why they can attack is because major historical events have happened to them. In the case of Malingdao, Sun Yan, a well-known Qi military advisor during the Warring States Period, was forced to kill. The place where Wei general Pang Juan died.
There are about 300 place names formed from the Qin to the Yuan Dynasty. After the Qin Dynasty unified the country, the basic administrative units had townships, li, and pavilions with names such as Luli and Wangting. In the Han Dynasty, landlords built manor houses in Daxing and built walls around the villages to call them villages for defense, such as Dawang Village, Baizhai, etc. These names constitute the common names of many places in our county. During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei occupied the Central Plains, and Cao Cao established large-scale farming operations here, hence the names Zhangtun and Datun. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Buddhism was prevalent and there were many temples. The resulting place names include Relic Temple, Guancheng, etc. In the Song Dynasty, wars were frequent and the people were in dire straits, so the name of the village was reduced but not increased. In the Yuan Dynasty, in order to strengthen communication, inns were set up on major traffic thoroughfares, and one shop was set up every ten miles, such as Shilipu, Wangpu, etc., hence their names.
The Ming and Qing dynasties were a period when the population, villages, and place names of Shen County increased dramatically. More than a thousand place names were produced and used. The main reasons are: 1. A large number of people migrated from Shanxi in the early Ming Dynasty. People have built many villages here. These place names have no characteristics. They are mainly named after villages or villages. 2. During the Qing Dynasty, wars subsided, land reclamation was extensive, and a large number of new settlements were born. One village was often divided into two villages or multiple villages. These place names were more common, and most of them were named after their original names. For example, Qianzhuozhuang moved out of the original Zhuozhuang (now called Houzhuozhuang) to establish a village, and the ancient city of Dayanzhuang moved out of Beiyanzhuang to establish a village.
The territory belongs to the subsidence zone east of the uplift of the Taihang Mountains and the alluvial plain of the lower reaches of the Yellow River. The terrain slopes from southwest to northeast, with a natural drop of 1/6,000.
The natural landform consists of alternating slopes and depressions, slightly undulating, with distinct textures of sand, soil and clay. The loam area is large and the soil layer is deep. The territory belongs to the warm temperate monsoon climate zone, with four distinct seasons, abundant sunlight, and rainfall in the same season. Tuhai River and Jinxian River originate from the south and run through most of the county to the north; Jindi River flows through the southern end of the county; Majia River and Hongyan Canal pass diagonally through from the northwest; Zhongzi Temple, Fanxin, Daokou, etc. Artificial main canals run through the entire territory from the east, middle and west, and the rivers and canals are intertwined, forming the county's drainage and irrigation system. The superior natural conditions are extremely conducive to the survival and reproduction of humans, animals and plants. Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, despite repeated famines and wars, the people still work hard and stick to this hot land rich in "five grains" and "six livestock". The wheat, water chestnuts, peppers, Luxi cattle, etc. produced, or paid tribute In the capital, it may be sold to other places and enjoy a great reputation. According to the analysis of 1159 natural villages in the county,
(1) There are 553 place names with surnames such as village and village, such as Zhangzhuang, Lizhuang, etc.
(2) There are 233 items named after landforms, such as valleys, flowing water holes, etc.;
(3) There are 172 items named after anecdotes, such as Chechuankou, Malao Village, etc.; Malao Village is where a man once drank from a well and his horse accidentally fell into the well. The horse stood by the well and pulled the reins in and dragged the man out. People called the village Ma Lao Village.
(4) There are 107 items named after historical sites, figures, surnames, cemeteries, and former residences, such as Li Daren Village, Prince Zhang Village, etc.
(5) There are 13 items named after people. They are famous because of their high official status or superb art, such as Li Mingyang, Wang Shunyan, etc.
(6) There are 78 items named after other names with different naming characteristics. In short, the place names of residential areas in the county clearly reveal the topographic characteristics of the territory and vividly display the geographical landscape culture of the old course of the Yellow River in Shenxian County.
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Source: Historical Records of Shen County Place Names (3) Shen County (1) Yangping (1)