1. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Anqing was the seat of the ancient Anhui state, and the abbreviation of Anhui Province as "Wan" came from this. In the 17th year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1147), the Shuzhou Deqing Army was renamed Shuzhou Anqing Army, and "Anqing" got its name from then on. Anqing City was founded in 1217 AD and has a history of nearly 800 years. The poet Guo Pu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty once called this place "Yicheng", so Anqing is also known as "Yicheng".
2. Anqing Zhenfeng Tower was built to revitalize Anqing’s literary style. Before the Ming Dynasty, Anqing had no champion, and its writing style was in decline. After studying the topography of Anqing, some astrologers believed that the rivers in Anqing were surging and it was difficult for literary talent to take root here. Towers had to be built to prevent literary talent from flowing eastward.
Although this statement is absurd, after the Zhenfeng Tower was built in Anqing, the literary style in Anqing has indeed prospered, and talented people have emerged in large numbers. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, not only the great thinker Fang Yizhi, but also the father and son prime ministers Zhang Ying and Zhang Tingyu , Zhao Wenkai, the top scholar, and Deng Shiru, a master of calligraphy, etc. There are countless literati and writers. Tongcheng School is a prose school with literati from Tongcheng as its founder and main writer.
3. According to historical records, many plaques were given to Yingjiang Temple in history. Mingguangzong gave the plaque "Protecting the Country Yongchang Zen Temple", Emperor Qianlong gave the plaque "The Roar of the Good Lion", and the Empress Dowager Cixi The plaque of "Miaoming Garden" was given by Emperor Guangxu, and the plaque of "Yingjiang Temple" was given by Emperor Guangxu. It is in the plaque "Yingjiang Temple" given by Emperor Guangxu that the word "Temple" is missing the lower dot. Naturally, this cannot escape the eyes of the common people.
4. It is said that the predecessor of Lianhu Lake was a garden opened by Huang, a native of Ming Dynasty, named "Huangjiayuan". By the Qing Dynasty, "people in the county built gardens, planted lotuses, stocked fish, and fished in them. The water from the lake entered the Zhou River (Danjiang) through a canal and a water gate."
"Zhili Shangzhou Chronicle" records: Qing Dynasty There were two heavy rains in the autumn of the eighth year of Guangxu (AD 1882) and the twenty-fourth year of the Republic of China (AD 1935). The Danjiang River overflowed and floods entered the city. The low-lying Lotus Lake was repeatedly flooded, and the ocean became vast, the water surface expanded, and fish and geese It is a natural lake with red lotuses and fish jumping around.
5. There is a legendary story in history about Xiaonanmen. It is said that in the 29th year of Qianlong's reign (1764), the Yangtze River flooded, and "the tide of the river entered Guo and drowned the people's houses." Tuo Yong, the governor of Anhui, treated him with courtesy and prayed in every possible way, but to no avail.
As a last resort, he personally led the officers and soldiers out of Kangji Gate and "ordered the subordinates to throw iron ropes and thirty rods against the tide." This river was also "beaten" and actually retreated honestly. Several feet. When the emperor heard about the incident, Long Yan was overjoyed, and he immediately gave it a plaque with the title "Jiang Guo Feng Qing" on the Kangji Gate Tower. Although this matter is a legend, it is recorded in the old "Huaining County Chronicle", so people can't help but believe it.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Anqing