Mochou daughter, surnamed Lu, given name Mochou, was born in Taohua Village, Ying (now Zhongxiang), Chubie County. She was born around the early years of King Qingxiang of Chu. She was a famous folk song and dance artist in Chu State in the late Warring States Period. . It is said that Mochou's father, Lu Gong, made a living by ferrying the Han River, and her mother grew peaches and mulberries in Taohua Village. Mochou cried non-stop when she was born. Duke Lu held her in his arms and said, "Don't cry, don't cry, don't be sad, don't be sad, don't worry, don't worry!" When she heard the word "Mochou", she immediately stopped crying, so Duke Lu named her Mochou. This theory has been around for a long time. In Zhang Ning's poem of the Ming Dynasty, "The golden bird scratches its head, and it is born to call Mo Chou" refers to this matter.
Mo Chou was born with beauty, and her songs spread thousands of miles along the Han River, and she was known as the "Beauty in Yingzhong". After Qin Bai attacked Chu and Ying, the capital of Chu was forced to move north. In order to regain the lost territory, King Qingxiang of Chu often visited Yingzhong south and stationed himself at the palace of Qiao Lantai. At this time, Mochou was selected into the Lantai Palace as a singing and dancing concubine because of her good singing and dancing. She also completed the singing of "Yangchun" and "White Snow", making this elegant tune spread for two thousand years. "The appearance is like the new petals of the fragrant lotus, the movement is like the wind sending colorful clouds, the golden voice sings the jade, and the colorful sleeves flutter out the rainbow." The historical evidence of Mochou in Shicheng is very rich, and the official history record is first seen in the "Song Book" of the Southern Dynasty. During the Yuanjia period of the Southern Dynasty, Zang Zhi served as the governor of Jingling County and said, "I once climbed to Shicheng and saw a group of young people singing Mochou ballads. He wrote "Shicheng Music" and "Mochou Music" to chant Mochou stories." Liu Yu of the Later Jin Dynasty "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" and "Old Book of Tang·Yue Zhi": ""Mochou Le" comes from "Shicheng Music". There is a woman named Mochou in Shicheng who is good at singing ballads. The sound of "Mochou" is found in Shicheng Music, so The song goes: Where is Mochou? To the west of Shicheng, the boat has two oars, urging Mochou to come. ""Yu Di Ji Sheng": "Mochou Village is to the west of the Han River. There are many peach blossoms in the land in late spring. "The flowers fall and the flowing water is fragrant." "Tongkao of Literature": "The woman from Shicheng is named Mochou, and she is good at singing." "Rongzhai Essays": "Mochou was a native of Shicheng, Yingzhou. There is a biography of Mochou Village in today's Yingzhou. "Mo Chou was good at singing and dancing, and later entered the palace of the King of Chu." "Zhongxiang County Chronicles·Historical Sites" published in the Republic of China said: "Mo Chou Village is located in Erli, west of Han Dynasty." , the ancient Han River passed through the city site, and to the west was the village where Mochou lived; there was a lake in the north of the city, connected to the village, called Mochou Lake." It can be seen from a large number of ancient records and celebrity poems that the image of Mochou has attracted many literati. In order to commemorate her, people changed the name of Taohua Village where she lived to Mochou Village, and rowed her boat and sang songs. The Canglang Lake was renamed Mochou Lake, and the Jitou Ferry at the west gate of Shicheng where she tied the boat to land was called Mochou Ferry, leaving behind many cultural relics. ?
It is worth explaining that the name of Shicheng has been misunderstood in history. Huang Rubai's "Shicheng Kao" in the Qing Dynasty said: "There are two Shicheng, one in Wu and one in Chu. The one in Wu, There is Stone Mountain in Jinling, which is located in the west of Fuzhi. It is based on the mountain as a city, so it is named Stone City." "In Chu, the three sides of Ying's Yongji are built by nature. The stone wall to the west is particularly majestic. Because the stone is a city, it is also called Stone City. It was built by the governor of Xiangyang at Yanghu in Jin Dynasty." "Tongshi Geography" It says: "Yingzhou City has built-in foundations on three sides. It faces the cliff to the west and faces the Han River. This is the name of Shicheng." It can be seen that Shicheng is the ancient city of Yingzhong in Zhongxiang City today. The world may think that Stone City is today's Nanjing, but they mistakenly refer to "Stone City" as "Stone City". This misunderstanding was caused by Zhou Bangyan, a poet from the Song Dynasty who wrote in "Xihe·Jinling Nostalgia": Beautiful land, who remembers the prosperous times of the Southern Dynasties... The trees on the cliffs, don't worry about the boats once tied. "The words are beautifully written, but the location is wrong. As for Zhou Bangyan's negligence, Hong Mai of the Southern Song Dynasty had already pointed out in "Rong Zhai Essays": "Mochou was a native of Shicheng, Yingzhou. Today there is Mochou Village in Yingzhou. . ... In modern times, there is a poem in "Xihe" written by Zhou Meicheng (Bangyan) in Yuefu, which is dedicated to Jinling. It says, "Don't worry about the boat once tied to it." Could it be that he mistakenly refers to Stone City as Stone City? ". It is precisely because of the misunderstanding of the name of Shicheng that some people mistakenly thought that Mochou Nu, who was originally from Chu, was from Wu. Today's Mochou Nu and Mochou Lake in Nanjing are the result of the misunderstanding of rumors. In order to set the record straight, " "Diary of the Northern Expedition" has "Song of Shicheng" which says: Mochou's home is in the west of Shicheng, and the flowers bloom every year, and the orioles sing in disorder.