Jinhua, located in the west of central Zhejiang, is a part of Jinqu Basin. The preface to "New Ode to Yutai" says: "Venus and Wu Nv compete for China, so it is called Jinhua." Jinhua County was established in the third year of the Eastern Han Dynasty (192). At that time, it was named "Changshan County" after Changshan (that is, Jin Huashan) in the northeast of the county seat, with a history of 1700 years. Named after "Jinhua", it was in Nanchaotian Jia for three years (562). Later, because its land was divided into Wu women in astronomy, it was named Wuzhou.
As for the name "Jinhua", folklore believes that it is related to the alchemy of the Yellow Emperor. At that time, the Yellow Emperor was an alchemist, and his tripod pressed out a Dinghu Lake, and the shore was covered with golden flowers. After the Yellow Emperor rode a dragon to ascend to heaven, the flowers on the lake shore were also taken back to heaven. Only one petal floated to a mountain with the wind, shining with dazzling golden light day and night. People call it "Jinhua" and this mountain is called "Jin Huashan". Later, the name gradually evolved into "Jinhua".
Jinhua's beautiful mountains and rivers attracted many literati. Shen Yue in the Southern Dynasties, Chen Ziang and Meng Haoran in the Tang Dynasty, Su Shi and Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty and Zhao Mengfu in the Yuan Dynasty all left footprints here. Li Qingzhao, a poetess in Song Dynasty, came to Jiangnan to avoid chaos after Jing Kang's disaster and lived in Jinhua for a long time. In her poem "Wuling Spring", the sentence "I heard that the spring in Shuangxi is still good" is chanting the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Wujiang River in Jinhua. During the Southern Song Dynasty, Lv Zuqian wrote books and gave lectures here, which initiated the East Zhejiang School and had a great influence on the history of academic thought in China.
The wind of fighting cattle prevails in Jinhua. The fight between two cows was breathtaking and spectacular. This folk custom began in the Northern Song Dynasty and was popular in the late Ming Dynasty. A Qing Chen Qiyuan wrote in Notes on Yongjianzhai: On both sides of the ancient Wujiang River, bullfighting meetings are held every spring and autumn and when villagers pray for ultimate sacrifice. The "Blessing Ceremony" is an ancient temple fair to pray for heaven and reward God. So bullfighting is often centered on temples.
The custom of Jinhua bullfighting embodies the fighting spirit of the orientals. Bullfighting activities generally begin in March and April of the lunar calendar and end before spring ploughing in the following year, and are divided into stages of "opening horns", "releasing horns", "connecting horns" and "sealing horns". The entrance ceremony of bullfighting is called "Welcome the Cow". Dai Jinhua red silk is the head of each bullfight, and the bull-protecting warriors flock in to decide the battle order by drawing lots. After the sexual assault, the two Niu Yi fought and confronted each other again and again, and finally the one who knocked down or repelled the opponent won.