Langjing is located in Langjing Lane, Xiyuan Road, near the Yangtze River in Jiujiang City. It is the earliest historical relic in Jiujiang City. It once became one of the ten scenic spots in ancient Jiujiang with the "sound of waves in Langjing".
There is a four-cornered square pavilion above the Langjing. The walls of the pavilion are inlaid with poems and essays about Langjing by Li Bai and Su Che. Inside the pavilion are the Langjing and the inscriptions. The diameter of the mouth of the Langjing is less than one meter, and the depth of the well is about 15 meters, the edge of the wellhead circle is full of rope marks, and the walls of the well are mottled with moss, but the spring water at the bottom of the well is still clear and discernible. It is famous for that it is said that there is a spring at the bottom of the well that is connected to the Yangtze River. The beauty of "raising waves" is truly unique, but it is a pity that this scene is no longer available.
According to historical records, in the sixth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Western Han Dynasty (201 BC), when the famous general Guan Ying was building Jiujiang City, he dug a well beside Yu Tower. Because the water in the well moved in response to the waves of the river, it was named It was called "Langjing", also known as "Guanying Well". The traces of the well were once buried and disappeared. Later, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Sun Quan was stationed in Jiujiang, he ordered wells to be dug to draw water. It happened that the "Han Dynasty Well" was discovered on the ruins of Langjing. The inscription on the stone Han well was "in the sixth year of Yingyin Marquis' opening". Sun Quan was overjoyed and ordered it to be reopened. He thought it was auspicious, so he named it "Ruijing".
In Langjing Lane, Xiyuan Road, Jiujiang City, there is a square pavilion protecting an ancient well. The well circle is deeply inlaid with rope marks, the walls of the well are mottled with moss, and the spring water at the bottom of the well is clear and pleasant. This is the earliest historical relic in Jiujiang - Langjing, also known as Guanying Well and Ruijing.
According to the "Xunyang Ji" written by Zhang Jian of Jin Dynasty, this well was dug by the famous Western Han Dynasty general Guan Ying when he led troops to station in Jiujiang in the sixth year of Emperor Gaozu (201 BC), so it is called Guanying Well. The following years were spent in oblivion. During the Three Kingdoms period, Sun Quan once stationed in Jiujiang and ordered people to dig wells. There is an inscription on the stone well in the old place, which reads: "The Yingyin Marquis opened it in the sixth year of the Han Dynasty." It goes: "Three hundred years will be the fortress, and less than a hundred years after the fortress, it will be opened by those who are lucky." Sun Quan was overjoyed. Thinking it was an auspicious sign, he named it Ruijing.
The difference between Ruijing and other wells in the city is that "whenever the river is turbulent, people hear the sound of waves in the well." Li Bai quite believed this, and wrote in his poem "Down at Xunyang City Pan Pengli sent to Judge Huang": "The waves are moving in the Guanying Well, and the wind is blowing on the Xunyang River." Su Zhe, a poet of the Song Dynasty, did not believe this: "Hu is the man in the well." "The sound of waves in the spring" was one of the ten scenic spots in Jiujiang in the past.
Li Bai’s theory is that the well is close to the Yangtze River and connected to a spring underground, so there are waves on the river and waves in the well. Su Che said: There is a spring at the bottom of the well, and the underground water rises up, so the well water has the sound of waves. Whether it is right or wrong, no one has studied it in depth for more than a thousand years. Sancho of the Ming Dynasty recorded such an incident in "Lushan Chronicle": During the Jiajing period, someone dug a well in the north gate of Xunyang and found a spring. The water in the well had waves, which were turbulent and loud, and corresponded to the waves of the river. The overflowing power was unstoppable, so the man was afraid and filled up the well. It seems that if a spring can be dug, a wave well can be formed, and the answer to the mystery of the wave well seems to have been found.
Thousands of years have passed, and the ancient well has existed forever, but I don’t know since when, the sound of waves can no longer be heard from the bottom of the well. It is said that it is due to embankments on the river bank, stone protection for slope protection, and blocked underground passages; others say that the groundwater level has dropped, and the spring water is unable to make waves. Whether it is true or false needs to be verified by those who know.
Address: Langjing Lane, Xiyuan Road, Jiujiang City
Type: Historic Site