Which city is greedy spring located near?

Chanquan is near Shimen in the northwest suburb of Guangzhou.

Shimen greedy spring site is located in Qingfeng Village, Shijing Town, Baiyun District, Guangzhou City, China. In ancient times, there was a greedy spring well half a kilometer south of Shimen (the intersection of Liuxi River and Baini River). It is said that people who drink well water will become greedy. Now it has become a famous scenic spot, and many people go to watch this magical greedy spring.

According to the Biography of Wu Yinzhi in the Book of Jin, there is a "greedy spring" in Shimen, 20 miles away from Guangzhou. It is said that drinking the water from the "fountain of greed" will give birth to greed. Officials here drink "greedy springs", so their greed is notorious. After being convicted of corruption, corrupt officials do not look for reasons from themselves, but blame the "greedy spring" and think that the water of the "greedy spring" makes them more greedy.

The origin of greedy spring:

Biography of Wu Yinzhi in the Book of Jin: "Wu Yinzhi, honest and clean, is the secretariat of Guangzhou. Before he reached the state of twenty miles, he was named Shimen, where there was water called greedy spring. It is said that people who drink this water are also greedy. " Drink it when you are hidden, because the poem says: "The ancients cloud this water, so they are pregnant with thousands; It is not easy to try to get Qi Yi to drink. " And in Illinois, Qing. It's getting worse See The Book of Jin, Good Officials and Biography of Wu Yinzhi.

In the first year of Yuanxing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (402), Wu Yinzhi, the secretariat of Guangzhou, went to Guangzhou to take up his post, went to the greedy spring to drink water, and shed a poem: "The ancients said that the water was rich, and it was not easy for them to try their best to make all the people drink together." This shows that greed is a personal virtue, and it has nothing to do with drinking spring water, which shows that they are incorruptible in politics.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Greedy Spring.