Does Shanghai Jinshan have a long history?

History of Jinshan, Shanghai

The Sunken City of Tokyo Zhang Daoyu The beautiful Jinshan has many beautiful legends. Among these beautiful legends, the sinking of Tokyo City is the most interesting one. It is said that during the Xia and Shang Dynasties, Jinshan's coastline was as far away as Tanhu Mountain and Wangpan Mountain, and it was only separated from Cixi and Yuyao on the opposite bank by a river. Our ancestors lived in the land of more than 500 square kilometers between Tanhu and Zhangyan Town. Between Zheshan and Zhelin is the historically famous Zhehai River. After Yu established the Xia Dynasty, the first dynasty in the history of our country, he sent the brave general Zhuan Xue to the east, built water conservancy between Huanghua Mountain (today's Dajin Mountain) and Tanhu Mountain, built earthen cities, and established the hou state of Ninghai. More than 26,000 people immigrated from the Dongting Lake area and settled in Huanghua Mountain. They grew grains, raised livestock, made sea salt, fished for shrimps, and thrived on this land. From the founding of the country in the early Xia Dynasty to the Eastern Anniversary Period, Ninghai Kingdom has initially formed a prosperous scene. Therefore, Zhou Wang Jizhao visited Ninghai Kingdom in the east due to its fame. Zhuan Xuan, the 49th king of Ninghai Kingdom, heard the news and led hundreds of civil and military officials in the city to go north for more than 20 miles to greet him. Accompanied by Zhuan Xuan, King Zhou visited the entire Ninghai Kingdom and climbed Mount Huanghua. At that time, it was a crisp autumn day. King Jizhao of Zhou Dynasty looked around from the top of the mountain. He saw chrysanthemums blooming all over the mountain slope, a golden color. At the bottom of the mountain, the Wolong River slowly moved south around the east side of Huanghua Mountain, blending into the sea and sky. He couldn't help but admired: " The river is like a green dragon playing in the water and returning to the sea, and the yellow flowers on the mountain top are like golden mountains." King Zhou still wanted to say to his generals Lu Shangyou and Zhuan Xuan: "Building a castle at the foot of this mountain can be used for my future eastward tour. , and can be used to control the sea." With the cooperation of Zhuan Xuan, the king of Ninghai, Lu Shangyou built an earthen city about 500 steps north of Huanghua Mountain in the winter of that year, named Tokyo City, after the capital of Xijing in the Central Plains. Relative meaning. The city of Tokyo is rectangular, six miles and fifty paces from east to west, and three miles and twenty paces from north to south. In order to appreciate the kindness of King Zhou, the king of Ninghai told the people to change Huanghua Mountain to Jinshan and Wolong River to Qinglong River. Later, King Kang of Zhou succeeded to the throne, and Tokyo City was also called Kangcheng. After the establishment of Tokyo City, due to the invasion of the sea tide, Ninghai Kingdom gradually developed northward. By the Southern Song Dynasty, Tokyo City had developed into one city, six towns and four passes, with more than 60,000 residents in the city. From Tokyo City to Jinshanzui, there was a The long street runs from south to north, and there are eighteen hotels along the way! The city of Tokyo has a prosperous population, prosperous markets, prosperous officials and people, no one is picking up people on the road, no doors are closed at night, and the social atmosphere is good.