Introduction to Changchun Xinlicheng Reservoir~

Xinlicheng is a town located 16 kilometers south of Changchun. It is a plain village and town famous for its beautiful scenery and pleasant climate.

Xinlicheng is famous for two main reasons. First, there is a large reservoir here, which is one of the main water sources for Changchun City; second, this was once the birthplace of the city, and Changchun’s city identity was obtained when the government was established here.

The Xinlicheng Reservoir is located in the middle reaches of the Yitong River. It was formed by building a dam between two mountains to store water, with a total storage capacity of nearly 600 million cubic meters. The upper reaches of the reservoir are nourished by the water of the Yitong River. Both sides of the reservoir are accompanied by green mountains. Its water conservation forests build a dense green barrier for the southern part of the city. The reservoir area has a vast territory, beautiful scenery and pleasant scenery. From a distance, the sky and water meet, and in some places there is a hazy land that looks like a small island. Nearby, the calm water surface is driven by the increasingly strong westerly wind, forming wave after wave, which is full of ripples under the sunlight. I suddenly felt that except for the small water surface and not enough blue water, the spectacular and open scene here could even be compared to the sea in my impression. As the wind and waves increased, there was a lot of noise on the water, and fishing boats began to collect their nets and dock. As far as the eye can see, you can see the lush forest sea and green mountains; the clear lake water and the dancing water birds. The clear water, blue sky, green pines and green grass form a picturesque and beautiful scroll.

An accidental road sign on the way gave us the opportunity to understand the origin and history of Changchun up close, making this trip very meaningful.

The Changchun area was once a dependent territory of the ancient Fuyu Kingdom and the Bohai Kingdom. The Liao and Jin Dynasties were the most prosperous era in the history of the Changchun area. The "Huanglong Mansion" was once established in Nong'an, and the ancient pagodas of the Liao Dynasty are still there. live. In the early Qing Dynasty, the Changchun area was the territory of Zhasak, the prince of the Mongolian Gorros Front Banner. After the Qing army entered the Pass in 1644, because the Northeast was the land of Longxing and the hometown of the Manchus, it occupied a particularly important position in the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, political special zones and cultural special zones were established to provide special protection. During the Yongzheng period, in order to completely prohibit the people in the pass from reclaiming wasteland and restrict the exchanges and cross-border crossings between the Han people in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia and the northeast and the Manchu people, so as to maintain the order of production and life in the northeast, a willow border was built in the northeast and willows were inserted as the border. To border Mongolia. The Qing government successively built the old border and the new border of Liutiaobian in the Northeast, and imposed a ban on the Northeast region. The land of Changchun was included in the closed area outside Liutiaobian. However, the Qing Dynasty's ban policy failed to work. During the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods, although bans were repeatedly issued. It has been banned for a long time, and it is stipulated that anyone entering or leaving Shanhaiguan must present a "seal" (pass) for verification and release. However, a large number of bankrupt farmers in the customs are willing to risk their lives and go through hardships to break through the ban. They still continue to sneak across the Kanto region of Liuzhibian and enter various parts of the Northeast to reclaim wasteland, forming a large number of "refugees" without household registration in the Northeast. The land of Changchun on both sides of the Yitong River was the first to be affected. The TV series "Crossing Guandong" vividly described the situation at that time.

Although recruiting Han people to reclaim land was against the Qing government's prohibition at the time, the Mongolian prince, in order to make this large nomadic land profitable, he and the prohibited "refugees" broke through the historical ban. The fence has dug out this wicker edge. The "refugees" who continued to gather here began to settle outside Liuzhibian. To this day, Changchun still retains many of these place names with historical traces, such as Kuanbian Wu, Kuanbian Wang, etc. On July 8, 1800, at the request of Jilin General Xiulin, the Qing Dynasty broke with precedent for the first time and adopted the method of "borrowing land to establish governance" and established the Director-General's Office. This is the first department-level administrative agency in the history of Changchun, and the people call it Xinlicheng. Because it was originally built on the edge of a village called Changchun Fort, people used to call it "Changchun Hall", and Changchun got its name from this.

Today, there are not many historical relics left on the ground. There is only a restored government office facade and the looming Tucheng area for people to pay their respects. The Pumen Temple built nearby is still very popular. Every time before and after the birthday of Tathagata Buddha, devotees come to the temple early to worship. Those who traveled far away even stayed in guest rooms in temples and ate vegetarian meals. The large-scale Buddha statues in the temple exaggerately tell people about Buddhist beliefs and emphasize the Buddhist ideas