What are the ancient place names in Texas?

Dezhou is the north gate of Shandong Province, with a long history and splendid culture. Dezhou is named Dezhou because Deshui is the ancient Yellow River. At that time, the Yellow River once flowed through Xiajin County, Pingyuan County and Dezhou City. In 22 1 year BC (the 26th year of Qin Shihuang), Qin Shihuang destroyed Qi, including Dezhou, unified the six countries, and designated Dezhou as a donor country. In order to strengthen the rule of the six countries, Qin Shihuang sent five missions to various places to praise his achievements in reunification and publicize his Wade. In 2 1O BC (the thirty-seventh year of Qin Shihuang), he went to Xianyang for the last time and crossed the Yellow River from plain Tianjin (now Zhanggongdu, Pingyuan County, Dezhou City). Qin Shihuang was seriously ill this life. He died in Guangzong County, Hebei Province in July. Qin Shihuang had an indissoluble bond with Texas.

Not much to say, let's start with the names of towns and villages in Texas. Dezhou has jurisdiction over 8 counties and 2 cities 1 district, and its population density ranks lower in Shandong. Many villages and towns were built in the Ming Dynasty, and about 40% of them were immigrants. Most immigrants come from Jiaodong, Hongdong, Beijing, Hebei and other places. Although they come from all over the country, it doesn't mean that their ancestors are not from Texas. There is another detailed explanation for the detailed population composition of Texas, so I won't complain here.

The street name of the old town of Texas is very interesting and its function is clear. You can see at a glance what this street is for. Mashi Street, Chaishi Street and Taiping Street are all in relatively concentrated business districts; However, it is puzzling that Mishi Street and Xiaoguo City are two kilometers northbound, far from the above-mentioned main commercial streets. Erlang Temple Corner and Cyclone Corner, as well as the magnificent palace-like building, the Great Buddha Temple, appear in the east of the city.

According to the traditional custom of China, the names of these old streets must have been formed naturally a long time ago, and most of them were named according to their commercial characteristics. Mashi Street, as its name implies, was the early mule and horse market, and the actual situation also confirmed this. Until the 1960 s, a car and horse store in the middle of Marsh Street was still open! All the goods in the shop are related to mules and horses. Horses, saddles and reins are mostly leather goods. There is no doubt that their professionalism is specially designed for the industry characteristics of Marsh Street.

Chaishi Street is obviously a place where firewood was bought and sold in the past, but it is impossible to verify when it started. Although I can remember, I have never seen a firewood seller, and it is not surprising that no one sells firewood. At that time, people had burned coal for cooking and heating. Dezhou is the earliest place connected with the railway, and coal in Shanxi has long been the main energy consumption here. The name "Chaishi Street" left behind can better explain its long history and feel more distinctive.

Horse market and firewood market are very close, only separated by a Taiping street, but why do rice market and small pot market run so far away? It doesn't make sense. According to records, Dezhou has a very long history, and its culture, transportation and commerce are relatively developed. Dong Zhongshu, who clamored for the emperor to "oust a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone" in the Han Dynasty, was born in Hebei, but studied Chunqiu in Dezhou for thirteen years, which should well explain the excellent cultural environment in Dezhou at that time. It was once one of the four prosperous commercial docks of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and one of the 33 commercial cities in the Ming Dynasty. Traditionally, the name of a city street should appear in its heyday, that is, the most prosperous and largest period. Judging from several ancient stone statues and wild animals standing on both sides of the north road of Xiaoguocheng, it looks like the city entrance of northern Texas. In the 1960s, the remains of the old city wall could still be seen in that area, and Mashi Street and Chaishi Street belonged to it. According to this, from the geographical distribution of place names, there should be at least two kilometers in the north-south direction and two kilometers in the east-west direction of Gudezheng, because the distance from the Great Buddha Temple in the east to Yandiankou and Shijiayuan in the west is not only so far, but if the canal pier in the west is counted, the urban area will be even larger.

It can also be said that the layout of Dezhou City that I first saw in the 1950s is not the original appearance of the prosperous heyday, but only a small part of the smog in the past.

At the same time, the street connection of these time-honored brands is not close, and there is a certain gap in the distribution of old commercial streets. It was obviously impossible for the ancients to divide the commercialization of a city into several centers, and such a phenomenon of separation appeared in the middle. Most of the existing place names were obviously renamed in modern times, and some of them still have the characteristics of the post-New China era. So, why did those blank old street names disappear? Supposedly, they should be Bush Street, Rou Shi Street, Shi Yu Street, Jewelry Street, Antique Street, Porcelain Street and so on. Where did they go? I have lived here for decades, but I have never found out where the old official yamen used to be (although there is an old street called City Festival, it is still too modern)! This is obviously unreasonable. Everyone knows that there are many things that can fly in the world, but street names should not fly! As long as there are parties involved, the street name will not be lost, and there is only one reason left, that is, it is ruined! Destroyed in the years of war!

According to historical records, this place in Texas has unfortunately become a battleground for ancient strategists. The Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, Judy's southern expedition to seize power from his nephew in the Ming Dynasty, and the ruling regime in the Ming and Qing Dynasties brutally suppressed peasant uprisings several times. The army once swept here like a flood. Once upon a time, this generation was once a barren land. I don't know what kind of war the poor cities suffered, and several large-scale population migrations in Ming and Qing Dynasties are known to these generations.

Supposedly, after one or several commercial streets disappear in the smoke of war, people will get used to restoring them. The building may not be completely restored to its former appearance, but the place name can still be used as the old name, which is also in line with people's nostalgic habits. Unless these streets disappear for too long, or no one has rebuilt them here for a long time, it may take years or even decades for the old place names to be forgotten? This is very possible in the past when warlords were fighting and smoke filled. It is also possible that during the reconstruction, the layout of urban streets was randomly changed by ignorant descendants. )

The name of the commercial street symbolizing peacetime is likely to disappear with the owner of the street in these disasters, and there may not be many aborigines who survived. Otherwise, the old names of those streets will not reappear, because China people have a strong nostalgia complex. Perhaps, the origin of our so-called natives is not here at all. Walking on the streets of the city now, we can see that today's prosperity is changing with each passing day, but it is too brand-new. The ancient rhyme has almost disappeared, and there are fewer opportunities for people to remember it. Only in historical records can we find some fragmentary records, but in reality, these ancient place names can still be remembered by people.