The origin of Hongdong

Hongdong County, Shanxi

Hongdong County, the origin of the county name, is traditionally said to be named after the ancient cave in the north of Hongya City in the south of the city. In the Sui Dynasty, it belonged to Linfen County. In the first year of Yining (617 AD), it was renamed Hongdong County. Since then, the name of the county has not been changed. In 1954, Hongdong and Zhaocheng counties were merged into Hongzhao County. In 1958, it was still named Hongdong County.

Hongdong County is very well-known throughout the country and even the world. The Nelson Museum in Kansas City, USA, has a treasure that is a Buddhist mural from the Yuan Dynasty in China. This object was originally a sacred object in the lower temple of Guangsheng Temple in Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, China. The treasure of the National Library of Beijing, "Zhaocheng Gold Collection", is also a sacred object of Guangsheng Temple in Hongdong County, Shanxi. In addition, the Hongdong people are also famous. On the one hand, the largest immigration movement in the Ming Dynasty began in Hongdong, and the footprints of the Hongdong people spread all over the world. On the other hand, the Hongdong people in the famous Peking Opera "Yutangchun" are known to everyone in the Chinese world