Historical Development of Wanling Ancient Town

During the Southern Song Dynasty, due to water transportation and the production of palace tribute honey, Wanling became a water pier and a material distribution center. All the government's money and food weapons need to pass through here, so some inns have been built to accommodate businessmen from south to north, as well as dock shops where goods are piled up.

During the Song and Ming Dynasties, there were some shops built here for traders to rest, stay and pile up goods, which were called water docks.

Road caves were at the peak height in Qing Dynasty, and there were famous road caves in the market. During the reign of Kanggan, some immigrants from other provinces came to Wanling. In order to facilitate the communication between fellow villagers, these immigrants from other provinces raised funds to build a guild hall and a "Yu Palace" dedicated to Dayu. In the fifth year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty (1800), local gentlemen and villagers, in order to resist the war of An Baili Uprising in eastern Sichuan, expanded Rong Da Village on the basis of the water pier at that time. In the 11th year of Xianfeng (186 1), in order to prevent and stop Li Yonghe, Lan Dashun and other peasant rebels who fought against the Qing Dynasty in Yunnan, local gentry donated money and grain to repair Rong Da village. In the same year, the rebel Zhang Guofu department besieged Rong Da village. More than 200 years have passed, and the old appearance of Darong Village has taken on a new look, but the banyan trees on the city wall and several surviving paintings still remain.

In the first year of the Republic of China (19 12), Lukong Township was established and followed after liberation.

1949, on the eve of Chongqing's liberation, the defeated soldiers of the Second Police Force of the Kuomintang tried to enter the village and were blocked.

1958, this place was named Gaodian and Lukong People's Commune successively. 1984 resumed as lukong township. 1993, changed to land and air town.

In 2002, it was successively rated as "Chongqing Famous Historical and Cultural Town", "National Famous Scenic Town" and "China Famous Historical and Cultural Town".

In 2009, it was rated as "the most charming town" in Chongqing.

20 10 was awarded the honorary title of "Famous Historical and Cultural Town of China" by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and National Cultural Heritage Administration. In March, it was named as the first batch of "Famous Towns with Landscape Tourism in China"; 20 10 to 12 was named as a famous historical and cultural town in China.

In 20 12, Wanling Town invested 250,000 yuan to repair two ancient city gates, Hengshengmen and Taipingmen. At the same time, it will invest 5 million yuan to implement the construction project of "one street and five views" in the ancient town, renovate the 654.38+10,000 square meters of buildings in Xinjie, and unify the style; More than 70 households with 65,438+3,000 square meters of traditional houses in the old streets of Ming and Qing Dynasties were restored and rebuilt, including Zhao Ancestral Hall and Erya Academy. June 5438+10, was named one of the top ten most beautiful ancient towns in Chongqing.

In 20 13, the name "Rukong" was discovered only for more than 200 years, while the name "Wanling" was long before Rukong, with a history of more than 450 years. The name of Wanling Temple can be traced back to the first year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 326), and it was once as famous as Dazu Stone Carving and Leshan Giant Buddha. On September 24th, in order to better restore the history of the ancient town, with the support of 98% of the residents in the town and the approval of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government, Land and Air was officially renamed as Wanling.

In 20 14, Wanling Ancient Town declared Huguang Guild Hall and Sansheng Palace as municipal cultural protection units, declared the Year of the Pig Festival as a national intangible cultural heritage, and obtained funds from the National Development and Reform Commission to start the infrastructure construction project in the core area of the ancient town.

20 14 12, wanling ancient town scenic spot was officially approved by the national tourism administration as a national AAAA(4A) scenic spot.