The Origin of Junan Town in Qidong

As an important cultural area of the Great Wu Culture, Sandy Land faces the river and the sea. Its landform formation and geographical conditions have their historical particularity, and it is a cultural group with regional characteristics, which can be expressed through many regional and grassroots cultural characteristics.

Lvsi Port, Dayang Port, Santao Port, Tanglu Port, Fuxiao Port, Denggan Port, Baigang Port, Miaogang Port, Xingang Port, Erxiao Port and San Xiao Port, as well as Dongzao Port and Qinglong Port in Haimen, Nanmen Port, Baozhen Port, Qinglan Port, Baigang Port, Xiao Lao Port, Xiao Qi Port and Liuxiao Port in Chongming. Why are there so many place names named after "port" and "effect" in the sand?

It turns out that in the process of land formation, many people crossed the river into the sea and went in and out of the sand with the ebb and flow of tides. Therefore, people in the sand area call any harbor fork that can berth boats "harbor" or "effect". According to the Records of Chongming County, the flowing water between the two sands becomes a "flood" after it becomes a canal, so Qidong has the names of Dahongtou and Xiaohongtou, and Chongming has the names of Laohongtou, Panchuan Red, Saishahong, Sansha Red and Shangshuihong. Because it is a coastal area, the salt in the sand is sun-dried by seawater, and the sun-dried salt naturally needs a salt field, so the names of Qidong Lvsi Factory and Haimen Changbao appeared. There was a time in the Qing Dynasty when officials were specially set up to manage the salt people. Because the reclaimed beach is new land, it is necessary to build a dike to prevent moisture. The people in the sand are called "Wei", and the cultivated place is called "Wei". Therefore, there are some special names in the sand, such as Wei Jiao, Si Wei, Wu Wei,, Jiao Penwei and He Xingwei (Sha Yin "Yu"). The newly reclaimed land certainly needs planning. Sand people are divided into one quay and one dike, so there are two quays, six quays, three dikes, four dikes, five dikes and stone dikes. Historically, there were also "total" regions in the four places of Lvsi, and there are still 12 total and 24 total. There are many branches of sand ports and rivers, and bridges are needed to cross them, so it is not uncommon for sand to take bridges as place names. Such as Niuqiao in Lvsi Town, Lujiaqiao in Huiping Town, Gao Qiao in Daxing Town, Yangjiaqiao in Nanyang Town, Xinkai Bridge in jiulong town, Xinhua Bridge in Offshore Town, Nanxing Bridge, Beixing Bridge and Daxian Bridge in Zhao Min Town. Sandy land has good soil viscosity. In order to build a house, Shaman set up a kiln to burn bricks and make tiles, so some places were named "kiln", such as Beiyaotou Town, Shaozhi Road Maorong Kiln, Xiangyang Town Xiangyang Kiln and so on.

Some people combine many sand names, which is very interesting to read: offshore seawall is offshore; Riverside riverside Taoyuan Guoyuan Deng Yuanhua blooms peach blossoms, plum blossoms and osmanthus flowers; The estuary is full of fresh seafood. Guhui ancient garden ancient dam, Guba four-way intersection south fork mouth north field south field north; Xinlian opens a new store, and the new store department store sells East Gate, Xiping and Dongping West. Si' an Boy Scout Troupe went to Sanyang Riverside Theater to present a spectrum of loyalty, righteousness and heroism; Liu Kuangshan Opera Troupe came to Erxiaohai Entertainment City to sing auspicious and eternal happiness. In the vertical river, the epilepsy group turned its head over the river bank, crossed the sand pile in the middle of the river and swam around the factory flood. On Xiushan, Kirin crosses Temple Bridge, waddles over Qintan, climbs over Yuantuo Corner Stone Embankment in Xingang and enjoys the sunshine.

Vulgarity is the essence of grassroots culture. Many place names, especially town names, also reflect the characteristics of grassroots culture in sandy land. Historically, there were more than 200 market towns in Qidong sandy land. When we investigate the origin of the names of these towns, we will find that many residents in the sand are named in colloquial or even local dialects, which is extremely vulgar and elegant. For example, there are palm towns, heel towns, eye towns and bristle towns named after people's limbs and behaviors; Some are named after the main business projects, such as Tangpu, Caozhen, Caosheng, Jellyfish Town, Pangxian Line and Guadao Town. Some are named after animals: Huanglang Town, Tuantuan Town and Laohuwei Town; Some are simply named after the founder's name or nickname, such as Gongjiazhen, Caojiazhen, Hong Fei Town, Shahuhu Store, Lu Fengzhi Store, Jiang Dajie Store, Yang Niulang Store, Huang Weiqing Store and Mr. Zhang Store; Others are named according to their geographical location or regional structure. Huilong town, for example, is called huilong town because there are many winding natural harbor forks on the sand where it lands, and then it turns to the sea to look like a dragon from a distance. Haifu Town was named after "it collapsed into the ocean 300 years ago and then grew longer". Yinyang Town is called "Sunrise and Silver Mausoleum", while Lvsi Town is named after one of the legendary four visits by Lu.