What is the historical origin of Wenzhou?

The ancient city of Wenzhou was built in the first year of Taining in East Jin Mingdi (AD 323). Wenzhou is named because it is located in Lingnan and Wen Qiao with mild and humid seasons. According to "Wenzhou Prefecture Records", when the city was built, Guo Pu, the magistrate, climbed the Western Hills and looked around the mountains. He said to the local people: "The city is outside the mountain. When it is rich, it will be built on the mountain, but if the enemy does not fight, it will be safe for a long time." So he imitated the position of the Big Dipper and built it on the mountain, so it was called Doucheng. Legend has it that when the city was built, a white deer ran with flowers in its mouth, spit on the wall and turned into a cloud. Ran Ran flew into the sky, and the place where the white deer ran was full of birds and flowers. People call it White Lucheng or Lucheng for good luck!

Wenzhou used to be Ou, where ancestors worked and lived as early as the Neolithic Age. During the Warring States period, it belonged to Yue State, and the Qin Dynasty set up Minzhong County. In the third year of Emperor Huidi of the Han Dynasty, the descendant of Goujian, the king of Yue, was the King of the East China Sea, with Dongou as its capital, so Wenzhou was called "Dongou". In the 3rd year of Emperor Yonghe of Hanshun, Yongning County was established, Yongjia County was established in the first year of Taining in East Jin Mingdi, and Wenzhou County was renamed in the 2nd year of Shangyuan in Tang Gaozong due to its warm climate.

During the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties, the famous Tu people and dignitaries from the Central Plains came one after another, and the Central Plains culture, immigrant culture and local culture blended with each other, which promoted the economic and cultural development of Wenzhou. Guo Pu, a learned man, built a city here. According to legend, the white deer passed by with flowers, so it was called "White Lucheng", and the white deer with flowers became a symbol of Wenzhou.

Book sage Wang Xizhi waved his hand here in Linchi; "Yongjia Taishou" Xie Lingyun became the originator of landscape poetry because of the beautiful scenery in Wenzhou; Famous litterateurs Sun Chuo, Qiu Chi and historian Pei Songzhi successively served as the county chief of Yongjia, and their writing style became increasingly prosperous. During the Song Dynasty, literati, wealthy businessmen and a large number of skilled craftsmen gathered in Wenzhou. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Wenzhou's literary style flourished, and it was called "Southeast Zou Lu".

Wenzhou has a large number of talented people in past dynasties. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the "Yongjia School" represented by Ye Shi was formed academically, and utilitarianism was put forward. In literature, the school of "Yongjia Four Spirits" appeared in the poetry circle; The drama form of "Southern Opera" is the first of China's traditional operas. In terms of science and technology, Yongjia Tangju, written by Han Yanzhi, a Wenzhou native in Song Dynasty, is the first citrus monograph in the world. During the reign of Xi You in the Southern Song Dynasty, Chen Yuanxuan, a medical scientist, founded Yongjia School on the basis of the theory of Sanyinfang, which influenced and benefited later generations. In Song Dynasty, Wenzhou had 1200 top liberal arts scholars and more than 300 Wu Jinshi. There were also many outstanding talents in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Liu Ji is known as the "national teacher" and the founding father of the Ming Dynasty. Sun Yirang in the late Qing Dynasty made great achievements in Confucian classics, literature and exegetics, and was called "a generation of academic masters". Contemporary cultural and educational figures are even more colorful, with archaeologist Xia Nai, pronoun Sect, mathematics giants Su and Gu Chaohao as the leading figures, enjoying a long-standing reputation.

Wenzhou people have always been known as "Chinese Jews" for their ingenuity, daring to innovate and being good at doing business. Modern Wenzhou is not only the hometown of overseas Chinese, mathematicians, southern operas and swimming, but also famous for its Wenzhou model.