Where is Mayi?

Mayi County in Qin and Han Dynasties was located in Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province. Mayi County in Tang Dynasty is located in the northeast of Shuocheng District. Qing Jiaqing was abolished. Mayi County in Sui and Tang Dynasties, namely Shuozhou, ruled Yang Shan, namely Shuoxian County today. For thousands of years, as long as people mention Shuozhou, there is no doubt that they will be mentioned in the same breath as Mayi. Even in the eyes of many old people, Mayi is the cultural name of Shuozhou. Conveniently opened Li Shimin's "Drinking Horses in the Great Wall Cave", one of which reads: "A captain turned against the dragon pile and a general turned to Mayi." Mayi is extraordinary to be able to enter the poetry circle of a generation of emperor Li Shimin.

Ant contemporary is a natural village more than 20 kilometers east of Shuozhou. As far back as the pre-Qin period, Meng Tian, the general of Qin Shihuang, chased the Xiongnu in the north outside Yanmenguan and besieged the city to raise horses, which gave birth to the name of Ma Su. Then, the "Ma Su Plan" in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the curtain of the Northern Expedition of Xiongnu in the Western Han Dynasty.

According to historical records, during the Sui Dynasty, a large area of land outside Yanmenguan was under the jurisdiction of Mayi County, and Shuozhou, where the county government was located, was also known as "Yang Shan" at that time, and "the two cities were ruled together" more than once in history. Many experts and scholars have * * * knowledge, that is, Mayi is regarded as a place where nomadic culture and farming culture collide, which is called a big stage for multi-ethnic integration; Some people have come to the conclusion that as early as the Warring States, Qin and Han Dynasties, from Yanmenguan in the south to Shahukou in the north, people walked out of a "Mayi Ancient Road", which extended from south to north, forming a traffic artery connecting the Central Plains and the desert to Central Asia and Europe, maintaining a smooth flow similar to the Silk Road.