Population Migration in Cangmen, Suzhou in History

1. What did the ancient Suzhou Cangmen say? A: Now in Suzhou: Nagato.

2. Where is ancient Nagato?

Nagato refers to Nanhao Street, Shangtang Street, Shantang Street and Xizhongcheng. Suzhou people used to call it the old gate. The more important reason why Nagato is famous is that this area was once the most prosperous business district in China in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Including Nanhao Street outside the city, Shangtang Street and Shantang Street outside Nanhao Street today, and Nagato Street in the city (now Xi Zhong). Parallel to these streets are the Outer City River, Inner City River, Shangtang River (the ancient channel of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal) and Shantang River (leading to Tiger Hill), which converge here from five directions. The famous paintings in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the prosperous picture of Gusu and the pregnant picture of the prosperous times all show the grand occasion of the ten-mile long street from Nagato to Qiao Feng at that time. At that time, there were as many as tens of thousands of shops here, and all walks of life had everything, and there were constant disputes among provincial halls. In the Qing Dynasty, Sun Jiagan described Nagato in "A Journey to the South": "Goods are like mountains, pedestrians are flowing, signboards are listed, and they are magnificent." A Dream of Red Mansions begins by saying that "Nagato is the most prosperous and romantic place in the world of mortals." Tang Yin's poem "Nagato is Things" in the Ming Dynasty wrote: "Wuzhong is a paradise on earth, and Nagato is better at it. Cui Sleeve is 3,000 yuan upstairs and downstairs, and millions of dollars are in the west and east. When the market is selling in the evening, there are always four far words. If a painter paints, the painter should know that painting is difficult. "

Therefore, Nagato became synonymous with Suzhou at that time. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the population of southern Jiangsu migrated to northern Jiangsu on a large scale, and these immigrants all claimed to be Suzhou's master.

Why did you move?

It was Zhu Yuanzhang who moved the rich in Suzhou to Yancheng and other places in northern Jiangsu.

The reason is that Suzhou City used to be Zhang Shicheng's territory. Many ordinary people are obsessed with power, and these people hold wealth. They may turn money into military weapons at any time. Shen Wansan is one of the typical representatives, and Shen Wansan was exposed too early. He not only built two-thirds of the Nanjing city wall, but also wanted to kill the army and was exiled by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu was afraid of the rich people in Suzhou, so he moved them to the coastal beach at that time to avoid future troubles.