Which families are behind Zhang San, Li, Four Kings, Five and Zhao Liu?

Zhang San, Li, Four Kings, Five and Zhao Liu are followed by Sun Qi, Zhou Ba, Wu Jiu and Zheng Shi.

"Zhang San, Li, Four Kings, Five, Zhao and Liu" were first mentioned in the 18 families with four surnames in Hangzhou. Hangzhou served as the capital of the Wuyue Kingdom in the Five Dynasties and the Southern Song Dynasty. It once became the political, economic and cultural center of the country. The city was prosperous and the population came from all directions. Later, after wars and changes, the population moved frequently. According to legend, there are only 18 families left in Hangzhou, including three families surnamed Zhang, four families surnamed Li, five families surnamed Wang, and six families surnamed Zhao, totaling 18 families.

In fact, arranged from one to ten, they are: Liu Yi, Chen, two, Zhang, three, Li, four, Wang, five, Zhao, six, grandson, seven weeks, eight, Wu, nine, Zheng ten. It's just that the four in the middle are mentioned the most, "Zhang San, Li, Four Kings, Five, Zhao Liu".

The story about Zhang San, Li, Four Kings, Five and Zhao Liu

It is generally believed that the original name of Liuliu Town was Xixi, which was changed to "Liu" by later generations. But why should it be changed to this name with "other meanings"? There are two opinions. First, according to the records of Qiantang County Chronicles by Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, "In July of the third year of Jianyan of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong (Zhao Gou) crossed south to Xixi. At first he wanted to build his capital here, but later he found Fenghuang Mountain. He said: "Xixi and "Leave". Therefore, this name stayed and has been used to this day. As for this statement, more people know it and it is more credible, so it is generally introduced this way.

But there is another one. This theory seems to be more popular among the people. This means that after the Yuan soldiers attacked Hangzhou, they killed the people of Hangzhou with corpses everywhere. It turned out that Hangzhou was "the most prosperous and luxurious city in the world" written by Marco Polo, with a population of 100,000. 1.8 million. As a result, after several days of killing and kidnapping, the Yuan soldiers went to Wu Mountain to take a look. In the entire city of Hangzhou, only eighteen chimneys were still smoking in the west. At this time, the Yuan soldiers were "extremely merciful" and said that these ten chimneys were still smoking. Eight families "let them stay"

From then on, the place name "liu" came to the Xixi area. At the same time, it was also said in Hangzhou that there were only eighteen families in old Hangzhou, referred to as Lao Shi. Eight families are the real Hangzhou people, that is, the so-called "Zhang San Li, Four Kings, Five Zhao Liu", there are 18 families with four surnames. There is also a proverb: "Hangzhou radish is from Shaoxing", which means that most of the people in Hangzhou are from Shaoxing. Immigrants.