Cultural Geography of Xing 'an Ancient Town

After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, in the 26th year (22 1 year BC), Tu Youyou, the commander-in-chief, was ordered to lead 500,000 troops as the Fifth Army and launched a war to conquer Lingnan. One of them attacked Baiyue via Xing Annan. Because of the rugged mountain road, it is difficult to manage the grain and grass in Qin Jun, and the war is progressing slowly. In order to solve the difficulty of salary operation in Qin Jun, Qin Shihuang ordered Shi Lu to lead troops to dig an artificial canal-Lingqu between Xiang Li River in Xing 'an, connecting the Yangtze River and the Pearl River system, which solved the logistics supply problem in Qin Jun and soon unified Lingnan.

In the 16th year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 40), women from Jiaozhi County (now northern Vietnam) recruited two sisters to fight against the Han Dynasty and captured more than 60 cities in Lingnan. In February of the 18th year of Jianwu, Ma Yuan, the general of Han Dynasty, led an army to cross Xing 'an and Jiaodi in Nanping. When Ma Yuan crossed Xing 'an, dredging Lingqu and building Ma Si Bridge became a folk talk.

In the fourth year of Tang Wude (AD 62 1 year), the Tang Dynasty established Linyuan County in present-day xing an. In the early Tang Dynasty, General Li Jing and Wei Gong built Linyuan County on Tailing, now Xing 'an County, and on this basis, they conquered the remnants of Xiao Xi in Liang Wudi to the south and settled in Lingnan.

In the first year of Tang Bao calendar (AD 825), Guan Gui ordered Li Bo to rebuild Lingqu, adding spout and steep gate, which was the most important overhaul in Lingqu history. The spout and steep gate he built ensured the permanent safety and navigation of Lingqu. In particular, the construction of scarps is a pioneering work in the history of world water conservancy. Known as "the father of world shiplocks".

In the third year of Song Jiayou (1052), Nong, the leader of the Zhuang nationality, rose up against the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty sent Di Qing, Yang and Bajie Yang (Wen Guangjie) to crusade, passing through Yan Pass in Xing 'an, leaving a touching legend.

1934165438+1from the end of October to the beginning of February, the Chinese Red Army of Workers and Peasants passed through Xing 'an and chose Jieshou Town, 23 kilometers north of the county seat, to break through the Xiangjiang River. Heroic Red Army soldiers and Kuomintang troops launched the biggest battle on the way of the Red Army's Long March-Xiangjiang Campaign. At the cost of 40 thousand casualties, the fourth blockade of the Kuomintang army was finally broken, and the Red Army turned the corner from now on, laying the foundation for the Zunyi Conference.

1996 10, the wreckage of an American plane crashed in World War II was found in the virgin forest of Maoershan, which opened a new chapter in the cold Sino-US relations at that time.