The Origin of Tianchang City in Anhui Province

According to the Records of Xuanzong of the Old Tang Dynasty and Historical Records, Li Longji, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was born on the fifth day of August in the first year of hanging arch (AD 685) and ascended the throne in 7 12 AD. In the seventeenth year of Kaiyuan (AD 729), on the birthday of Xuanzong, he hosted a banquet in honor of officials in Kelou. Please take August 5th every year as the Millennium Festival. Therefore, Xuanzong celebrated Qian Qiu Festival every year on his birthday. Xuanzong, as the son of heaven, is extremely precious, but he still wants to live forever. Li, a traitor, took the opportunity to show his honor and honor. Convinced, Xuanzong changed the 30th year of Kaiyuan to the first year of Tianbao (AD 742) (the origin of Tianbao Road) and honored Wu Wen as the holy god of Tianbao in Kaiyuan. Newly-built Xuanyuan Temple, offering food in person, "change the place where the names of counties and counties in the world are unstable and have the same name 1 10". In order to please Xuanzong, Li and others suggested "cutting Jiangdu, Liuhe and Gaoyou into counties", echoing the "Qian Qiu Festival". The great poet Du Fu once wrote a poem "Feelings at the Millennium Festival". As the poem goes: Since the Millennium Festival, I have been injured frequently. Banquet first in August, and the wonders have settled. In the seventh year of Tianbao (AD 748), ministers also celebrated "Qian Qiu Festival" in the Qing Dynasty of Xuanzong. During the dinner, Li said: Long live the emperor, and the life span of the emperor and the imperial concubine should be as long as the sky. Qian Qiu is only a thousand years old, which is too short. There is a limit to longevity. The emperor and his queen should live with heaven and earth, always be kind and loving, and always be young. According to the veteran, "Qian Qiu Festival" should be changed to "Tianchang Festival", and Qiu County should also be changed to Tianchang County. "And Yang listened to the exultation, that is, ordered people to go to war. Since then, Qian Qiu Festival has been changed to Tianchang Festival and Qian Qiu County has been changed to Tianchang County.