Why is Chengdu called Rongcheng?

From August 5th to 10, Bian Xiao took his annual leave and went to Chengdu to play with his family. I have been to the northeast and southeast, northwest and south, but I have never been to the southwest, so this is also a dream trip of Bian Xiao, and I have finished the main stops in all directions of the motherland through one stop in Chengdu.

On arriving in Chengdu, Bian Xiao found that the city was very heavy and atmospheric, with wide roads, improved roads and orderly. Urban architecture, in particular, feels gloomy as a whole, and I can't help thinking of the Qingcheng School in Jin Yong's novels. Yu Canghai is a typical representative, and I think it is more appropriate to call it Chengdu Allure. However, street signs and public service advertisements tell Bian Xiao that another name of the city is Rongcheng. Fuzhou, also known as Rongcheng, is a major feature of this city, because there are more banyan trees. But what is this Argo for? Is it because of the hibiscus tree?

Through the communication with the tour guide, Bian Xiao finally figured out the origin of the term "Rongcheng". In fact, there are two kinds of statements here. One is "painting a lotus with a turtle", that is, when the city was first built, the foundation was unstable and collapsed repeatedly. Later, a tortoise appeared to lead the way to build a city. The route guided by the tortoise was a hibiscus flower, and Rongcheng was born. There is also a saying that "hibiscus protects the city", that is, after the Five Dynasties, Meng Changjun, the king of Shu, ordered people to plant hibiscus flowers in Chengdu Tucheng to protect the city walls. Whenever the hibiscus blooms in September, it looks like embroidery from a distance, and the city is full of splendor, so it is called Furong City, also known as Rongcheng.

The building where this hotel is located looks simple and heavy, with the style of the Three Kingdoms period.

The exterior wall of Yongling Museum is a bit like Daxue Road outside Yushan Campus of China Ocean University.

The main entrance of Yongling Museum, where Wang Jian's tomb is located in the Five Dynasties.

The second statement is the most accepted and widely circulated. The specific statement is this: Since the Tang Dynasty, Chengdu has held a grand flower market every February in the lunar calendar. According to legend, February 15th of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Baihua, which is called "Flower Dynasty". Chengdu Flower Market is conveniently held around the Flower Dynasty, which is the positive period of the flower market. Every February, Chengdu becomes an ocean of flowers. Hundreds of flowers gather in the flower city, competing to open up and compete for beauty, making the whole ancient capital enchanting and gorgeous. Such a beauty contest is really dazzling. At this time, five generations later, Mrs. Hua Rui, the princess of Shu, turned back from the flowers and found hibiscus in it. Lotus is rolling in the sky like a colorful cloud, which surprises Mrs. Hua Rui. She likes this beautiful flower, which makes her feel very happy. However, flowers are always short-lived, and beauty will soon die. In the humid weather in Chengdu, Mrs. Hua Rui is often depressed. Autumn is coming, and Mrs. Huarui takes her entourage to have an outing to relieve loneliness. Walking to the front yard of the farmhouse, she was surprised to find that in this autumn in first frost, even the determined chrysanthemums have withered, but there are still such clusters of flowers blooming. She remembered that this was the hibiscus she saw in the flower dynasty, and Mrs. Huarui's face was rippling with joy that she had never seen before.

The entourage around him saw all this and reported it to Meng Changjun, the master of Shu. Meng Changjun was overjoyed and ordered the people to plant hibiscus trees in the gardens of the whole city. So when bloom comes next year, Chengdu will be a 40-mile hibiscus, and from then on, it will have the reputation of Furong City.

Later, after the demise of Shu, Mrs. Huarui was swept into the harem by Song Taizong Zhao Guoyin. Mrs. Hua Rui often misses Meng Chang and secretly treasures his portrait to show her miss. After Zhao Guoyin knew it, he forced her to hand over the portrait. However, Mrs. Hua Rui refused, and Zhao Guoyin killed her in a rage. Later generations admired Mrs. Hua Rui's loyalty to love, regarded her as the Lotus God and called her "the flower of love".

Chengdu people's love for hibiscus flowers is related to this ancient legend. They rejected the saying that "the tortoise painted the hibiscus" and "the hibiscus protected the city", but they relished the legend of Mrs. Hua Rui, which fully explained the romantic feelings of Chengdu people in pursuit of loyal love. (More exciting, please pay attention to the headline number: take the opportunity)