The origin of Tieniu in Mianyang Tieniu Square

This iron cow is actually a "water-saving iron cow".

According to the Records of Mianyang County, Mianyang City is surrounded by water on three sides, and suffered from seven catastrophic floods in history, thus changing the urban pattern of Mianyang. It can also be said that the history of Mianyang is also a history of water culture. Fujiang River originated in Songpan, went south through Zhongba and Longmen, "turned south through the west of the city and merged into Anchang River",

And then remit it to furong creek. Due to the rapid flow of the Fujiang River, the ancient city of Mianyang has been washed away all the year round and diverted many times, which has brought many disasters to the people. "Mianyang County Records" said: "In the thirty-sixth year of Qianlong, because Mianyang City was washed away by the flood, Altay, the governor of Sichuan, asked him to move to Luojiang." The consequences of the flood were serious, which led to the economic decline and the sharp drop of population in Mianyang.

"By the seventh year of Yongzheng, the population of Mianyang City was 1454." People in Gumianzhou suffered a lot in the flood. I don't know when, folk raised funds to build an iron cow and put it on the Fujiang River, which is called "True Water Iron Bull". Years passed, floods flooded, and Zhenshui Tieniu was washed away without a trace.

After liberation, the government mobilized social human resources with limited funds, and built tens of kilometers of dams on both sides of the Sanjiang River for decades, but the story of Mianyang City being ravaged by floods also happened from time to time. Around the turn of the century, the local government spent a lot of money to rebuild several key river banks, which basically avoided floods.

This true water iron cow was founded in the first year of 2 1 century. It is an imitation of the old iron cow that has disappeared, but it is several times larger than the old iron cow. It is cast iron and hollow. This is a common buffalo in rural Sichuan, which shows that we are from farming culture.

Extended data:

Mianyang City is influenced by topography, with abundant precipitation, large runoff, vertical and horizontal rivers and developed water system. There are more than 3000 rivers and gullies in this city. All rivers and gullies flow into Fujiang, Bailong River and Xihe River, tributaries of Jialing River, respectively, which belong to Jialing River system. Fujiang River is the largest tributary on the right bank of Jialing River and the most important river in the city.

Its basin area accounts for 97.2% of the total area of the city, which has great influence on the formation of urban natural geographical environment and economic development. There are many tributaries of Fujiang River, and the main first-class tributaries in the city are Pingtong River, Tongkou River, Anchang River and Kaijiang River on the right bank of Fujiang River. There are Huoxi River, Furong River and Zijiang River on the left bank of Fujiang River. , forming an asymmetric feather water system.

There are many floods in this city, and the regional distribution of floods is the highest in Anchang River and the upper reaches of Fujiang River, especially along Beichuan, Anxian, Jiangyou and Longmen Mountain in the west of Fujiang River.

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