Tourism Development in Lan 'an Township

A place where ancient folk customs and historical relics of the Red Army's Long March exist. The whole terrain, landforms and folk architectural style of Lan 'an can be clearly seen in Sigaba Pine Bag, which is the best viewing platform.

According to legend, this is the place where the five dragons live. The five dragons often play here, and the Qiang people suffer greatly, so they open an altar to worship heaven and pray for the help of the gods. The immortal was moved by the piety of the Qiang people, so he strangled the five dragons with the high vault. After the unruly dragon was strangled by the high vault, he tried to overturn the high vault, and his body expanded rapidly. Seeing that the high vault was about to be overturned by the dragon, the immortal quickly waved the magic weapon to cut the dragon's back into three pieces, and the dragon's back was broken, and it suddenly turned into five winding mountain ridges (see, there are still three ridges on each mountain ridge so far) The Dragon Ball turned into a round mound, which stood on this plain and looked down on the vicissitudes of life and the changes of the world. Since then, this unique and ornamental landform has been formed. (2) According to the legend of the local old people, Guiqiong people were originally the descendants of the ancient Qiang people, and their ancestors lived in Qiongya area. In the Shu and Han dynasties, Zhuge Liang sent troops to defeat them because of disputes between Han and Qiang. During the negotiations in Ya 'an, Zhuge Liang asked Qiang people to stop living a simple nomadic life and mobilize Qiang people to move from high mountains to valley dam, engage in farming, and farm and weave. Since then, some Qiang people have moved to the valley and learned to plow and weave; On the other hand, some Qiang people are unwilling to change their original way of life, moving from Qiongya to Tianquan and then to Lan 'an in Luding. The old people said that there were only a few families who moved to Lan 'an from the campaign, and they lived on the mountain named Ruyigang.

At that time, the whole Luding area was a no-man's land. Lan 'an was a swamp on a high mountain, that is, it was a small basin with a deep mire at the bottom and dense forests at the edge. Now Lan 'an Dam was uninhabitable at that time, so people who first moved here could only live in Yi 'gang at first. Later, in the long historical development, with the progress of population reproduction and development, residential areas gradually developed from Ruyigang to Wuyixia, and then to Xiazuwu, that is, from the edge of the alpine basin to the depth of the basin bottom. When the bottom of the basin was developed, the original settlements, such as Yilan Wuyixia and Xiazuwu, became very remote, and the Guiqiong people who lived here didn't learn to speak Chinese until the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Around the Tang Dynasty, the development of Lan 'an reached the center of Lan 'an Dam. It is said that at this time, the marshland had all dried up, and people's living and farming areas developed into fertile dams. Up to now, the historical story of The Golden Duck has been handed down. From about this time, there has been an official road (i.e. post road) from Ya 'an and Tianquan through Lan 'an, to the gas ditch crossing the Dadu River and to Tibet. Lan 'an is the only place on this important passage, and more and more people are coming to Lan 'an at this time.

Due to the rise of Tibetan Tubo, its forces developed eastward, occupied the Dadu River and Yalong River basins, and sent Tibetan soldiers to Lan 'an area. In order to consolidate its rule, Tubo assimilated the indigenous people in its occupied area, and Tibetan Buddhism spread to Lan 'an at this time. After the collapse of Tubo, Lamaism came, and Ujile Muqi, a great Tibetan Lama, went to Lan 'an to preach. There are three ancient Lama temples in Lan 'an, and the sites still exist.

In the Tang Dynasty, Longyan Jimizhou was set up in Lan, and it was renamed Yanzhou in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, it was placed under the jurisdiction of Tianquan Nuluo Tusi and set up a lawsuit against Governor Yan. Lan 'an was the most prosperous in the Ming Dynasty, opening up more than 1, mu of land. Later, some land was barren, and traces still exist, and the foundation of the house was there. In the Ming Dynasty, the site of the official residence, today's government office, Jiaochang and execution ground still exists in Lan. The Ming Dynasty also installed Tea and Horse Department in Lan, where the tea-horse trade was conducted, and the foundation of this site is still there. By the Qing Dynasty, the road from Ya 'an and Tianquan to Tibet passed through Luding and Kangding, replacing the ancient road from Ya 'an and Tianquan to Wasgou, crossing the Dadu River and reaching Tibet. Due to the southward movement of the avenue, Lan 'an gradually declined. Since the Song and Ming Dynasties, Lan 'an has been called Yanzhou, and later renamed Angzhou. In 1947, Dai Chuanxian, president of the Kuomintang Examinations Institute, went to Luding, Xikang, and changed his name to Lan 'an, where Angzhou was covered with mountains. In addition to the indigenous descendants of the ancient Qiang people, some people in Lan Anju moved from Tianquan, some were left behind by the garrison troops during the Tubo rule, and some Han people settled here as soldiers, carrying tea and doing small traders.

Lan 'an and Yutong District in the northeast of Kangding County are only separated by a Dadu River, but they are not more than 2 miles apart. The residents of the two places belong to the nine branches of Guiqiong, and their marriage and trade relations are very close. However, in 195, Luding County designated Lan Anju as Han nationality, while Kangding County designated Yutong residents as Tibetans. Lan Anju residents and Yutong residents are originally a nation, which should be taken care of by the party and the state for ethnic minorities, so later Lan 'an residents demanded to be changed to Tibetans.

There are many legends and stories related to Zhuge Liang among the ethnic minorities in southwest China. Guiqiong people in Lan 'an have a legend that their ancestors moved to Lan 'an after fighting and negotiating with Zhuge Liang. At present, there is no historical data for reference, so it is difficult to prove it. However, Guiqiong people did move from Ya 'an and Tianquan to Luding and Kangding. According to Gaoxingwu, a member of the Kangding County Political Consultative Conference (Guiqiong people, a religious professional), his ancestors were descendants of Tianquan Gao Tusi, and many of the high surnames in Yutong District were Tianquan Tusi. However, after the founding of New China, those who stayed in Tianquan became Han and those who moved to Kangding became Tibetans. However, people with high surnames who moved to Luding and Kangding all had only Chinese surnames but no Chinese names. According to historical records, during the Song and Ming Dynasties, there were many Qiang tribes in Ya 'an, Tianquan and Hanyuan, such as Qingqiang, Miqiang, Wubu and Liufan. This shows that the ancestors of Lan 'an Guiqiong people moved from Ya 'an and Tianquan to Lan 'an in Luding, which may not have arrived in the Shu and Han Dynasties earlier.