Historical chapter of Nanyang, an ancient town in Weishan, Shandong Province

There are several references to Nanyang in the State of Qi in Historical Records. In Historical Records, Goujian's Family, the King of Yue said: The King of Yue wanted Wei Juliang, and the State of Qi wanted to test Nanyang, Juchang and Tan. Historical Records. Lu Zhonglian's biography: Chu attacked Nanyang and Wei attacked Pinglu ... thinking that it did little harm to Nanyang. In Mencius. Xia, Mencius said: If you use it without teaching the people, it will be harmful to the people, but the world of Yao and Shun will not allow it. While defeating Qi, there was Nanyang, but there was no such thing. It can be seen that Nanyang existed today during the Warring States period and has an important strategic position. Both Chu and Lu want to fight for it. According to this calculation, Nanyang has a history of at least 2200 years. From Qin, Han, Jin to Sui and Tang Dynasties, Nanyang was located in the north and Liu Pei was located in the south, with relatively low terrain. It has been called Peize since ancient times. Sihe River runs through the whole territory from north to south, and floods often occur in Nanyang. In addition, the war once led to the desolation of Nanyang. There is no historical record of Nanyang in this historical stage. Until the seventh year of Tang Wude (624), the canal in Shandong Province was from west to east, leading Siwen Ershui to Jining, and then divided into north and south, flowing south to Surabaya, passing Nanyang, Xuzhou and reaching Jianghuai in the south. By the Song Dynasty, Nanyang had become a big village on the bank of Surabaya. In A.D. 1278, Wen Tianxiang wrote Yutai, which passed through Nanyang Town and was called the Temple of Sijiao Town. In the 19th year of Yuan Dynasty (1282), when Jeju River opened, Nanyang Gate was built. After the opening of the North-South Grand Canal in the 30th year of Yuan Dynasty (1293), Nanyang became an important commercial port along the canal. In the second year of Yuan Dynasty (133 1), Nanyang Gate was rebuilt on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which coincided with the ancient Surabaya. From then on, Nanyang became famous. By the middle of Ming Dynasty, Nanyang had become one of the four famous towns along the ancient canal (Xiazhen, Zhenjiang and Yangzhou), and its name can be seen in the inscription of Zhengjue Temple rebuilt in the 29th year of Jiajing (1550). Nanyang town changed from land to an island in the lake in the early Qing Dynasty. For decades, Nanyang, a prosperous canal pier and market town, has been constantly attacked and threatened by the north-south countercurrent, sometimes besieged and sometimes submerged, forcing the local terrain to improve continuously to avoid sinking. Nanyang Town is finally at the junction of Zhaoyang Lake, dushan lake Lake and Nanyang Lake, surrounded by water, remaining on both sides of the canal, with the wide canal river as the street, showing her unique natural landscape.

There used to be more than 30 places of interest in Nanyang Town, such as the Forbidden City, the Huangliang Temple, the Guandi Temple, the Fire Temple, the Kuixing Building, the Wengong Temple, the Yumei Temple and the untouched flagpole. 1939, Japanese invaders entered Nanyang and most of them were wiped out. Kuixing Building and Yangjia Archway were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. In the sixth year of Xuande in Ming Dynasty, he built a river bridge, a river management hall and a sluice official hall in Nanyang. The Qing government once set up a master book of garrison and river management here, which was responsible for defense, supervising and transporting taxes, managing canal locks and protecting imperial grain. The emperor's southern tour must pass through Nanyang, and he often stays here for several days. Because Nanyang Lake, where Nanyang Town is located, is in the middle of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, and because Nanyang Town is a one-day flight from Jining in the north to Xiazhen in the south, it has this geographical advantage. Since the opening of the New Canal, Nanyang Town has become the intersection of water transport and commodity trade and an important commercial port and wharf. Fishing boats, wine boats, rice boats and official boats from the south are connected together, and there are many masts and sails that cover the sun. In particular, the 6.5438+0 million tons of imperial grain shipped from Jiangnan every year are all transported to Beijing through this place, and the fleets from south to north all stay here for the night, which is convenient for water transportation. During the Republic of China, the whole town has always retained the appearance of the Qing Dynasty. There are two streets in the town, east, west, north and south, as well as small streets such as memorial archway, well and Xiyu market, and four commercial ports in the east, west, north and south. Most houses in the town are made of bluestone bricks and wood. Among the bustling crowd, there are soft Wu dialect, hard Shandong dialect and white Beijing dialect. Nanyang is rich in aquatic products and then transported to various places, and nearby materials are gathered here for transit, sometimes called xiaojining. The widening navigation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal and the implementation of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project have brought new opportunities for the development of nanqiao town. Tourism development, aquatic product processing, port construction, deep processing of China peaches and China flowers have become hot spots for many businessmen to invest and start businesses.