A long history and splendid Dongyuan culture have produced some distinctive place names. Today, let's talk about how the names of Dongping County came from.
1, Houtun: Formerly known as Longshan Tun, it was renamed Houtun because of the phenomenon of duplicate names and the fact that the village is located in the north of Xiaotun.
2. Sioux City: The Western Zhou Dynasty was a fief of Sioux City, which was located in the west gate of Sioux City in Dongping County, from which the name of Sioux City originated. During the Spring and Autumn Period, it was also the host country. The Qin Dynasty established a salt-free county. Dongping State was established in the Han Dynasty, and the city was in Sucheng. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Dongping County was established and Sucheng was established. Sucheng County was established in Sui Dynasty, and Dongping County was changed in Tang Dynasty. Dongping dialect calls Su the incarnation of X, and some studies mistakenly call it Xuchang City.
3. Daotun: Because it is low-lying and watery, rice and cattail are planted here. Because of the beautiful scenery of rice, cattail and lotus, it is called Daotun depression.
3. Escort Village: According to legend, an emperor in the Song Dynasty passed Dongping and was escorted by villagers, hence the name.
4. Red Face Shop: According to legend, in the Western Han Dynasty, under the influence of the Red Eyebrow Army of the rebel army, local farmers painted their faces red and opened a shop here as a contact sign, hence the name Red Face Shop.
5. Luo Zhuang: According to legend, there is an ancient temple in the village with big gongs and drums, so it is called the village of gongs and drums. With the passage of time, Gong Zhuang has become the "Luo Zhuang" now. It is also said that because Luo lived in this era, he was named Luo Zhuang, and the famous Luo Guanzhong was from Luo Zhuang.
6, a load of soil: when building the village, because there are two symmetrical small earth mountains, it looks like a pole carrying two mounds from a distance, so it is named a load of soil!
7. Ruth: According to legend, during the Western Han Dynasty, there was a military camp in Dongping Wangcheng (Sucheng), so it was named Ying, which later evolved into Ruth.
8. Semi-inverted well, formerly known as Qingxi Village, is called Bangzi well because there is an inclined shaft in the south of the village, which looks like a waterfall, and because the diameter of the wellhead is similar to that of tofu bangzi, it is also called Banzi well.
9. Fancun: According to legend, in the early Ming Dynasty, the Daqing River was often flooded, so it was called Fancun, which later evolved into Fancun.
10, Gutai Temple. According to legend, there is a temple here with a big drum platform, so it was named Gutai Temple and evolved into Gutai Temple.
1 1, Dajing: formerly known as Duojing Village, it evolved into Tajingtun and later changed to Tajing and Dajing.
12, salt-free: Yancheng was established in Qi Dynasty in Zhou Dynasty, renamed salt-free pavilion in Wang Mang period in Qin Dynasty, and salt-free pavilion in Sui Dynasty, which is still in use today!