China is a big country with a long history. Almost every city has its own unique evolution track, and all dynasties have different development directions. For thousands of years, few cities have kept their cultural traditions unchanged. Speaking of a city that hasn't changed its original name for three thousand years, Handan may be the first and only one that people think of, but there is actually a place name that hasn't changed for thousands of years. It is Xixian County, Xinyang City, Henan Province.

Xixian county used to be an interest country that was enfeoffed in Zhou Wuwang's time, but now the county name commemorates not the interest country or its monarch, but a famous beauty in history? Ms. Xi.

Mrs. Xi, also known as "Lady Peach Blossom", is one of the four beauties in the Spring and Autumn Period. Her surname is Gui, and she married the monarch of this country, so she is generally called Gui. Mrs. Xi is very beautiful. Before marrying him, she was coveted by her brother-in-law Cai Hou for a long time. Mrs Xi passed by Cai Guo when she got married, and Cai Hou took the opportunity to flirt with her, which made him furious.

In order to retaliate against Cai Hou, Hou took the initiative to contact Chu, hoping to destroy Cai by the hand of King Wen of Chu. Chu was one of the most powerful vassal States at that time, and had long been eyeing neighboring countries, and the two countries hit it off. In 684 BC, * * * joined forces to destroy Cai, and Cai Hou was also captured by King Wen of Chu.

Although Xi Hou retaliated against Cai Hou as he wished, Chu was powerful, which was tantamount to taking the eggs from the tiger's skin. Sure enough, the captured Cai Hou was also resentful. Knowing that Mrs. Xi was beautiful, he deliberately took advantage of this opportunity to attract the attention of King Chu Wen and successfully made King Chu Wen have the idea of possessing Mrs. Xi.

In this way, the country was also captured by King Chu Wen, who was greedy for beauty. Later, she became a prisoner, and her wife was taken back to the palace by King Chu Wen. In order to save her husband's life, Mrs. Xi committed herself to the king of Chu with humiliation, but she never took the initiative to laugh or speak, which has been the case for three years. The king of Chu felt very unhappy and asked why. Mrs Xi just said, "I am a woman who works for two husbands. Even if Fu can die, how can she be cynical? "

In other words, I am a woman, serving two husbands, even if I can't die, what can I say? The king of Chu was very angry, but he didn't want to punish his wife and couldn't move Hou, so he took Cai Hou back to Chu and put him under house arrest until he died.

In 677 AD, King Chu Wen died, and Mrs. Xi's son succeeded to the throne. It is worth mentioning that no matter where she is, Mrs Xi always cares about the people. After assisting the Crown Prince to succeed to the throne, she provided many favorable suggestions for the country, such as appointing talents, attaching importance to education, paying attention to diplomacy, and recuperating, and made contributions to the blending of Chu culture and Central Plains culture. It can be seen that Mrs. Xi is not only beautiful, but also has rare political wisdom.

After Mrs. Xi died, people built a "Peach Blossom Temple" at the foot of the mountain to commemorate her. Today, there are still temples, stone tablets, statues and other buildings built for Mrs. Xi in Xixian County. Later generations regarded her as the "Peach Blossom Fairy" and "God of Peace". This woman, who is both talented and beautiful but lives a miserable life, has always been a moving regional image card in Xixian history. ?