Lechang City is located in the northernmost part of Guangdong Province, at the southern foot of Wuling Mountain. There are many strange rocks in Hexi, and Changshan and Leshan, where water stands by, have witnessed the historical changes of this small town for thousands of years.
Wujiang River is an important waterway flowing from the Central Plains to Lingnan. This waterway is rough and dangerous. The mountains on both sides of the strait are winding and beautiful, easy to defend but difficult to attack. Has always been a battleground for military strategists. "Notes on Water Classics" records that "Longshui flows out of the gorge in the south, the mouth of Weishui is long, and there are generals on the west bank. The county, the capital of the South China Sea, was built because of the noise and died. Wei Wei began to live in Longchuan. " The "Longkou" mentioned here is located on the coast of Wushui, not far southwest of Lechang City.
1986, archaeologists excavated a city wall site here, which opened the long history of Lechang.
In 2 14 BC, Qin Shihuang pacified South Vietnam and established Nanhai, Guilin and Xiangshan counties. Lechang belongs to Nanhai County, where Ren Xiao, a captain of Nanhai, built the city. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chu and Han contended. Zhao Tuo, then a captain of Nanhai County, annexed Guilin and Xiangjun, established Nanyue State, and built a wall in Lechang to guard the Wujiang Waterway. The tall and wide city walls became an important line of defense to protect South Vietnam until. Lechang's dangerous terrain has become a natural barrier between the Central Plains and Lingnan. Until a road was built, this military fortress in northern Guangdong became a transportation hub to communicate with the north and south, which accelerated the economic and cultural exchanges between Lingnan and the Central Plains.
This ancient road, made of red sandstone, is a famous Xijing ancient road in history. From Yingde in the south, through Lechang, to Xijing Chang 'an in the north. It was the main traffic artery between north and south of China at that time. It has been rebuilt and widened many times in the past dynasties and has become a channel for economic and cultural exchanges in ancient times. This road was dug and built by three officials in Guiyang during the Jianwu period of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Mainly used by bureaucrats, businessmen and the army, it brought advanced Central Plains culture and agricultural technology to Lechang.
After the opening of the Xijing Ancient Road, countless literati passed by, leaving immortal poems for this beautiful mountain and river. "On the rugged cliff of Wuxi East, Wen Chang's overlapping Xiufeng is hunched. The empty valley is full of sound and the oil is broken. " The Rocky Mountain described by Li Bo, a poet in the Song Dynasty, is located on the bank of Wujiang River, 3 kilometers southeast of Lechang City. Because the two stones on the top of the mountain overlap and look like "Chang", it is named "Chang Mountain". There is also a stone mountain on the right of Changshan Mountain, which is called Xerox Mountain. There are different opinions about the origin of mountain names. One of them is because the stone in the mountain is flat, dozens of steps wide, with bamboo and wood on it. It is said that it is a place where some civil servants in Lechang play and tourists enjoy, so it is named "Xerox Mountain". The two stone mountains are entrusted with people's good wishes for happiness and prosperity.
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