Why is Guangzhou called Yangcheng? "Have dinner together tonight." "What's the matter with you?" "I want to do it from five distances." Even when quarreling, "baa!" "baa you!" "baa!" "baa!" What do you mean by all kinds of baa, baa, baa, baa, baa and baa? This statement is definitely wrong. There are actually several theories about why Guangzhou is called Yangcheng. Let me take an inventory for you. 1, legend 1, there is a beautiful legend about the title of Yangcheng: the title of Wuyang Penggu, taken from Chuting. Around the Zhou Dynasty, Guangzhou suffered from famine year after year, the fields were barren, and the agricultural harvest failed, so the people could not eat and wear. One day, melodious music suddenly came from the sky in the South China Sea, and five colorful auspicious clouds appeared. There are five immortals in the sky, wearing colorful clothes and riding fairy sheep with different colors and ears of rice. They arrived in Guangzhou. The immortal gave the good ears of rice to the people of Guangzhou and wished that there would never be a famine in this area. May the immortal fly away, and the five immortal sheep turn into stone sheep and stay on the hillside of Guangzhou, which is the five-sheep stone statue under Yuexiu Mountain today. Since then, Guangzhou has become the richest place in Lingnan, blessed by immortals, with fragrant ears of rice and a bumper harvest every year. 2. Legend 2. Legend has it that a long time ago, in Guangzhou, people lived in poverty and hardship because human civilization had not yet developed. There are five fairy sheep in the sky. In the practice of following immortals, the Buddha's heart is as thorough as human immortals. Seeing human suffering, he often fidgeted and couldn't eat. I have asked the Jade Emperor many times, hoping that the Jade Emperor can benefit the world. The Jade Emperor refused many times for multiple reasons. Finally, one day, under the secret talk of five fairy sheep, they decided to bring something from the Heavenly Palace to save the world. So a sheep grabbed the fire, a sheep grabbed the grain, a sheep grabbed the knitted fabric, a sheep grabbed the fruit, and a sheep grabbed the farm tools. Come to the world by auspicious clouds and present these five things. The people cheered the arrival and gifts of the fairy sheep, and then relied on these fairy things to slowly embark on a rich life of men plowing and women weaving. Little did I know that this matter was soon known by heaven, and the Jade Emperor was furious! Ordered Wuyang to be brought back to heaven for the most severe treatment. When people heard these words, they all knelt down and prayed to God to forgive the five fairy sheep. The Jade Emperor was deeply moved, but the crime of disobedience was still unforgivable, so he made a decree to turn five fairy sheep into stone statues to protect the people of Guangzhou forever, and the reason for the statue of five sheep came from this. 3. Legend 3. In the 9th century BC, the State of Chu in the Zhou Dynasty built a city called "Chuting" in today's Guangzhou. One year, due to successive years of disasters, Chuting farmland was barren, agriculture failed, and the people were hungry and cold. One day, five auspicious clouds appeared in the sky of the South China Sea. There are five immortals in the sky, dressed in red, orange, yellow, green and colorful clothes, riding five fairy sheep respectively, and the fairy sheep landed slowly in this city with a liu er rice in their mouth. The immortal gave the ears of rice to the people, leaving five sheep, hoping that there would never be a famine here, and then flew away. Since then, Guangzhou has become the richest place in Lingnan. Also began to have "Yangcheng", "Five Yangcheng" and "Guangzhou City". Guangzhou people also built the Wudang Five Immortals Temple on Huifu West Road to commemorate the five immortals who benefited. If you don't believe me, you can go to the east side of Wuxian Temple, where there is a huge red sandstone footprint cave, which is the "immortal thumb print". If you don't believe me, you can go to the foot of Yuexiu Mountain, where there is a stone tablet of "Ancient Chuting", which says the oldest name in Guangzhou is "Chuting".

Top ten surnames in Yangcheng. Surname is a sign and symbol indicating a person's family blood relationship. Whenever I go out to work and meet friends with the same surname, I always unconsciously think that we may have been brothers and sisters hundreds of years ago! Guangzhou has a long history and culture. Miss Xiguan and Master Dongshan are both talking about the cultural heritage of this city. So do you know Guangzhou's famous families? Pica China, let me show you today! 1, Ling's, Shenjing Village is built by mountains and water, with four gates: Fuxuan, Guangde, Shang Xian and Yougeng. As night falls, Zhaimen is closed, and Shenjing becomes an independent world. The center here is Ling's ancestral hall. The family background of the Ling family began in the Song Dynasty. Legend has it that 1278, Ling Zhen, the ancestor of Ling family, responded to the call of Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie who fled to Guangzhou in the south, and organized an uprising army to attack Yuan and take Guangzhou directly. Ling Zhen's descendants have multiplied in Shenjing Village to this day. 2. Xu family, Xu family, mainly derived from the surname won and the surname changed by ethnic minorities. Xu Ruomu of Xia Dynasty was the ancestor of Xu's surname. Sanhua Minister Temple was built in Tongzhi of Qing Dynasty for two or three years (1863), with a history of more than 30 years. Nanshan Academy is a temple built by Xu Shiliang, a senior minister of the Ministry of War, to seek medical treatment for his father. Guobi Temple and Xugong Temple are Xu's ancestral temples. The ancient building complex of Prime Minister Temple is huge, integrating Prime Minister Temple, Nanshan Academy, Zhi Heng Xugong Temple and Narcissus Temple. It is a group of artistic buildings with three rows, three entrances and six corridors. 3. Li, the surname of the Tang Dynasty, is the largest surname in China and even in the world, with a large number and wide distribution. The total population of Li in the world exceeds 654.38 billion. Lizhong Temple is located at No.38, Luo Qing Street, Town East Village, Shawan. It was built by the Li people to commemorate the ancestor Li who explored flowers in the Southern Song Dynasty. Li was the first and third flower-exploring scholar in Guangdong in Song Dynasty. Honest and clean, loyal, dare to remonstrate. Later, he was promoted to prime minister, editor of national history, assistant minister of Longtuge official department, and founder of Panyu. At the age of 57, he is honest and simple, and his collection of Wenxi has been passed down from generation to generation. Li Miwei, a representative of the surname Li in modern Guangzhou, was known as "the master of logistics planning in China" and "the first logistics planner in China". 4. Cui Shi and Cui are one of the surnames of China, North Korea and South Korea. Mainly from ginger, its ancestor is, its ancestor is Shennong, Shandong Linzi is Cui's birthplace. Cui Taishi Temple is located in Cuiwu Village, north of Keng Town, Zengcheng City, and was built in the late Qing Dynasty. This ancestral hall was built in memory of Choi Woo-shik, a famous minister and scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty. There are many memorial sites in Choi Woo-shik, including Jupo Pavilion in Licheng, Choi Woo-shik's former residence in Chaotian Road, Guangzhou, Jupo Jingshe at the foot of Yuexiu Mountain, Sanxian Temple in Chengdu, Cliff Stone Carvings on Qixingyan in Guangxi ... The most famous is Taishi Temple in Cuiwei, Zengcheng, his hometown. Choi Woo-shik, a native of Zengcheng, Guangdong Province, was a scholar in Shao Xi period of Southern Song Dynasty. He served as an official in Sichuan and Guangdong, worshipped the right prime minister and participated in the discussion of state affairs. He is the most outstanding figure in Zengcheng history and a famous minister in Southern Song Dynasty. Cui Wu is the place where Choi Woo-shik was born and lived in his early life. 5. Li's Han surname is a typical southern surname. Mandarin pronunciation: Li; Cantonese pronunciation: Come. Today, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Jiangxi and other provinces are widely distributed, making it the 92nd most popular surname in China. Li's Ancestral Hall in Panyu in Qing Dynasty, also known as Li Yongsi Hall, is located in Banqiao Village, Nancun Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou. In memory of the famous patriotic poet Li Suiqiu's ancestral temple. Li Suiqiu, who is knowledgeable and good at painting and calligraphy, will be a juren in the seventh year tomorrow. According to experts of cultural relics in Guangzhou, the shrine is unique and precious in Guangzhou in the style of Ming Dynasty. Yuyin Mountain Residence is a national key cultural relics protection unit. 6. The Jin family (Jin Zengcheng) started as a salt merchant in Taiping, and was as rich as the first family. Jin Zengcheng then took the imperial examination, went abroad to study, and returned to China. Like Taipingting Western Restaurant and Nanyuan Restaurant, they used to serve salt merchants nearby. In the past 60 years, Xu Shi and the Jin family in the same street have experienced changes. Most of the descendants of the Kim family have gone overseas, distributed in the United States, Australia, Canada, China and Hongkong. The Jin family's house in Jingyeyuan, Gaudi Street, has long been demolished. 7. Liangjia Ancestral Temple is located at No.34 Liangjia Ancestral Street, Jinlong West Road, Liwan District. Built in the Ming Dynasty, it was rebuilt in the year of Jiaqing and Bingzi in Qing Dynasty. On the east side, it is connected with Qingyun Academy in Liang and Qingyun Lane. It is an existing ancestral temple in Guangzhou, located in the old city, with three large-scale ancestral temples. In 2002, it was listed as a cultural relic protection unit by the Guangzhou municipal government. Now it is not only the Liang ancestral hall, but also a tourist attraction. Today, the Pantang Liang family has been passed down for 27 generations, that is, four generations. There is only one old man left in the descendants of the word generation, who is nearly ninety years old. 8. The originator of Xu's surname in The Xu Family is Xu You, a famous hermit in ancient China. According to legend, Tang Yao once let everyone live in Xu You, but Xu You resigned and fled to Jishan (now southeast of Dengfeng City, Henan Province) to live in seclusion. Yao also asked him to be the CEO of Kyushu. He listened attentively near Shui Ying and expressed his determination not to be an official. During the Spring and Autumn Period, under the pressure of big countries such as Zheng and Chu, Xu moved many times. At the beginning of the Warring States, Xu was destroyed by Chu and moved to Rongcheng (now southeast of Lushan County, Henan Province). In order to miss his motherland, his descendants took the country name "Xu" as their surname. For 200 years, the Xu family has been active in the historical stage of China, which has had an impact on the politics, military, economy, culture and other aspects of modern China. Xu Jia has been an educator of three presidents of Sun Yat-sen University. Hong Kong Star, descended from the Xu Shi family in Gaudi Street. Xu Shi, once brilliant, has trained generations of talents, but with the changes of history and the indifference of blood relationship, generations of big families have gradually become indifferent. 9. He Lujiang Academy is a college jointly built by He clansmen, so it is also called He Family Temple. The purpose of the building is to let Ho children from the province have a place to eat and drink and warm books when they come to Guangzhou to take the exam. The existence history here is even older than the famous Chenjia Temple. Speaking of the representative surnamed He, I have to say that He Houhua, Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region, was born in Macau, but his ancestral home is Panyu, Guangzhou. 10, Chen is the first surname in Lingnan, ranking first among the top ten surnames in Guangdong Province. There are many talented people named Chen in Guangdong Province. At every node in the development of Lingnan culture, a group of scholars and celebrities have emerged, such as Chen Changchao, Chen Zongxun, Chen Lanbin, Chen and other 48 Guangdong Chen gentry and celebrities. Speaking of this first surname, it is natural to mention Chen Family Temple. Chenjia Temple combines the essence of Guangdong Chenjia Temple and Chen Academy, and combines the characteristics of Lingnan gardens. Although it is not the oldest ancestral temple in Guangzhou, it must be the most beautiful and magnificent ancestral temple in Guangzhou. The Chen Ancestral Hall in Guanzhou Village lives in the mountains, and there are not many sculptors, so it is simple. The architectural history here is older than the Chen ancestral hall.