Longxi is named after Longxi. Since ancient times, it has been a "country with four blockades" and a battleground for military strategists. After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, Longxi County was established as one of the 36 counties in China. When Zhang Qian, a famous explorer in Han Dynasty, went to the Western Ocean, he built a "Changgong Mansion" in Longxi. Since then, Longxi has been called "Changgong".

Longxi is now a county, located in the southeast of Gansu, in the middle of the Loess Plateau in central Gansu, and belongs to Dingxi City, Gansu Province. Longxi in history is two important coordinates for exploring Longxi culture. Longxi county has been the military and political center of the west since Qin dynasty. A history of Longxi is half a history of Gansu, which has long been the capital of Gansu. At that time, Longxi governed five states and twenty-seven states, including today's Lanzhou, Huining, Guyuan and Longdong, and Shaanxi Longxian, Longnan, Minxian, Lintan, Tianshui and Dingxi.

1655, the Chief Secretary of Gansu Province was established, and the provincial capital was located in Longxi County. 1669 Shaanxi and Gansu were divided, and Gansu Province moved Longxi to Lanzhou.

An introduction to the history and culture of Longxi

1, Wenhua Li

Wenhua Li is one of the four major cultures in Gansu, which enjoys equal fame with Dunhuang culture, Tianshui Fuxi culture and Labrang Temple Tibetan Buddhism culture, and is an important part of China traditional culture. There are many Li cultural sites in Longxi County, such as Longxitang, Lijialong Palace and Lihe Tomb.

2. Yangshao culture

Yangshao culture is the representative of the early Neolithic cultural sites in the Yellow River Basin. In Longxi County, many Yangshao cultural sites are preserved along the loess platform on the south bank of Weihe River, including more than ten cultural sites such as Longtou Mountain in Shouyang Town, Liangjiaping in Changgu Township, Zhangjiaping in Changgong Town and Wenfeng Hot Spring Mountain in Wenfeng Town.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Longxi County