In the fourth year of Tang Wude (62 1), Zhou Kun was established, and Ma Ping County was ruled by Zhou Kun. Later, Zhou Kun was changed to Nankou, belonging to Lingnan Road. In the eighth year of Zhenguan (634), Liujiang in the state was renamed Liuzhou.
In the first year of Tianbao (742), it was renamed Longcheng County. In the first year of Gan Yuan (758), Longcheng County was renamed Liuzhou, which has been in use ever since. Liuzhou city site is located in the southeast riverside area of Chengzhong District of Liuzhou City today.
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Liuzhou, also known as Lake City and Dragon City, is the largest industrial city in Guangxi, a national second-class city, one of the five largest automobile cities in China, an industrial town, comprehensive transportation hub and trade logistics center in southwest China.
It is the only city in China with four major automobile groups: FAW, Dongfeng, SAIC and China National Heavy Duty Truck. It is an important channel leading inland to ASEAN, a two-way product processing and trade base and a logistics transit base city with ASEAN.
The hub city of the southwest sea passage, the important node of the "Belt and Road" organically connecting the gateway, and the leading city and core city of the Xijiang Economic Belt in the strategy of developing the western region.
The story of Liu Zongyuan and Liuzhou;
Liu Zongyuan was an active advocate of the ancient prose movement in the Tang Dynasty and one of the eight masters in the Tang and Song Dynasties. He was a scholar at the age of 20 and an official in the central government at the age of 25, but he was implicated and relegated because of his participation in the political reform movement.
In his official career, he was devastated and was demoted again and again. The more he was demoted, the farther away he was from Beijing. Finally, he was demoted to Liuzhou, which was almost wild, to be a secretariat, and died at the age of 46.
Although Liu Zongyuan was demoted in Liuzhou, he became the chief official of a place after all. He used his limited rights to display his political ambitions and talents and did many good deeds, so the people of Liuzhou supported him.
After his death, he made a coffin for him with precious wood and escorted his body back to his hometown in Yongji, Shanxi. Liu Zongyuan's contribution has been rewarded, and his name coexists with Liuzhou, so that the world also calls it "Liu Liuzhou".
Of course, Liuzhou people's righteous deeds have also been rewarded. It is said that it will take several months to walk from Liuzhou to Yongji, but when Hedong opened the coffin and reburied, he found that Gong Liu's body was still intact and his face was still vivid.
Everyone is surprised that Liuzhou coffin is famous for Liu Zongyuan's celebrity effect. Those dignitaries are proud of having a good Liuzhou coffin, so Liuzhou has also made a fortune.
The folk proverb "Eat in Guangzhou, wear in Suzhou, play in Hangzhou, and die in Liuzhou". Liu Zongyuan and Liuzhou also have a fate, and both have the word "Liu", so that many people mistakenly think that Liuzhou is named after Liu Zongyuan.
As for whether Liuzhou is named after Liu Zongyuan, just check the information. Liuzhou's name comes from Liujiang, which was given in the Sui Dynasty. But there is no doubt that the evolutionary history of Liuzhou has a considerable relationship with Liu Zongyuan.
Although Liuzhou has a long history, until the Tang Dynasty, it was a wild land with backward economy, lack of education and no understanding of human feelings. Until Liu Zongyuan made a secretariat, there was still a phenomenon of slavery because of debt.
Liu Zongyuan rescued thousands of indebted handmaiden in his first year in office. At the same time, he also guided people to get rid of superstition, believe in science, and advised people not to kill livestock indiscriminately, and to seek medical treatment if they were sick, thus changing the local wind of killing livestock and worshiping ghosts.
Because Liuzhou is located in the south, the climate is humid and rainy, and people do not understand science when digging wells, which often leads to landslides. After Liu Zongyuan took office, he raised some funds himself, and then used some local funds to personally lead migrant workers to investigate. By using scientific methods, he dug a well in the north of the city.
This well is still in use today. In order to guide the people to engage in agricultural and forestry production, he personally planted citrus trees in the northwest of Liuzhou, and wrote a poem entitled "Occasionally Planting Citrus Trees in the Northwest of Liuzhou" to clarify his ambition.
In addition, Liu Zongyuan also vigorously guided the development of animal husbandry sideline, shipbuilding and road construction, and built houses, which made Liuzhou's city appearance and economy achieve unprecedented development. After Liu Zongyuan arrived in Liuzhou, he also set up a school and personally went to the altar to give lectures.
Publicize progressive literary thoughts and the existence of world science, objective things and natural generation. Due to Liu Zongyuan's emphasis on culture and education, a number of cultural figures who are proficient in poetry and songs, etiquette and music have emerged in Liuzhou.
Liuzhou is a place with beautiful scenery, far superior to Yongzhou in terms of natural scenery. However, Liu Zongyuan, a great writer who once wrote Eight Chapters of Yongzhou, did not write a Travels here, which shows his busy official business.
However, in his busy schedule, he wrote scientific and technological articles such as Tian Lun and Tian Wen, leaving behind the heroic words of "worrying too much, how can we wait and fly?"
"Liuzhou old Liu Hou Ci is virtuous for the people and admired by the people". Today, Liuzhou is an important city in Guangxi and an important transportation hub in southwest China. Although there are not many relics of Liu Zongyuan here, his influence can be seen everywhere.
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