Where did Tai 'an City in history originate? What was it like in ancient times? There was a folk saying that "there was an old county first, then there was an old county, and three people moved to Tai 'an".
When did it migrate to the southern foot of Mount Tai? There may be many people who want to know the truth.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Mount Tai belonged to the territory of Qilu, with two cities, Win and Bo.
Boyi at the southern foot of Mount Tai, called Boyang in Qin Dynasty, has long been an important administrative center of Wenhe Plain.
Taishan County was established here in the early Han Dynasty.
Although Mount Tai is within its jurisdiction, it cannot be regarded as the predecessor of Tai 'an City, because there was no direct connection between Boyi and Mount Tai at that time.
The predecessor of Tai 'an City should be Gao Feng County established by Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty.
According to Supplementary Notes on Geography of Hanshu, "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty closed his door and cut this county into Mount Tai, which is the border between winning and Bo, hence the name Gao Feng.
"There are similar records in Taian local chronicles.
Regarding the location of Gaofeng City, there are two opinions: one is that Gao Feng City is near Xie Guocheng, fifteen miles northeast of Tai 'an City, near the Hamming Hall; Another way of saying it is: Gao Feng is at the intersection of Wenying River and Mouwen River, that is, Guxian Village, about 50 miles east of Tai 'an today.
Comparatively speaking, the latter statement is more reliable, which is quite consistent with the status of Gao Feng described in Li Daoyuan's Notes on Water Classics.
"Notes on Water Classics" says: "Wenshui comes from the southwest of the old city of Mouxian County ... it bypasses the Gaogu city in the southwest and then flows to Brunei.
"The former refers to winning Brunei, and the latter refers to seeking the text.
The location of Gaofengcheng mentioned here is consistent with the present Guxian Village, and there are still a lot of bricks and tiles left near Guxian Village, which also provides strong evidence for this.
Gao Feng in Han Dynasty is located in the middle of the present Tailai Plain, with convenient land and water transportation and developed agriculture.
From Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was always the county governor of Taishan County.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Mount Tai was the activity area of Qing Xu's Yellow Scarf Army.
They once assembled 300,000 soldiers to attack Taishan County.
Due to repeated wars and defeats, Gao Feng gradually declined.
In 605, Yang Di moved to Gaojinbo and changed its name to Bocheng. The city site is in the old county village of Qiujiadian Town.
Wen county, Boxian, Ningxia, Chaixian and Sheqiu counties in the Tang Dynasty. Distributed in Tai 'an today, all belong to Bocheng County.
In 666, Tang Gaozong Li Zhi went to Mount Tai to meditate. He not only changed the year number of this year to the first year of official seal, but also changed Bo to official seal.
The dry seal in the Tang Dynasty, like the high seal in the Han Dynasty, not only has a name related to Mount Tai, but also plays the same role in meditation.
Due to the continuous deification of Mount Tai by emperors in past dynasties, more and more people worshipped Mount Tai in Song Dynasty.
Daiyue Town (now the old town village in the south of the city) is located at the southern foot of Mount Tai, with a growing commercial port and a prosperous town.
At that time, full-time officials were stationed in the town.
The "House with General Curse" unearthed in the Five Dynasties at the end of the Jin Dynasty has official titles such as "Ambassador of Daiyue Town" and "Governor of Daiyue Town".
Song Taizu Kaibao moved from Ganfeng City to Daiyue Town five years ago.
In the first year of Song Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu (1008), the county name was changed to Fengfu.
According to the records of Qing history, the city site in the early Song Dynasty was in the ancient Yue Town, and when it arrived at Xiangfu, a new city was built in Lisan, northeast China, renamed Fengfu.
This is the beginning of today's Tai 'an city becoming a local government.
The difference between Fengfu in Song Dynasty and its predecessors, Gao Feng and Gan Feng, is that it left the broad valley plain and moved to the southern foot of Mount Tai. There are many businessmen, craftsmen and other people related to religious activities in the town.
It is the product of the further development of town economy in feudal society in Song Dynasty.
As a castle in feudal society, the choice of new town site is also very suitable. There are rivers (Naihe River and Shuhe River) on both banks that can be used as moats, and earth-rock structure walls can be built with local materials.
After the Jin Dynasty invaded the Northern Song Dynasty, Tai 'an County was established in Fufeng County, and later changed to Tai 'an Prefecture, which governed Fufeng, Xintai and Laiwu counties.
In the 13th year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1735), Tai 'an was promoted from a state to a government and set up a county.
The word "Tai 'an" means "Mount Tai is safe for all people".
It roughly means "national peace and security", and this name is still in use today.
The changes of the ruins of Taian City in history are basically consistent with the folklore of "Three Movements of Taian City".
Due to the important geographical location of Taian City, feudal rulers paid more and more attention to the defense of Taian City.
Since the Song Dynasty, the Jin and Yuan Dynasties have rebuilt the city.
Many times in the Ming Dynasty, Shicheng was rebuilt.
In the early Qing dynasty, local officials not only rebuilt the city wall, but also "conquered by many parties and built houses outside the north and east gates"
Later, Bronze Street and Qinglong Street gradually developed.
In the thirteenth year of Qianlong (1748) and the thirty-ninth year (1774), the city wall was rebuilt twice and watchtowers were added.
The old names of East, West, South, North and Four Gates were changed from static printing, looking printing, dry printing and Dengfeng in Ming Dynasty to new names such as Xuan Ying, Yueyan, Yang Sheng and Tai 'an.
After the hard work of the working people of past dynasties, Taian City gradually prospered.
According to the Records of Tai 'an County, which was revised in the 47th year of Qianlong, restaurants and restaurants are adjacent to each other in front of the drug-residue pavilion in the city, and vendors and brokers are mixed in between. There are four or five stages in the middle square, as well as acrobatics such as cockfighting, cuju, storytelling and sumo wrestling.
Thousands of people are like bee ants, each occupying one side, and the gongs and drums are loud and lively.
Outside the south gate is the avenue leading to the provincial capital and the capital, with heavy traffic every day.
Outside the west gate, from the yard of the old school to the head of the club (Shandong, Li Hao), there are thousands of fireworks and department stores on the street.
There are all kinds of food, vegetables, fish, fruits, firewood and utensils along the river.
Outside the north gate, it is connected to Xinjie in the west and to the Bronze Shop in the east. There are many markets.
Whenever pilgrims gather, gongs and drums are loud and go straight to the Red Gate.
At midnight, the lights are as spectacular as a star robbery.
The predecessors once said: "Taian is a county, state and county, and it is based on Mount Tai.
"Tai 'an was set up because of Mount Tai, which promoted the development of Tai 'an.