However, looking back, it took 40 years or even longer to discover the glory in Yuci history. Yuci existed at least before In 457 Bc, Zhao Xiangzi and Taiyuan were built. It was called Tushui and Wei Yu in the Spring and Autumn Period and Yuci in the Warring States Period until today. It's just that the administrative name after Yuci has always been called county, and the highest level was once called city. However, in just over ten years, it has once again dropped directly from the city to the district level, which is small enough.
Yuci's demotion has brought troubles to Lishi, which is also related to his being my brother, or that they were together a few years ago. At that time, most counties and districts in Lvliang were under the jurisdiction of Jinzhong District. Yuci City was revoked twice after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but its status as a central city never changed. The construction of Jinzhong city should be related to the culture of Shanxi merchants that rose with the help of tourism at that time. Jintai Valley and Yin Qi County, including Pingyao County, are well preserved, which fully shows the complete appearance of residents since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and separates the historical pattern of Fenyang, Pingjie and Filial Piety. Fenyang and Xiaoyi become part of Luliang area, and Jiexiu and Pingyao are under the jurisdiction of Yuci City.
Therefore, the rise of tourism ignores the existence of Yuci, but Yuci is also remembered when needed because of the development of tourism. The title of Jinzhong City makes Shanxi merchant culture synonymous with Jinzhong. Despite the existence of Shanxi merchants such as Changjia Manor, the tourist routes of Shanxi merchants in Taigu, Qixian and Pingyao made Yuci's position very embarrassing or even depressed. Taiyuan people living in the provincial capital city occasionally think of a Yuci district nearby, where there are 14 A-level scenic spots.
As a result of fourteen A-level scenic spots, as long as there is only one tourist in Pingyao ancient city, at least 14 tourists will visit Yuci. Yuci, as two cities, has no walls and no boundaries. He has been integrated into Taiyuan city circle in his development. His left hand is a modern city, and his right hand is a traditional rural courtyard. He refused the pressure and busyness of big cities, abandoned the shrewdness and calculation of businessmen, and wandered like mountains and seas.
Yuci quickly accepted the psychological influence brought by administrative divisions and consciously combined with reality. In fact, Yuci is leading a quiet life no matter how the administrative name changes. Completely different from the dialects of surrounding counties, Yuci maintains its own local dialect. Yuci is a battleground for military strategists in history, with various forces intervening in it, but after all, it has not changed the local accent. Yuci people never fight for any injustice, nor are they arrogant. Instead, I looked at the willows in front of the courtyard, looked at the smoke from the kitchen and guarded my home with the most delicate life.
However, the key fact is that both Taiyuan and Pingyao are inseparable from Yuci. When the train rushed to Taiyuan with his roar, it had to pass through Yuci, and even some trains had to go to other places through Yuci for the second time. The vast plain of Yuci makes the formation of Taiyuan trains have to extend to the Yuci border. The intersection of the two oldest railways in Shanxi, Tongpu Line and Shitai Line, is not in Taiyuan, but in Yuci. Geographical location and terrain requirements make Yuci an unshakable position.
Similarly, Shanxi merchants have to pass through Yuci, a treasure trove of geomantic omen. Now, ancient official roads and ancient post stations are scattered in the fields of Yuci, inadvertently walking in the opposite direction with the ancients. It's just that many people forget that Yuci's past is the origin, and more is to look at the distant scenery. Only when I am tired, do I want to go home, or I think I should see the land and scenery in Yuci when I leave.
Rural life in Taiyuan still exists in Yuci; The local culture that Pingyao has disappeared, Yuci is still there. He kept the most primitive innocence and voluntarily forgot the temptation of the outside world. It is precisely because it does not meet the needs of the existence of secular brushes that Yuci has time and space and has the conditions to maintain its original innocence.