During the Three Kingdoms period, Ruichang City was located in the territory of Wu. On the eve of Battle of Red Cliffs, Zhou Yu, commander-in-chief of Soochow, ordered the generals to send troops at the altar of Gantang Lake in Jiujiang. Today, the Yanting Pavilion of Gantang Lake in Jiujiang still has the remains of Zhou Yu's podium. Another governor, Cheng Pu, led the army to Guilin Bridge in Gancheng. Today, there is Cheng Pu's Crown Tomb under the bridge, which is a major local scenic spot.
It is said that Battle of Red Cliffs is very fierce, and Kancheng is 500 miles away from Chibi. Wu Dong soldiers are waiting for the result. One night, Cheng Pu walked out of the barracks, and a group of crows flew around in front of the barracks. In the bloody sunset, the crow turned red, which is red. Cheng Pu was overjoyed and ordered the sergeant to prepare and report to Sun Quan. The soldiers were confused. Cheng Pu said, "If you are lucky in red, you will win a great victory." Sure enough, in a few days, the good news of Chibi's triumph spread.
Sun Quan, the emperor of Wu Dong at that time, was very happy. He changed his title to Chiwu and renamed Kancheng Ruichang-"Ruiying Wuchang, the site of Chiwu". Now the east-west main road in Ruichang is called Chiwu Avenue.
The name of Cannes has been used to this day. Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, said in Pipa Travel: "We are both unhappy-we meet forever. We understand. What is the relationship between acquaintances? . A year ago, I left the capital and came here. Now I am a sick Jiujiang exile. Jiujiang is so far away that I haven't heard music, neither strings nor bamboo sounds for a whole year. My residence is near the town by the river, low and humid, and the house is surrounded by bitter reeds and yellow rushes. What can you hear here in the morning and evening? ,
The cuckoo's bleeding cry, the ape's sobbing. I often pick up the wine and drink it alone in the spring morning and the autumn night in the moonlight. There are no folk songs and Guti, but they are rough and harsh. The "Ganjiang River" mentioned in the middle is the Ganpu River which originated in Ruichang. In his poem, Mr. Bai said that Jiujiang was remote and Ganjiang was low-lying and humid, which was in line with the facts at that time. However, we can also see that the simple folk customs and beautiful scenery of Ruichang in Jiujiang at that time were "flowers in spring and morning in autumn and moonlight in autumn", as well as folk songs and muddies of working people.