Shiqi Town, Dong'an County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province

Shiqi town

Shiqi Town, formerly known as Shiqiao station, is under the jurisdiction of Dong'an County, Hunan Province. It is located in the southeast of the county, where Shiqi River enters Xiangjiang River, 21 kilometers away from the county government, with an area of 124.22 square kilometers (2017) and a population of 32946 (2017). It has 19 village committees and 3 neighborhood committees.

Shiqi town is located at the junction of Dong'an, Lengshuitan and Lingling counties. National Highway 207 passes through the town, and Xiangjiang River winds and flows from north to south. Shiqi town got its name because it was located by the river with many stones and a post station was set up here in Ming Dynasty. "Qi" is the same as "sequence", which means curved shore. Because the word "Qi" is relatively rare, it was later taken as its homonym "Qi" and renamed Shiqi station. After that, the post station was abandoned, and this place gradually became a market, and it was renamed Shiqi market, which has been used to this day.

Historical evolution

It is said that in ancient times, Shiqi station had a quiet Pavilion, beautiful scenery, and many tourists.

In the Ming Dynasty, Liu Qian, the recorder of Yuanzhou, and Liu Yanju, the Minister of the Ministry of industry, all had the title sentences.

In the early Ming Dynasty, Shiqi post was set up,

In the Qing Dynasty, the inspection department of Shiqi was set up,

After 1949, the town was set up and abandoned,

The town was restored in 1983. Township enterprises have power, printing, chemical, glass, embroidery clothing and cutting tools factories.

Convenient land and water transportation

The post station is the place where the ancient people who passed the government documents changed horses or stayed, and also the place where they received the officials. From the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, with Zixi city governed by Dong'an County as the center, there were post roads leading to Xinning, Baoqing (now Shaoyang City), Lingling and Quanzhou County of Guangxi. From Zhinan gate of Dong'an County, you can go to Shiqi station through yonganpu, lubutou, hukouling and Shizipu, then you can enter fanjiaqiao of Lingling county and Yongzhou of Lingling county. The territory of Dong'an is more than 30 kilometers long, all of which are Qingshiban roads, which are the main roads of the county.

Therefore, Shiqi station is a necessary place from ancient Lingling to Xinning, Baoqing and Quanzhou. It is a land transportation hub.

Because of the convenient transportation, Shiqi station enjoys a high reputation in ancient times. In 1643, after Zhang Xianzhong, the leader of the uprising army, conquered Hengzhou, King Ji, King Hui and King GUI of the Ming Dynasty, escorted by Wang Shangyong, the general of the Chinese army, wanted to go from Lingling jingshiqi station to Zixi city by way of Guyi Road, fled to Guangxi by way of Jiandao, and was caught up by the pursuers at Shiqi station. The two sides fought fiercely, Wang Shangyong died, and the three kings disappeared.

Du Mu, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, has a saying: "riding the princess of the red world laughs." in order to be quick, Xinshi constantly changed his horses and trampled on the crops to hurt his life, which reflects the busy life of the ancient post station from one side. As a major post station, Shiqi station is located at the intersection of Shiqi River and Xiangjiang River, and also in charge of water post transportation. It has played an important role in history and has been prosperous for a while. According to the annals of Dong'an County by Guangxu of Qing Dynasty, Shiqi station is a big post road station with prosperous market.

In ancient times, transportation depended on water transportation. As early as the sixth year of King Huai of Chu (223 BC), it was recorded that the fleet of e Jun sailed back to the Xiangjiang River and arrived at Yang county (yongsui, now Quanzhou County).

In the 33rd year of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty (214 BC), the Lingqu was opened, and Lubu (now lubutou) became the gateway from Xiangjiang River to Lijiang River. In the Qing Dynasty, it was called the East waterway from Lubu, and 20 ton wooden boats could enter Dongting Lake all the year round; it was called the South waterway upstream, and reached Guangzhou through Lingqu to Lijiang River. Xiangjiang River has a waterway of 50 kilometers in Dong'an County. Shiqi, standing by the Xiangjiang River, has become a waterway transportation hub.

In the first year of Guanghua (898) of emperor Zhaozong of Tang Dynasty, Ma Yin established Dong'an yard, and Lu Bu became the transfer center wharf of tea, salt, bamboo and wood. Shiqi station and Dajiangkou were the transfer wharf. At the intersection of Shiqi River and Xiangjiang River, there are one wharf and one wharf with a total length of tens of meters, which can dock wooden ships of less than 30 tons. There are dozens of passenger and cargo ships berthing at night all year round. Until the period of the Republic of China, goods from neighboring counties of Xinning and Wugang still passed through Shiqi city and Baiya city along Xiangjiang waterway.

After the opening of Xiang GUI railway in 1938, although the water transportation declined gradually, the water transportation of Xiang Jiang still played an important role due to the lag of highway transportation. In 1951, Lingling branch of Hunan Civil Aviation Association set up a shipping station in Shiqi city,

In 1959, it was upgraded to Dong'an County shipping management station. In 1964, it was changed to Dong'an County shipping company. It has more than 200 employees and more than 40 sailboats. It is mainly engaged in the passenger and freight transportation from Shiqi city to Lingling through daozhabeu.

Without convenient transportation, it is difficult for a place to become a city. Even if it is lucky to enter the ranks of cities, it will eventually be eliminated in the social development. Shiqi city can be ranked among the four ancient towns in Dong'an County, and later become the location of Township, district and town, which benefits from the convenient land and water transportation. Today, thousands of years later, standing on the bright and clean blue stone steps of the wharf, we can also imagine the sails shuttling on the river and the busy flow of people on the wharf, and feel the footsteps of history and the vicissitudes of the ancient town.

Beautiful myths and legends

Transportation makes the city develop, myths and legends make the city beautiful. The beauty of Shiqi City, to a large extent, comes from many myths and legends.

Shiqi River, which passes through the town, divides Shiqi city into two parts, making it extremely inconvenient for pedestrians. Tang Taizhen (commonly known as Tang Shiwan), a righteous official in the early Ming Dynasty, donated 8000 liang of silver alone. It took seven years to build a three hole stone arch bridge on the river. In order to thank him for his good deeds, the people took the idea of one person building the bridge alone and named it "independent Bridge". The bridge is 57 meters long, 6 meters wide and 10 meters high, with decorative patterns on its railings. During the Anti Japanese War, the plane dropped two bombs on the bridge, only two fence boards were damaged, which shows the exquisite construction technology.

It is said that when the hole in the middle closed, several pieces of the stone were not suitable. The leading master was very anxious. One day, when having dinner, the master saw a beggar sitting there at the construction site, with his eyes fixed on everyone's eating, so he hurried over and invited him to have dinner with him. The beggar refused, but he was swallowing loudly. The master knew that he was hungry and greedy, so he packed a bowl of rice and sent it to him. When everyone finished eating, the master went to get the bowl. The beggar disappeared and the bowl was put on a stone.

The shape and size of the stone are very similar to the stone needed for "killing the arch", and a big centipede is carved on it. The master was so happy that he immediately asked someone to carry it to the bridge and put it at the closure. It was perfect. Master suddenly understand, quickly kneel down on the bridge, kowtow to the sky, even called "thank God for helping me"! As for the centipede on the stone, it is used to suppress the evil dragon, commonly known as "dragon chopping sword". Strange to say, although the "centipede" has never been seen, but for thousands of years, how many times the flood overflowed the bridge deck, but the bridge stood still!

In addition to the Dragon centipede, the immortal also designed a "navel" on the stone. If it is in the morning, there will be good luck in this day; if it is at noon, there will be good luck in this month; if it is at night, there will be good luck in this year. It's said that there was a drummer in Hengtang who passed by the bridge at night. His feet seemed to be cut by something. He looked down and saw nothing. He was very strange. Not long later, the drummer was beating a bucket in a family. It had been finished in half an afternoon, but when he picked up the bucket and entered the house, it suddenly fell to the ground and broke the hoop! He had to do it again, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do it until after dark. Just as he picked up the bucket again and walked towards the gate, he suddenly found something shining in the hedge beside the workshop. When he came near, it was like two old firebricks. He weighed them with his hand and felt dead. In the early morning of the next day, he asked his master for it on the ground of making polished bricks. When I went home, it turned out to be two gold bricks! The drummer made a mistake. He didn't dare to take it alone. He used part of his money to buy land, and the other part to build theatres and pavilions. He became a local elder who was "benevolent for the sake of wealth" and enjoyed a good reputation in the countryside.

There is a Zhegu Mountain in the East sanlixu (now Longxing Village) of Shiqi suburb, on which there is an egong well. The well is very big and has accumulated water for many years. It is said that this was the manor of the rich man. One day, two white jade bamboo shoots of the same size suddenly grew up in the manor house. Everyone felt very strange. Only a little maid knew that they were a pair of dragon horns sent by the Jade Emperor to punish evil and promote good. At dinner, the girl deliberately threw the spoon to the dog. When the dog saw that there was rice on the spoon, she picked it up and ran away. The maid called an old worker to chase her. The old long-term worker chased out not far, only to hear the earth shaking sound behind him, and then a large mass of dust rose into the air. The old man was scared! When I got back to my mind, I turned around to see where there was any manor. In front of me was a big dark well. The manor and people all sank to the bottom of the well. It turned out that this family was so rich that it shocked the Jade Emperor.

The little maid, who was sent by the Jade Emperor to investigate the truth, was also tortured. Only the old worker took care of her. Now many years have passed, and people can still vaguely see the wooden columns in the water on a crisp autumn morning. The rows of grand and complete roof trusses always show people a truth: evil is rewarded with evil, good is rewarded with good!

I don't know which dynasty. There is a barren village in the northern suburb of Shiqi city. It is very short of water. Dozens of families have only a small well, and they are still occupied by the rich. The poor people even have difficulty in drinking water. One day, a woman just picked up a load of water from a well. The rich man's housekeeper came and said that the well belonged to a member of his family. He was not allowed to pick it up. Baman poured the water back into the well. When the woman was in a dilemma, she was seen by he Xiangu, who went back to Lingling to visit her relatives. She said, "sister-in-law, you are not allowed to choose there. Come here!" Then he picked up the woman's shoulder pole and poked it on the ground, and the spring bubbled out.

The woman was overjoyed and was about to draw water, but the housekeeper stopped her, saying that the well was outside the staff, and it was outside the staff, so she could not choose. He Xiangu didn't say anything. She said to the woman with a smile, "that's it." Then he poked out another well. But he was dominated by the housekeeper. In this way, the housekeeper didn't know until the ninth well

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