Menghe Town, Xinbei District, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Menghe town

Menghe river is located at the end of Ningzhen mountain range and the Bank of Yangtze River. It is located in the northwest of Changzhou City. It was established by the merger of Xiaohe Town and Mengcheng town in October 2003. Menghe town lies on the Yangtze River and xiaohuangshan Forest Park in the north, Chunjiang town in the East, xilaiqiao town in Yangzhong of Zhenjiang City in the northeast, Xixiashu town in the south, Gaoqiao of Danyang City in Zhenjiang City and Qifeng mountain in xiaohuangshan mountain range in the West. It is 8 kilometers away from Changzhou port, 15 kilometers away from Changzhou airport, and the provincial roads 122, 238, 239 and 338 pass through the territory with convenient transportation. The total area is 88.66 square kilometers (2017), and the resident population is 112694 (2017). It is the hometown of Qiliang, the birthplace of Menghe medical school, and the hometown of Yun Daiying, a revolutionary pioneer. It is a key town in China, a key town in Jiangsu Province, a famous historical and cultural town in China, a famous automobile and motorcycle accessory town in China, a town of folk culture and art in China, a national ecological town, and a national comprehensive pilot town of new urbanization. Menghe town was selected as the second batch of national characteristic towns. On May 24, 2018, Menghe town was selected as one of the top 50 small towns with the most beautiful characteristics.

General situation of the town

Menghe town is located at the end of Ningzhen mountains and the Bank of the Yangtze River. It has a long history and is a place full of talents. The total area of the town is 88.66 square kilometers (2017), with 13 administrative villages, 4 communities and 112694 permanent residents (2017). Menghe town is a national key town, a famous historical and cultural town in China, a famous automobile and motorcycle accessory town in China, a town of folk culture and art in China, a national ecological town, and a national comprehensive pilot town of new urbanization.

Historical celebrities

As early as the northern and Southern Dynasties, there were two founding emperors of Qi and Liang dynasties and more than ten emperors. In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the Menghe medical school, represented by Fei Boxiong, Ma Peizhi, Chao Chongshan and Ding Ganren, created a period of medical prosperity in which "Wuzhong famous doctors were the best in the world, and Menghe famous doctors were the best in Wuzhong". Menghe town is also the hometown of Yun Daiying, a revolutionary pioneer.

Ding Ganren

Ding Ganren (1865-1926) was born in Menghe Town, Wujin County. When he was 12 years old, he aspired to learn medicine. He first followed Ma Shaocheng in Weitang to learn the art of Qihuang. Later, he learned from Ma Pei's famous doctor as a teacher. He also learned medical skills from Ding Songxi, Fei Boxiong's disciple and elder brother. In 1880, at the age of 16, Ding Ganren went to Wuxi and Suzhou to practice medicine. A few years later, he went to Shanghai, recommended by Chao Chongshan, and set up a clinic in renjitang. What made him famous most was that in 1885, there were more than a thousand Chinese and Western doctors in Shanghai, but Ding Ganren had the highest outpatient rate and cured more than ten thousand patients. Even Westerners in Shanghai were scrambling to ask him for treatment. Ding Ganren was able to follow Meng he's academic spirit of not sticking to one pattern and widely adopting his strong points in medical skills, and had a great influence on the introduction of Western medicine into China at that time. It's not an attitude of resistance or exclusion. He believes that: medicine is benevolent, choose good, regardless of territory. Also said: Traditional Chinese medicine is good at Qi, while western medicine is good at signs. On the principle of learning to fine. On its effect, western medicine also works. In order to save traditional Chinese medicine and cultivate its successors, he was enthusiastic about the cause of traditional Chinese medicine education. Since 1916, he has contacted colleagues in the field of traditional Chinese medicine to raise funds to establish Shanghai Special School of traditional Chinese medicine and Shanghai women's special school of traditional Chinese medicine. He has served as the general director and presided over the affairs of the school. Then he established two Guangyi TCM hospitals in the South and north of the city, and invited famous doctors to teach and treat diseases at the same time, integrating theory with practice. It created a new way to cultivate talents of traditional Chinese medicine from the school, and strongly resisted the trend of negation of traditional Chinese medicine in the society at that time. He created a large number of Chinese medicine talents. Many students later became the backbone of Chinese medicine. Among them, Zhu Jiangan, Xu Banlong, Cheng menxue and Zhang CiGong were all famous doctors. Ding Ganren often helped the poor patients and was kind to them. In Shanghai, it is known as a civilian doctor to support charities in his hometown. He was elected president of Shanghai Society of traditional Chinese medicine and vice president of Jiangsu Federation of traditional Chinese medicine. Enjoy the honor of "medical reputation on the sea, peach and plum all over the world". In 1924, Dr. Sun Yat Sen personally wrote a plaque of "giving alms to the masses" and presented it to Ding Ganren, who spoke highly of his merits and virtues. There are more than ten kinds of his medical works, such as Ding Ganren's medical record (8 volumes), summary of treatment of throat disease (2 volumes), Ding Ganren's visiting medical record in his old age, Wan San Gao Dan's preparation method, etc.

Ma Peizhi

Ma Peizhi (1820-1903), whose name is Wenzhi, was born in Menghe in Wujin of Qing Dynasty. He lived in Banlian lane of Wuzhong and died in guimao of Guangxu. His ancestors had been practicing medicine for 16 years since he was a child with his grandfather's famous doctor, Ma Sheng. He was very good at medicine, especially in internal and external medicine and laryngology. Later, he learned from Wang Jiufeng, Fei Boxiong and other doctors. When Empress Dowager Cixi was ill, she was treated by famous doctors from all provinces. Ma was recommended to the palace to cure her illness, so she was appreciated. Later, Ma came home from illness for some reason, and Cixi gave him a plaque, which made him famous. Mahalanobis has profound attainments and achievements in all subjects of traditional Chinese medicine, especially in surgery. Academically, Wang's whole life is respected, and it can also absorb the essence of authentic and learned parties. His surgical works include Ma Ping Shu Zheng Zhi Quan Sheng Ji (surgical Quan Sheng Ji), Yi Lue Cun Zhen, surgical Chuan Xin Ji, surgical Ji Xi, etc.

Chaochongshan

Chaochongshan (1843-1909), named Jun, was an old man named crouching ape in the late Qing Dynasty. He began to practice medicine in Menghe. Tongzhi and Guangxu practiced medicine in Shanghai for nearly 50 years. Chao Chongshan has a good family background. He is good at internal surgery. Especially surgery. It can treat intestinal pain with knife and needle technique, and it is as effective as God. Chaochongshan is busy with medical affairs in his life, so his works are very few, including "a thousand treasures" and "yuhuxianguan medical records".

Yun Daiying

Chinese proletarian revolutionist, one of the leaders of the early youth movement of the Communist Party of China, the fourth political instructor of Huangpu Military Academy. Originally from Xiaohe, Wujin County, Jiangsu Province, he was born in Wuchang, Hubei Province in 1895. Graduated from China University. As a student, he actively participated in revolutionary activities and was one of the main leaders of the May 4th Movement in Wuhan. Li Qun publishing house was founded in 1920, and then co-existence society was founded to spread new ideas, new culture and Marxism. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1921. He was a professor of Shanghai University in 1923. In August of the same year, he was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Socialist Youth League and director of the propaganda department. He founded and edited "Chinese youth", which cultivated and influenced a whole generation of young people.

Historical evolution

According to records in Wujin Yanghu county annals, as early as the Han Dynasty, Menghe river was just a small fishing village on the edge of the Yangtze River. Badou mountain in the Six Dynasties (now in Jiepai Town of Danyang City) was still an isolated island in the Yangtze River. The water rose and the mountain disappeared, and the tide fell and the mountain came out. In the early years of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty (A.D. 25), the imperial court ordered to dredge Hedu from the mouth of the Yangtze River (chaopiao port) to Tangxiang Lane (now Tangxiang Lane in the North Village of the city) at the foot of xiaohuangshan. It was formed by Mengdu road running through more than ten rivers, including Wansui Hepu River, Yangji River, Wutang River and Xiaoheng River, with a total length of about 48 Li. The newly opened river course has become the connection between Jingkou (Zhenjiang) and Jiangyin The main water artery between the south canal and the Yangtze River is one of the important river channels connecting the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal to the South and the Yangtze River to the north, thus becoming a river port. The newly opened river channel enables the grain vessels to enter the Yangtze River and divert the water transport. Due to the navigable waterway, the population is gradually increasing, the goods trade is booming, and the local economic development is also promoted. The culture is also gradually prosperous with the economic development. The people who come and go to Tongjiang port call it "hezhuangkou", so they call it "Hezhuang" .

According to Changzhou Fu, the governor of Changzhou, Meng Jian, was ordered by the imperial court to expand the river course of Laodu river village. In the Tang Dynasty, from the 5th year to the 8th year of Yuanhe (810-813), "the project of diverting water from the river to the south to the canal of Beijing Hangzhou lasted more than four years. More than 150000 people took part in the dredging. Migrant workers were recruited from other provinces, and the river became 48 Li to irrigate more than 4000 fertile fields.". His role in water conservancy is not only beneficial to Wujin County, but also to chang County and Zhen County. It also affects Suzhou and Songjiang. Because it was mengjian, the governor of Changzhou, who supervised the work here and extended Laodu, it was named Mengdu. The town was named because of the river, and "Hezhuang" was also called "Menghe". Since the opening of the Menghe River in 813 of the Tang Dynasty, 22 times of dredging have been recorded in local chronicles. At the end of Yongzheng (1727) of Qing Dynasty, xiaohegang (also called xinmenghe River) was opened; at the middle of Guangxu period, chuanxingang and gangmen sand harbor were opened. Only Yinsha port can be directly connected with the land, inland rivers can be directly connected to the Yangtze River, and ships can also be directly connected to the Yangtze River without obstruction. Therefore, the demonstration of the water conservancy and shipping function of laomeng river is not very important. According to the national Dictionary of place names, the mountain of Menghe is 80 miles northwest of Wujin, overlooking the river. According to Yang Shi Ge Ji, it is said that Meng Jia, a native of Huanwen in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, lived in seclusion here. Jiashan is ten miles away from Menghe City, formerly known as Longshan. There is a sentence in Youxue Jujie that "the wind is high nine, and Mengjia was born in Longshan". Later, Longshan changed its name to Jiashan. Because Menghe town is located between Jiashan (Xishan, Qifeng) and Longshan (Dongshan, xiaohuangshan), it also forms a pattern of double dragons playing with pearls, so it is known as "Pearl City". In the stone tablet of Guandi Temple rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty, there is a saying that "the city of Zhucheng is big, the city of Mengdu is surrounded by water, and a spoonful of water dries up with the tide". In the early years of Jiaxi in the Song Dynasty, Mengdu village was built and garrisoned. In the 33rd year of Jiajing (1554), governor Shang Wei appointed censor Sun Yi to preside over it. Menghe city was built in 1558. whole

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