At Ganjingzi Yupizi Mountain, a seasonal river originates from here and winds its way northwest along the ravines and valleys to join the Bohai Sea. This river is the famous Mucheng Yi River.
Green mountains and rivers have bred a splendid civilization. The place where the Muchengyi River flows is the historically famous Liaodong Ancient Yi - Muchang Yicheng (木郡驿城). Muchang Yicheng is located in the former Mucheng Yi Village, Yingchengzi Street, Ganjingzi District, Dalian City, built in the thirteenth year of Ming Yongle (1415), the ancient city is bordered by the Bohai Sea in the west, the mountains in the east and north are listed, the city pool is built in the combination of the valley and the Pingchuan Land, jinzhou Tonglushun Yidao passes through the valley and passes through the city, located in a dangerous pass, a military and transportation fortress in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and its reputation has lasted for more than 600 years.
(Map of Makiseongyi Area)
Due to the prominent traffic and geographical location, historically, Muchengyi has always been a military and transportation point, and it is a necessary station for Jinzhou to travel to Lushun. According to historical records, as early as the Sui and Tang Dynasties, after tangping and goryeo, there was a fort garrison here, because the surrounding mountains are densely forested, the west is adjacent to the harbor, the residents to cut wood for a living, the fort became a timber distribution place, so it is called "Muchang Fort". During the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties, this place became the intermediate station from Shizikou (Lushun) to Jinzhou Yichuan, but whether its title changed or not, the history is unknown, and there is no record of the founding of the city, which should be a larger village with a post.
(Ruins of Muchengyi Ancient City)
Muchengyi was officially established in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the Japanese Wokou, who were separated by a sea, repeatedly invaded the coastal lands of China. According to the History of Ming, due to the plundering of the Wukou, "the north reached the Liao, the south reached Zhejiang and Fujian, and the Binhai County was killed." "The coast of eastern Liaoning has become the hardest hit area of the Wokou. Books such as the History of Ming, the Records of Ming Shilu, and the Strategy of the Wu Rebellion clearly recorded the incident of the Invasion of the Wukou, and the Liaodong Shipping Was forced to be interrupted. To this day, there is still a folk proverb in the Ganjingzi area of "Wokou on the shore", describing the scene of one or more gangs robbing and robbing, which is exactly the historical portrayal of the Wukou landing on the shore to loot and burn. According to the "History of the Great Connection", during the reign of Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, the local officials of Liaodong were required to strictly follow Zhu Yuanzhang's edict on the prevention of the forbidden sea. After Ming Chengzu Zhu Di ascended the throne, he continued to actively defend the Wokou and overhauled the coastal defense fortress. In the eighth year of Yongle (1410), Liu Jiang was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Liaodong army to strengthen the defense of the Liaodong coast. In order to quickly transmit military information, smooth the command lines of the military orders, and transport military supplies, Liu Jiang set up post stations in Liaodong Province, added castles, and built beacon trunk lines according to the castles to prepare for war all year round. By the fifteenth year of Yongle (1417 AD), the construction of coastal defense in Liaodong had begun to take shape: the post stations were far away, the postal roads were unimpeded, the castles, smoke piers, and sentry posts were densely packed, and it had become a place where towns were connected, land and sea transportation was developed, and the post was convenient, and officials and merchants traveled frequently.
(Ruins of the beacon tower at the top of the hill southwest of Makishiro Yicheng)
The famous Mucheng Yicheng was built during this period. According to historical records, Mucheng Yicheng was built in the thirteenth year of Ming Yongle (1415), the ancient city is 60 miles north of Jinzhou City, 60 miles south of Lushun City, Yicheng is oval, long from east to west, narrower from north to south, with a city gate in each direction, and the main street between the east and west gates. The base of the city wall was built of stone blocks, and the upper part was brick. The circumference is two hundred and forty-one steps, and the height is five feet. There are 100 garrisons and 100 moral guards, with 100 household offices and official offices. As an important node in the defense system of Liaodong Province, in addition to building a rammed earth city, Mucheng Yi also placed 5 beacon towers around Yicheng to warn the enemy. In June of the seventeenth year of Yongle (1419), Liu Jiang led an army to annihilate more than 1,000 Wukou people at Wanghai Kou in jinding mountain in eastern Jinzhou, and achieved a great victory in the annals of history. In this war of annihilation, the beacon mounds, platforms, and shelves in the area of present-day Ganjingzi played a key role in Liu Jiang's dispatch of troops and supplies, and wrote a heavy stroke in the history of the anti-aggression struggle of the Chinese people.
(Ming Dynasty city bricks of The South City Gate of Mucheng Yi)
In the twenty-fifth year of Ming Jiajing (1546), the monument of the Guandi Temple in the city was engraved with the words "Kiba Station". It can be inferred from this that the name of "Kiba Station" should have been after the construction of the castle in the thirteenth year of Yongle (1415), because the function of the city was mainly to serve the post, and it was named "Kiba Station" at that time.
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