Memories of Shanxi: Memorabilia of Datong City (Jin~Yuan)

In 1127 (the fifth year of the Tianhui), Song Hui and the Second Emperor of Qin were captured, passed through Dai Prefecture, and were taken to Yun Prefecture (Datong City), and then transferred to Zhongjing (Yanjing).

In 1128 (the sixth year of the Heavenly Society), Master Shi Yuan man restored dapu'en Temple, and after fifteen years, restored Shanhua Temple.

In 1140 (the third year of the Heavenly Family), master Shi Tongwu restored Huayan Temple.

In 1166 (the sixth year of Dading), Lord Jin inspected Xijing and visited the ancestral temple to Huayan Temple to see the bronze statues and stone statues of the Liao emperors. He also hunted in Silver Mountain (Mapu Mountain).

In 1178 (the eighteenth year of Dading), xijing road was in a drought and famine, and countless people died.

In 1211 (the third year of Da'an), Genghis Khan led an army to attack Jin, kejie at Wild Fox Ridge (eighteen kilometers north of Datong City), and besieged the capital of Jinxi, and the defenders of Xijing abandoned the city.

In 1212 (the first year of Chongqing), Genghis Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan Dynasty, besieged Jinxijing, and withdrew from the siege.

In 1216 (the fourth year of Zhenyou), a mutiny and civil mutiny occurred in Jinxijing, and Yuan Ke Datong City.

In 1231 (the third year of Emperor Taizong of Yuan), Emperor Taizong of Yuan inspected the city of Datong.

In 1236 (the eighth year of Emperor Taizong), Emperor Taizong ordered iron smelting in the Xijing Furnace.

In 1264 (to the first year of the Yuan Dynasty), Datong County School was founded on the site of Datong Fu Zhidong, that is, the Northern Wei Zhongshu Xue, the Liaoxi Jingguo Zijian, and the Jin Tai School. Quanzhen Daoqiu destroyed the Confucius Temple and occupied the Buddhist temple. Datong Li Puguang's "Snow AnThology" was published.

From 1271 to 1368 (Yuan Dynasty), the annual coal class was 125 ingots (each ingot, silver 52), accounting for 5% of the coal class. The Guandi Temple was built in the city.

In 1277 (to the fourteenth year of the Yuan), the Italian traveler Marco Polo was ordered by Kublai Khan to send an envoy to the Nanyang countries, passing through Datong City. Zanda Tong is a magnificent and beautiful city. The cathedral was built in the same year.

In 1278 (to the fifteenth year of the Yuan Dynasty), a serious famine occurred on the Xijing (Datong) Road, and the Yuan court issued 10,000 stones of millet to help the people.

In 1285 (to the 22nd year of the Yuan Dynasty), Xijing "gathered 40,000 monks from all roads at the Pu'en Monastery in Xijing for seven days and nights" (Yuan Shi).

In 1288 (to the 25th year of the Yuan Dynasty), Xijing Road was changed to Datong Road, with 45,945 households and 128496 people.

In 1305 (the ninth year of Daedeok), a strong earthquake occurred on Datong Road, with the sound of the ground, destroying more than 5,800 houses and killing more than 1,400 people.

1306 (10th year of Daedeok) Storms destroyed the people's huts. The next day, the wind and sand, the horses and cattle died, and there were also dead people.

In 1310 (to the third year of the great age), the Datong painter Gao Kegong died, and there were "Yun Heng Xiu Ling Map" and "Spring Mountain Sunny Rain Map" came out.

In 1313 (the second year of Huangqing), datong road was in a drought and wine was banned.

In 1321 (to the first year of the reign), a strong wind and sand buried more than 100 acres of wheat fields.

1342 (to the second year of the second year) Great famine, cannibalism.

In December 1353 (to the thirteenth year), the Great Plague occurred, and most of the dead died.

In October 1358 (to the eighteenth year of Zheng), Liu Futong led a peasant rebel army to conquer Datong City, and the Yuan general abandoned the city.

In 1365 (to the twenty-fifth year of the reign), the Yuan general Tamerlane general Guan Baowei Ke Datong. The weasel produced by the same name "once offered jade food, and placed it in the place of the official, and it was not allowed to take it arbitrarily."

Source: Datong City Urban Chronicle, May 2006. Huang Xiang (Yin Shan Worm) was sorted out in January 2022