When Wei Ji first came to Yinchuan, it was very strange why many place names in Yinchuan obviously used personal names as place names, and some people were puzzled. Later, I learned that it was related to the Ming Dynasty's Shubian soldiers.
"Helan Nine Songs and Seven" - Pan Yuankai
Stuffed down the origin of the non-promised land, the situation is more repulsive in the city.
There are 20,000 households living in the four guards, and the clothes and irons are arrogant.
One night the military book was passed on to Yu Yu, and Ping Ming went out to fight and smell the drums.
The seven songs turned bitter, and the south looked at the township and the tears were like rain.
Pan Yuankai was a Ming Dynasty scholar who came to Yinchuan during the Reign of Hongwu, and his poem vividly describes the situation in Yinchuan during the Ming Dynasty.
Stuffed down the origin of the non-promised land, the situation is more repulsive in the city. During the Ming Dynasty, Yinchuan (then called Ningxia Wei) belonged to one of the nine important towns and served as a heavy task in resisting the enemy on the Shubian side. During the Hongwu period, the people in this area of Yinchuan were moved back to Guanzhong, and on the vast Yinchuan Plain, there were only soldiers from Shubian, who were divided into tuns, villages or forts at a certain distance according to the division of labor and garrison needs.
In peacetime, the soldiers on the side of the shu side cultivated the fields and were self-sufficient, because by transporting grain and grass from the inland, it was really cold for broccoli. "One night the military book was passed on to the feathers, and Ping Ming went out to fight and smell the drums." As soon as they had military information, they immediately put down their agricultural tools and picked up knives and guns to fight against the enemy.
These tuns, villages or forts are along the present-day Helan Mountains or along the Yellow River, and they are generally arranged in a long dragon array, and they are scattered, with horns or care for each other, defending against the invasion of Tatars and tile thorns, and guarding the rich land of the Yinchuan Plain.
At that time, the soldiers who guarded the border had the kung fu to name these forts, and they were directly called by the name of the highest commander of the garrison. straightforward. For example, when there was no grain and grass in the Yuquan camp, the commander would say to his subordinates: "Go to Li Jun to transfer grain for me"; when there was an enemy infestation at Pingqiang Fort, the general manager sent his men to say: "Quickly call Yang He to lead the troops to rescue" ... Wait a minute. Over time, personal names became synonymous with place names and were passed down.
Pingqiangpu Outer Village Road
Nowadays, within the scope of Ningxia, the name of the fortress is the most, about "Shizhi 67". Most of them are named after the first supreme commander to garrison the local area. The garrisoned generals did not expect that they would be passed down in such a way that they would be remembered.
Many people's names are only a few words in the historical records, and they have not even been recorded, but they have only been passed down by word of mouth.
Like the fortress that belongs to Qingtongxia City today:
Ye Shengbao (now Ye Sheng), built in the ninth year of Ming Hongwu (1376), was a grain base on the Yinchuan Plain and a transportation artery for Ningxia Siwei, named after Ye Sheng, the deputy general of Ningxia Wei in the Ming Dynasty;
Qujing Fort, Jiang Ding Fort (now Jiang Ding), Chen Junbao, etc., were all forts originally established by Ming Hongwu and named after the defending officers.
Fortress villages belonging to Yongning County:
Yanghe Fort, named after Yang He, a native of Qingyang, Gansu, and a general from Ningxia in the Ming Dynasty. The current Yongning County town was developed on the basis of Yanghebao;
Wang Taibao (王泰堡, now Wang Tai), named after Wang Tai, the commander of the Zuotun Wei commander in Ningxia in the Ming Dynasty, is worth mentioning that Wang Tai was killed in battle with thieves in Hedong, which is one of the few recorded place names named after the generals who died in battle;
Li Junbao, named after Li Jun, the commander of the Ming Dynasty, is now Li Junzhen, not large, and the Golden Pagoda is quite prominent. It is a local landmark.
Li Xiangbao, named after Li Xiang, the governor of the Ming Dynasty;
There are also Wang Baobao (now Wanghong), Renchun Fort (present-day Rencun), Zeng Gang (now Zenggang), Wang Yuanbao (now Wangyuan), etc., all named after the fort keepers.
Fortresses belonging to Pingluo County:
Zhou Chenbao (一作周澄, present-day Zhou Cheng), named after the Ming Dynasty Yansui people and commander Zhou Chen;
Yao FuBao (now Yao Fu), named after Yao Fu, a Ming Dynasty fort keeper, was renamed Yao Fu in 1945 and changed to its current name in 1955.
Another example is Li Gangbao (now Zuo Ligang, belonging to Helan County), JinGuibao (belonging to Helan County), Zhang Zhengbao (now in charge of the government, belonging to Yinchuan City), Wu Zhongbao (belonging to Wuzhong City), etc. are all named after the castle guards, with a total of more than 50.
In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the Yinchuan Plain was frequently invaded by Tatars and wattles, and wars were continuous, and they often crossed the Helan Pass, bringing many harms to this land. These soldiers not only served as the heavy responsibility of shubian production, but also as the heavy responsibility of guarding the Yinchuan Plain.
In addition to these garrison officers with names and surnames, more of the names of the shubian soldiers were annihilated in the rolling yellow sand. They wrote a thick heroic epic.
Continuing from the previous episode "Yinchuan Humanities: One of Those Things of the Ming Dynasty, the Talented General of Jiangnan Saibei, It Really Wasn't Blown Out"
Qi Wen, a native of Ningxia, was known as the commander and Xiao Yong, and the thieves were so afraid that they did not dare to come closer when they heard him. Later, the thieves ambushed him and lured him out of the city with a trick, and then many thieves surrounded him, and Qi Wenli fought to the death;
Pan Gang ,Ren Zuotun Wei Qianhu, served in Jiajing for thirty-six years, served as a task to intercept thieves, and was killed in battle at Pei Jiadu;
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Nanwangxiang Guan was in tears.
At that time, many soldiers were in Yinchuan for many years, and they could not return to their hometowns, so they could only stand on the city gate tower and look south to comfort their homesickness. They were much luckier than those soldiers who died in battle, because they still had a chance to return to their hometowns. Those whose names are transformed into place names are even luckier, at least their names are remembered. It is better than burying bones in yellow sand and not being known!
More soldiers integrated into the migrating people, and slowly, from foreigners to locals, multiplying and multiplying, generation after generation. Their descendants also became native natives. However, with the passage of time, the heroic deeds of the ancestors are estimated to be few people, right?
Come and go, pay attention to Wei Ji, and slowly give you a way!
To be continued, the next episode is more exciting! Stay tuned for the fourth thing in Yinchuan in the Ming Dynasty!
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