Dengfeng is a county-level city under Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, located in the southern foothills of Zhongyue Song Mountain, with a series of historical buildings such as Shaolin Temple, Eastern Han Sanque, Zhongyue Temple, Songyang Academy, Stargazing Observatory, etc., which is an excellent tourist city in China, and its popularity in the country is not low. However, in the Henan opera film "Rolling Cylinder", which was filmed in the early 1980s, there are lyrics mentioning "Dengfeng Xiaoxian", which are sung on the way to the luoyang review by the protagonist Cao Zhangcang (also known as Xiao Cangwa):
Xiao Cangwa I left Dengfeng Small County, and I suffered so much along the way...
And lyrics when the little Cangwa Luoyang described the family's encounter to Cao Baoshan, the eldest brother who was already a champion and a patrolman:
My family lives in Dengfeng County, Henan, twenty-five miles from the city of Caojiawan...
So is Dengfeng County sung by Xiao Cangwa really small, and why do you have to sing "Small County" repeatedly?
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > from a population perspective</h1>
Although according to relevant records, the "Scroll Cylinder" reflects the events of the Tang Dynasty, but it was created and formed in the Ming and Qing dynasties, considering the degree of recognition of the ancients, the data used in this article are based on the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
The population data comes from the "Integration of Ancient and Modern Books" compiled by Chen Menglei during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty (the following area and the size of the city are from this), first look at the comparison of the counties in Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty.
Henan Province of the Ming Dynasty
During the Ming Dynasty, the prefectures and counties adopted the Lijia system for the rule of the grass-roots households. It is 1 mile from the neighboring 110 households, and then the 10 households that choose D(ren) Tadata are selected as the mile chief in turn. The remaining 100 households are divided into 10 A, each with 10 A households, taking turns to serve as the head of the A. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the household arrangement in Henan Province, Henan Province, was as follows:
Luoyang County is eighty-six miles
Yongning County is sixty-five miles away
Lingbao County is thirty miles away
Twenty-five miles of households in Shichi County
Twenty-two miles of Shaanzhou households
The county of Fuxiang is 16 miles away
Dengfeng compiled ten miles (but the "Dengfeng County Chronicle" at the end of the Ming Dynasty recorded that the Wanli calendar was thirty-six miles. The "Minutes of Reading the History of Public Opinion" of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties recorded forty-four miles, so the latter two shall prevail)
Song County is ten miles away
Gong County is ten miles away
Mengjin County
Yiyang County is a household of eight miles
Lushi County is eight miles away
Xin'an County is six miles away
Yanshi County is five miles away
Judging from the above situation, the population of Dengfeng County should be in the forefront of Henan Province, second only to Luoyang and Yongning Counties. In addition, Kaifeng Province, a neighboring province of Henan Province in the Ming Dynasty, has always been a prosperous place in the Central Plains, and the population of Dengfeng County is only smaller than that of a limited number of counties such as Xiangfu and Chenliu in Kaifeng Province, but it is much more than most of the county households, so in terms of population, Dengfeng is not a small county.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > in terms of area</h1>
When the ancients described the area of the land, they used the east and west as "wide" and the north and south as "yuan". This is also the origin of the word "vast" that describes the vast area of our country.
Song County: 500 miles wide, 300 miles;
Lushi County: 230 miles wide, 380 miles from north to south;
Dengfeng County: 160 miles wide, 90 miles;
Shaanzhou: 101 miles wide, 140 miles:
Gong County: 100 miles wide, 120 miles;
Shichi County: Guangjiuliyuan, 120li;
Yiyang County: 115 miles wide, 70 miles;
Luoyang County: Guang seventy miles, 15 miles;
Yongning County: 140 miles wide, 40 miles;
Mengjin County: 100 miles wide, 50 miles;
Xin'an County: Guang seventy-five miles, yuan eighty-five miles;
Yanshi County: Guangqili, Yuan80li;
Fuxiang County: GuangbashiLi, Yuansanli;
Lingbao County: Guang sixty miles, Yuan (this data is missing)
In terms of land area, the area of Dengfeng County is only after Artemisia County and Shaanzhou, ranking third in the Henan Province of the Ming Dynasty, and the area cannot be said to be small.
Since the population is not small and the area is not small, where is the small embodiment of "Dengfeng Small County"?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the ancient county seat of Dengfeng was really small</h1>
Dengfeng County in the Qing Dynasty
Or first list the data, arranged by city area from largest to smallest:
Shaanzhou City Pool: 13 miles 120 steps from the city;
Shichi County Chengchi: Balixu around the city;
Gongxian Chengchi: around seven miles and forty-eight zhang;
Yanshi County Chengchi: around the six miles and eighty-four steps;
Song County Chengchi: 5 miles and 13 steps around the city;
Lushi County Chengchi: around four miles and one hundred and eighty steps;
Yongning County Chengchi: 170 steps around the city;
Mengjin County: four miles around the city;
Xin'an County Chengchi: City Thursday;
Chengchi of Fuxiang County: four miles around;
Lingbao County City Pool: Sixty steps on Wednesday
Dengfeng County: The city is less than three miles.
From this point of view, the circumference of Dengfeng County is less than three miles, and it is the smallest county within the scope of Henan Province. If you put this data into the entire Henan Province, Dengfeng County is also the smallest.
Map of the city pool of Dengfeng County
There are 6 cities in Henan Province with a circumference slightly larger than three miles:
Linxian Chengchi: around three miles and three hundred and twenty steps;
Xincai County Chengchi: around three miles 275 steps;
Wu'an County Chengchi: around three miles 270 steps;
Xiangxian City Pool: around three miles and ninety-five steps;
Nanzhao County Chengchi: three miles and forty steps around the city;
The county seat of Yujia County: around three miles and thirteen steps.
There are 2 with a circumference less than three miles and greater than two miles:
The city of Dengfeng County is less than three miles;
Shenqiu County: Tuesday Li Xu.
There are two counties in the whole of Henan Province that do not have a circumference of more than three miles, and Dengfeng is among them, and it seems that "Dengfeng Small County" is indeed worthy of the name in this regard.
Satellite images from the late 1960s can also clearly see the outline of the city in Dengfeng County
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > in fact, the lyrics of opera are not only realistic</h1>
The above analysis lists a lot of data, and it also shows that Dengfeng County is really not big in a certain aspect. In fact, in literary and artistic works, many situations cannot be completely and strictly analyzed according to the data in reality, because works of art sometimes have to reflect factors such as situations and emotions.
Take the literary and artistic work "Rolling The Barrel", when the protagonist Xiao Cangwa is singing: "Xiao Cangwa I left Dengfeng Small County" and "My family lives in Dengfeng Small County, Henan", it may not have been sung "small" to reflect the emotional expression of sadness and indignation in his heart, in order to accuse himself of injustice. The county has become "small", so how big should their grief be?
In addition, it is also the creator of the work for the language of order, neat, such as: "Xiao Cangwa I left Dengfeng Small County, along the way I suffered a lot of torment" a sentence, the first sentence and the last sentence are ten words, singing it appears neat and confrontational, and plays a greater role in increasing the appeal of the opera.
Do you think so? Welcome to discuss at the bottom of the article.