Yongzhou, also known as "Xiaoxiang", is a prefecture-level city in Hunan Province.
I think our first impression of Yongzhou may come from Liu Zongyuan's "Eight Records of Yongzhou". After the literary hero was demoted to this place, he wrote down the appearance of Yongzhou at that time.
In addition to Liu Zongyuan, a well-known literary magnate, Yongzhou is also the hometown of historical celebrities such as Huai Su, Huang Gai, Zhou Dunyi, Li Da, and Tao Zhu.
The thickness of Yongzhou's history and culture can be seen.
Dating back to the Neolithic Age, the wise Yongzhou people have begun to paint pattern decorations on stone tools and pottery.
Yongzhou was known as "Lingling" before the Sui Dynasty. It is named after the legend of "Shun Burial Nine Ridges".
The "History of history and the Five Emperors" says: "(Shun) patrolled the south, collapsed in the wilderness of Cangwu, buried in the Nine Ridges of Jiangnan, for the Lingling Tomb."
Xia, this place belongs to Jingzhou, Spring and Autumn Warring States, belongs to the Chu State, Qin, belongs to Changsha County.
In Yongzhou, there are mountains such as jiuling mountain, and there are more than 700 rivers of all sizes. The most famous of these should be the Xiang River and Xiaoshui.
The landscape has nurtured Yongzhou, where local operas such as Qi opera, Lingling flower drum opera, Qiyang minor key, puppet play and so on have appeared, which are vivid and interesting.
Today, let's open the photo album of Yongzhou and take a look at its century-old history.
This article is written by Gu Huiyu; Reviewed by: Chen Shaohu
In 1891, the boats moored in the Yongzhou Inland River were all wooden boats, not large, and this river could lead to the Xiang River.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the countryside of Yongzhou had small houses and terraced fields.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, in the countryside of Yongzhou, located in the mountains, there were women passing by with children on their backs.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the waterwheel on the yongzhou River was an important agricultural tool at that time.
Waterwheel at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Yongzhou, the children who were scooping rice. Three small children use large utensils together to get moving.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the cattle in the village of Yongzhou were responsible for helping their owners to cultivate the land.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, these neatly stacked earthen bricks were receiving sunlight.
Workers in front of the brick kiln at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, farmers were harvesting rice, using scythes, which was very hard.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, The people of Yongzhou smoked cigarettes and played chess.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, people were looking at the camera curiously.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the girls of the church school.
Church School of the Board of Churches of England.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, on the streets and alleys of Yongzhou, some people carried flat burdens.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, a combination of Chinese and Western houses.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, a group photo of the family can be seen that the family is in a good situation.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, The Qingyun Pagoda towered into the clouds. The tower was built in 1859 and rebuilt in 1919. Weathered.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, looking at the Qingyun Pagoda in the distance, the shadow of the tower was in the water.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the gate of Yongzhou.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the snow scene of Yongzhou was very beautiful.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the walls of Yongzhou were covered in snow.
On the platform of Yongzhou Railway Station in the 1980s, the paint on the pillars has been peeled off.
In the 1980s, when people took the train, they stuck their heads out and were very happy.
Marriage license of a couple in the 1980s
On Yongzhou Street in the 1980s, there were also billboards.
In the 1980s, students used abacus in class.
In Yongzhou in the 1980s, buses were crowded every time.
In the 1980s, when people went to the bank to deposit money in the window, there was no bulletproof glass installed.
Myeongdong, Xiaoxiang Middle Road in 1989, when it was still relatively desolate.
Cigarette factory in 1996.
A hundred years of history, from Lingling to Yongzhou, there are too many legends in this land, hidden in old photos, hidden in history. And what will the future of Yongzhou look like?
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