When it comes to the renaming of Lanling in Shandong to Zaozhuang, it is impossible not to mention a passage that was once very hot: in 564 AD, the Turkic soldiers attacked Northern Qi, Luoyang was besieged by 100,000 troops, and the Northern Qi reinforcements were all defeated. Seeing the destruction of Luoyang City, a Northern Qi general wearing a mask, wearing silver armor, holding a sharp blade, led 500 cavalry, like a broken bamboo, all the way to the city.
The Northern Qi generals did not dare to open the door hastily, so the general took off his mask, and a handsome and beautiful woman's face was revealed. The Northern Qi army in the city shouted with joy, and after the opening of the city, the "beautiful general" rushed bravely to kill, and the Turkic soldiers were defeated.
Who wears the mask? It turned out to be "Zaozhuang King Gao Changgong", when the soldiers celebrated the victory, they made the "Zaozhuang King's Entry Song" and passed it on to future generations...
Zaozhuang King? Is there such a person in history? In fact, just change "Zaozhuang King" to "Lanling King". That's right! This passage is precisely for "why Lanling was renamed Zaozhuang" and wondered.
So, can zaozhuang be renamed "Lanling" now? The answer is "no" because Cangshan County in Shandong was renamed "Lanling County" in 2014.
As for why Lanling was renamed Zaozhuang, we must start from the following 4 concepts: Lanling County, Lanling Town, Lanling County, and Zaozhuang City.
1. Lanling County was named after the State of Chu
Lanling, as the name suggests, is a place full of orchids. Lanling's ancient name was "Sub-Room", which belonged to the Kingdom of Yan. The kingdom of Ju was later destroyed by the state of Ju, and the prince of the state of Ju fled to the state of Lu, who later took the name of the country "鄫" as his surname, which was later simplified to "Zeng", which is the source of the surname "Zeng" today.
The state of Ju was later destroyed by the state of Lu, and the sub-chamber of the original land belonged to the state of Lu. Later, the second chamber was occupied by the State of Chu and officially named "Lanling County". According to legend, the word "Lanling" was coined by Qu Yuan, the Grand Master of the Chu State. The seat of the county was Lanling Town, Lanling County, linyi City, Shandong Province.
2. The name lanling fill began in the Northern Song Dynasty
Compared with Lanling County, the emergence of "Lanling Town" is too late. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Lanling County was set up as a town and belonged to Yu County. So what is the origin of this (zhěng) county?
To put it simply, the ancient city of Yixian is 50 miles east of present-day Yixian County, Shandong. So what's going on in Yixian County?
In ancient times, YiXian encompassed a huge area, including all the townships in the middle district of zaozhuang city, Yicheng, Taierzhuang, and the three towns in the east of Xuecheng, the south of Shanting, the southwest of Cangshan, Hanzhuang town of Weishan County, and parts of the northern part of Xuzhou City. Today, the core area of Yixian County is divided into the Yicheng District of Zaozhuang City.
"Lanling wine tulips, jade bowls filled with amber light, but so that the master can drunk guests, do not know where is the other country." This poem by the great poet Li Bai is said to be the fine wine of Lanling Town.
3. Lanling County was set up in the Jin Dynasty
The establishment of Lanling County began in the Western Jin Dynasty, and its subordinate Lanling County, roughly equivalent to the lanling town of Lanling County, Linyi City, was roughly equivalent to the current Lanling Town of Linyi City; The county of Qi, roughly the area of present-day Zaozhuang Yicheng District; Qi County, roughly the scope of the present-day Jining Weishan County; Hexiang County, roughly the scope of the present-day Zoucheng City of Jining City; Changxu County, roughly ranged from the present-day Xuecheng District of Zaozhuang City.
Shi Zai, because The county is located in the center of the above five counties, the seat of the county administration is set in the county, and the seat of lanling county is in lanling town.
4. Zaozhuang City originates from Yi County
In the history of today's Zaozhuang City, there have been many countries, mainly including the Kingdom of Yan, the State of Teng, the State of Xue, the State of Qi, the State of Qi, the State of Qiangyang, and the State of Xiaoyi. During the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Lanling County, Yan County, Fuyang County, Xue County, Qi County, and Teng County. The first intersection of Zaozhuang and Lanling occurred in the Northern Song Dynasty, when Lanling County was renamed Lanling Town and belonged to Lanling County.
The county was later renamed YiXian (峄县), which was upgraded to a county-level Zaozhuang City in 1960 and was subordinate to Jining Special District. In 1961, Zaozhuang was upgraded to a provincial government, and in 1962, Yicheng District was established.
5. The core area of "Lanling County" has not changed
Through the explanation of the above four concepts, it can be roughly understood the historical process of Lanling changing its name to Zaozhuang: Lanling County in ancient times refers to the area with Lanling Town as the core; Lanling Fill was once subordinate to the present-day Zaozhuang Yicheng District; Lanling County has the largest scope, including the current Lanling County and Zaozhuang Yicheng District.
So, why was Cangshan renamed Lanling in the end? Instead of Changing the name of Zaozhuang to Lanling? This is because Lanling County was abolished in 1945 and assigned to Zhao Di (bó) County. In 1947, the eastern half of Zhao County was independent and named Cangshan County. In 1948, Lanling County was re-established. In 1953, Lanling County was again abolished and merged into Cangshan County. In 2014, Cangshan County was renamed Lanling County.
From Lanling County, Lanling Town, Lanling County to Zhao Wei County and Cangshan County, although the scope of the word "Lanling" has changed a lot, the core area of "Lanling County" has not changed. Therefore, the result is that Cangshan County was renamed Lanling County, rather than Zaozhuang renamed Lanling County.