Gaochun originally belonged to Lishui County, located in the southwest of Lishui County.
The county covers an area of more than 800 square kilometers and is surrounded by water on three sides. There has always been a saying that "three mountains, six waters and one field".
Gucheng Lake in the south, Danyang Lake in the west and Shijiu Lake in the north.
Surrounded by fertile fields along the beach, the water products in the lake are very rich. It was once called the "granary" and "treasury" of Lishui County.
At that time, Lishui County Ya had moved from (now Gaochun, twenty miles east of Gucheng) to the town (now Yongyang Town of Lishui).
The county seat is hundreds of miles away from Xiwei, so it is very inconvenient to travel.
There are only two ways for ordinary people to go to the county to pay taxes: one is to go by land, go north over mountains and mountains, and take the narrow path.
The road is not only difficult to walk, but also worried about wild animals hurting people and bandits robbing; The other is to go by water and punt across the rough Shijiu Lake.
In case of strong winds and waves, you may be buried in the belly of a fish if you capsize and fall into the water.
In short, it is difficult to go by land, and it is scary to go by water.
This is difficult, that is difficult, and it is difficult to kill local people.
Everyone's call for dividing counties is getting louder and louder.
Grandfathers in Lishui county are reluctant to give up the ready-made "granary" and "treasury", ignoring the voice of Xixiang people and not buying at all.
In the fourth year of Hongzhi in Ming Dynasty (149 1), there were three local young scholars. When they saw that their hometown elders complained every time they paid the grain tax, they were very sad and stood up and joined hands with the people.
They went beyond the letter to Tianfu, listed the facts and put forward reasons, demanding that seven townships and one town (namely, Chongjiao, Lixin, Yongfeng, Yong Cheng, You Shan, Tangchang, Anxing Seven Town and Gaochun Town) in the southwest of Li be set aside and another county be built.
Ying Tianqi heard the voice of the people of Xixiang, Lishui, demanding the division of counties. After receiving the book of * * *, she paid special attention to it and immediately sent someone down to investigate.
The survey results prove that the information written in the book is true and the suggestion is feasible.
Therefore, Miracle took "the land is difficult to manage" as an excuse, asked Ming Xiaozong for instructions, and agreed to delimit seven townships and one town in the southwest of Lishui County to build another county.
By this time, the matter of dividing Lishui into counties has finally come to the fore.
When the news came, people were jubilant, and three warm-blooded young people who boldly wrote letters naturally became the focus of discussion.
It happened that all three young people had a "three" after their names. One is Liu Jiansan, the other is Xia Yousan and the other is Kong Fansan. Therefore, there is a saying of "three or three counties" among Gaochun people.
After Tianfu became Miracle's memorial, Xiaozong felt that "the land is difficult to make" could not be ignored, so he started writing and signed the word "quasi-playing".
Regarding the name of the county, filial piety thought it inappropriate to mention "Chunhua" in the memorial, because there was also a Chunhua county in Shanxi at that time, and the two counties had the same name, which would bring undue trouble.
Since it is not suitable, it must be renamed.
What should I change? Xiaozong saw the sentence "Gaochun Town plans to set up a county" on the memorial, and thought the word "Gaochun" was good, so he approved "named after Gaochun".
Because of this episode, every county name is mentioned by future generations, and there is a saying that "Chunhua was drafted at the beginning, and Gaochun was ordered by the king."
Speaking of Gaochun Town, it is indeed a beautiful and rich ancient water town.
It is close to the endless ancient Danyang Lake, which is a fast hill highland in the northeast of the lake, also known as Zhenshan.
When the ancient town was built, there is no clear written record.
Fan Chengda, a poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, wrote a poem "Gao Chun Dao Zhong", which reads: "Passers-by Gao Chun marches deeper, while grass and mud horses wet Jun Jun.
The rain returns to the dragon's head cloud, and the stone leaks gold every day.
Old willow is not a spring flower but a vine, and the ancient temple is empty of espalier.
One foot belongs to Qiancun Store, and smoke billows in the bamboo forest. "Judging from the scene described in the poem, it shows that as early as the Song Dynasty, it was a densely populated mountain village market with a history of at least 800 years.
After the county was established, the county was named "Gaochun, Qin Ding" and the town name was changed to "Xichun", named after a stream at the foot of the town.
There have always been three opinions about the meaning of the original town name "Gaochun".
One way of saying it is: the street is built in Shan Ye Town, which is a high hill by the lake; At the foot of the mountain, there is a mountain river called Xichun, which flows into Gucheng Lake from north to south through Qinglong Bridge and Datong Bridge, and then flows into Guanxi River to the west.
The stream flows around the mountain, like a jade belt with a golden lock.
This landform was considered by the ancients as a "paradise" and a treasure trove of geomantic omen.
Living here, facing the mountains and facing the water, the mountains and rivers set each other off, which can ensure the prosperity of financial resources and population.
Therefore, we took the initials of "Gao Fu" and "Xi Chun" and named it "Gao Chun".
With the passage of time, the sea has changed, and the old Xichun River has disappeared. There is only one ancient street by the Kansai River. The shop is still antique and retains the characteristics of coming to the ancient town of Jiangnan.
The second way of saying it is: people living in Gaofu, a lake, have accepted the exquisite scenery here for many years and lived a quiet and comfortable life like a paradise, with simple folk customs and simple folk customs.
So I took the last words of "high ground" and "pure people" and named it "Gao Chun".
Speaking of Gaochun's simple folk customs, it has a deep historical origin and is also related to the unique local natural and social environment, not bragging.
In the early years of the Republic of China, four graduates from the Central University of Political Science and Law went to Gaochun for temporary employment to observe the people's feelings.
After some investigation, they came to a common view: Gao Chun has "three small and three many".
Which "three small and three many"? That is, "there are many ferries on small bridges, many women with little feet, and many temples and ancestral halls."
Although the words are a bit one-sided, they tell the current situation and truth of Gao Chun at that time.
There are many bridges and ferries, reflecting the beautiful environment of Gaochun, which is surrounded by mountains and waters, and a school of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River is "bridges, flowing water and people".
At the same time, it also reflects the backward side of poor local traffic and inconvenient communication.
There are many women with little feet, which reflects that in the early years of the Republic of China, the feudal system has been destroyed and the social atmosphere has undergone fundamental changes. In the remote areas of Gaochun, feudal remnants and old customs are still deeply rooted.
Although women hate the bad habit of "foot-binding", a few dare to stand up and resist.
Girls can't resist the pressure of feudal ethics, so they have to let adults wrap the soles of * * * with long white cloth in tears, and just squeeze out a pair of "three-inch golden lotus" in years of suffering.
From then on, it was very inconvenient to walk with a twist.
At that time, it was beautiful rather than bitter, which is incredible to modern people.
In the early years of the Republic of China, the outside world was vigorously innovating, and Gao Chun's women were still walking with a pair of little feet, showing how blocked the local information was and how old-fashioned the people's ideas were.
There are many small temples and ancestral halls, which reflect the deep penetration and great influence of Gaochun clan and religious forces in the old society.
First of all, religion is very powerful.
Gaochun people live in a multi-ethnic community, with one surname in each village and few miscellaneous surnames.
Almost every village has temples and ancestral halls everywhere.
When people of the same clan encounter unfair and illegal things, most of them don't want to go to the county government to complain, but only go to the ancestral temple of their own surname to judge.
The patriarch in the ancestral hall has great power and strict clan rules.
Those who violate the clan rules will be punished lightly and severely, and family law will replace national law.
Secondly, there are many people who are superstitious about religion.
Buddhism and Taoism have been introduced into Gaochun for a long time. Buddhism can be traced back to the Han Dynasty at the earliest, and Taoism began to make wishes in the Jin Dynasty at the latest, which is proved by historical data.
Due to the large number of people who believe in Buddhism and Taoism, temples and temples are all over the county, and incense is extremely prosperous.
People with superstitious ideas think that the fate of life is doomed and everything is resigned to fate.
With this negative attitude towards life, people's psychology will inevitably be distorted, and they will become cautious, gentle and obedient.
Sexual purity is a good thing, but conservatism is obviously a defect.
In addition, the infiltration of Confucianism and the influence of feudal ethics such as "loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness" and "three cardinal guides and five permanents" of Confucianism are also important factors for Gaochun's simple folk customs.
According to legend, Confucius visited this mountain in Chu, set up an altar on the mountain to give lectures and spread Confucianism, which left a deep influence in the local area.
Especially at the end of the Western Han Dynasty and the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, civil strife and foreign invasion continued, and a large number of scholar-officials moved south with their families, many of whom chose to settle in Gaochun, a beautiful place.
After they arrived in Gaochun, these people made great efforts to educate, run Confucianism, set up schools, and widely spread the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, so that Confucianism was deeply rooted in the hearts of Gaochun people.
In the past, many literati who worked as county magistrates in Gaochun wrote articles and unanimously praised Gaochun for his simple folk customs and social stability.
They think that as a county magistrate in Gaochun, as long as they get the support of local gentry and heads of families, they don't have to worry about unclear lawsuits.
It is also very pleasant to find some local gentry to drink tea and write poems at ordinary times.
Some county officials feel that being an official here has a rare sense of relaxation.
There is another saying about the word "Gaochun", which says that people who live in Gaochun by the lake are surrounded by Danyang, the ancient city and Shijiu, and there are mountains such as You Shan, Huashan and Jiulong Mountain that can be relied on, which can not only benefit from the mountains, but also enjoy the water.
In order to express this meaning, people use the word "Gao" to mean people who live above Gaogang, and the word "Chun" to mean that people who live in Gaofu can "enjoy the blessings of the three lakes".
What is "enjoying the blessings of the three lakes"? That is, the word "the root of three waters" in the spring word means three lakes, and the word "enjoy" on the right constitutes the meaning of "enjoying the blessings of three lakes".