China's 2 'weird' towns have the same name but belong to different provinces

King Chi Jingguo, wandering sons homesick. If there is a feeling that has always lingered in the blood of Chinese people, it is the mark left by our hometown. What happened to the local birds also came here, which made me reminisce about the sangzi, and homesickness is always an unavoidable feeling for a wanderer, even today with more developed transportation.

Some people say that the naming of a place name is like a fingerprint, because the time and history of the towns have become different, no two names are the same, and no two towns can be exactly the same. Even the same city will have different names at different times, which are all reflections of history.

For example, Beijing has been called Youzhou, Jingcheng, Dadu, Peiping, and Jingshi in history, and each name has a profound meaning behind it. Take Youzhou as an example. In ancient China, the land was divided into nine continents. Because the area of ​​Beijing was relatively depressed, it was called Youzhou.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the names of various places in China were re-organized, many places were renamed, and many small places were re-divided into their own belongings. Today we are going to talk about two towns in China, which have The same name, but separated by different provinces, which is very strange, and even more strange is that the distance between these two towns is only one street apart.

The first thing I want to talk about is Menglou Town, which belongs to Henan. The origin story of Menglou Town is more interesting. It originated from the middle and late Qing Dynasty, when the government’s policy of suppressing business was slow, a blacksmith surnamed Meng came to Henan to do business. After earning money, his blacksmith shop also opened bigger and bigger.

The blacksmith Meng built a small building for himself, called Menglou. This blacksmith's craftsmanship is very exquisite, and more and more people come to make things because of his name, and everyone in the town knows him. The blacksmith's shop of Meng's blacksmith has become a landmark building in this area. People who come to visit can see his small building at a glance. When people who live next to them introduce themselves to outsiders, they always say that they are next to Meng's building. There are more and more people in this place over time, and Menglou has gradually become a town.

Although this is only a joke in the unofficial history, it has a certain degree of credibility. Because of this legend, many people want to come to Menglou for sightseeing. also more prosperous. For a town, population is the benchmark for development. If the population is too large, it is impossible for the town to be upgraded to a city.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, people found an embarrassing problem when re-designating the area. This Menglou Town is on the border between Henan and Hubei. In this way, should Menglou be regarded as a place in Henan or a place in Hubei? The people couldn't explain it clearly, and they were arguing about it. And the division of place names naturally depends on the opinions of the local old local people. This situation is deadlocked. In the end, the state decides. One or two stone tablets are buried in the middle of the Menglou. One side is called Henan Menglou, and the other belongs to Hubei. Meng Lou.

Compared with Henan Menglou, Hubei Menglou has more abundant tourism resources, which attracts tourists to visit. The more customers there are, the greater the investment opportunities will be, and tourism will naturally prosper. Menglou began to transform its industry and renovate historic sites, forming many tourist attractions, and it has also become a tourist destination for people in the surrounding provinces during their leisure time.

In fact, there are many historical sites in Menglou, such as Hehan Cultural Site, Yangzhuang Site, Nandayan Site, etc. Not only is there a long history and culture buried here, but the documents left behind also provide reference value for historians. Of course, this It also makes Hubei Menglou a famous local cultural town.

In this ancient land, many famous Chinese characters have also been born. For example, the Li family is the big family here. This family has a long history in the local area and has also produced dignitaries. Their ancestor was the capital of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, and the famous Yu Qian was also a person of the same era, who witnessed the defense of Beijing.

The reason why it is called the Li family is because the ancestors of this famous official also served as high officials, but it was still the Tang Dynasty at that time. By the Northern Song Dynasty, the Li family already had 48 brothers and more than 300 people. However, they have never separated their families. Among the clans, they respect each other with courtesy and eat together in the same kitchen. They were commended by Song Huizong as a family of benevolence and righteousness.