Two 'weird' towns in China: they have the same name but belong to different provinces

The king is Chi Jingguo, and the wanderer is homesick. If there is a feeling that always lingers in the blood of the Chinese people, it is the imprint left by our hometown. What happened to the country birds also came here, which made me fondly remember my hometown. Homesickness is always an unavoidable feeling for a wanderer, even in today's well-developed transportation.

Some people say that the naming of a place name is like a fingerprint, because the age and history of the towns have become different, no two names are the same, and no two towns can be completely the same. Even the same city has different names in different periods, which is the reflection of history.

For example, Beijing has been called Youzhou, Jingcheng, Dadu, Beiping, and Jingshi in history. There are profound meanings behind each name. Take Youzhou as an example. In ancient China, the land was divided into nine continents. Because the area of ​​Beijing is relatively sunken, it was called Youzhou.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the names of various places in China were sorted out again, many places were renamed, and many small places were reclassified again. Today we are going to talk about two towns in China. They have It is very strange to have the same name, but separated by different provinces. What is even more strange is that the distance between these two towns is only one street away.

The first thing I want to talk about is Menglou Town, which belongs to Henan. The origin story of Menglou Town is quite interesting. It originated in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. After earning money, his blacksmith shop opened bigger and bigger.

Meng Tiejiang built a small building for himself, called Menglou. The blacksmith's craftsmanship is very exquisite, more and more people come here to make things, and everyone in the town knows him. And Meng Tiejiang's blacksmith shop has become a landmark building in this area. People who come here 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 Menglou. There are more and more people in this place as time goes by, and Menglou gradually becomes a town.

Although this is just a joke in unofficial history, it has a certain degree of credibility. Because of this legend, many people want to come to Menglou for sightseeing. With the increasing population and the increasing flow of people, the tourism industry It also became more and more prosperous. For a town, the population is the benchmark for development. If the population is 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 they reclassified 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 tell clearly, and they were arguing endlessly about this matter. The division of place names naturally depends on the opinions of the local old locals. The situation was deadlocked. In the end, the state decided to bury one or two stone tablets in the middle of Menglou. One side was named Henan Menglou, and the other belonged to Hubei. Meng Lou.

Compared with Henan Menglou, Hubei Menglou has more abundant tourism resources, which is very attractive to tourists. The more customers there are, the greater the investment opportunities, and the tourism will naturally flourish. Menglou began to transform its industry, restore historical sites, and formed many tourist attractions.

In fact, there are many historical sites in Menglou, such as the Hehan Cultural Site, Yangzhuang Site, Southern Dayan 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 Menglou, Hubei a famous local cultural town.

Many well-known Chinese figures were born in this ancient land. For example, the Li family is a big family here. This family has a long history in the local area and has also produced high-ranking officials. Their ancestors were the capital of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, and they were also of the same era as the famous Yu Qian, who witnessed the defense of Beijing.

The reason why it is called the Li family is because the ancestors of this famous minister were also high officials, but it was still the Tang Dynasty at that time. By the Northern Song Dynasty, the Li family had 48 brothers and more than 300 people. However, the family has never been separated. The clan respects each other with courtesy and eats in the same stove, and was praised by Song Huizong as a family of benevolence and righteousness.