The origin of the name of Langya Mountain

Date: 2022-11-21 View: 1918



Langya Mountain is located in Chuzhou City, Anhui Province. It has been a scenic spot in East China since ancient times. There are four famous pavilions on the mountain, the first drunk Weng Pavilion and the Tang Jiangu Temple Langya Temple. It has beautiful scenery and many historical sites. It attracts tourists from all over the country and even from all over the world. Some friends from Shandong are often curious. What is the relationship between the Langya Mountain and the Langya Mountain in Shandong? All this should start with the name of Langya Mountain.


The place name of "Lang Ya" was originally written in Shandong Province. It was written as "Lang Ya", which is a vulgar word of evil. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Qi had set up Langyi, and the Qin Dynasty had set up Langyi County, which was the ruling place of Langyi County. By the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, the rebellion of eight kings broke out, and the central plains were empty. All the northern nationalities took the opportunity to invade and destroy the Western Jin Dynasty in the south. During this period, Sima Rui, king of Langya, established the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south, and many great families crossed south, so the place name of "Langya" came out.


At the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Rui, king of Langya, obeyed Wang Dao's suggestion and traveled south away from the center of the northern political whirlpool. He trained in the Langya Mountains and accumulated strength. Then he moved to the town of Jianye (now Nanjing). After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Rui became emperor in 318 (the first year of Taixing), which was historically called the Yuan Emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Because Sima Rui had such an indissoluble bond with Langya Mountain, when he became emperor, the word "Langya Mountain" was given to him as the former king of Langya. This event was recorded in the Song Dynasty's Taiping Laoyu Ji. "Langya Mountain is twelve miles southwest of the county, and its mountain originated from the Eastern Jin Dynasty when the Yuan Emperor sheltered the mountain for the sake of its name."


Therefore, the name of Mount Langyao was named for the title of Emperor Yuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the two characters of Langyao were indeed taken from the name of "Langyao" in Shandong Province. Do visitors from Shandong feel very friendly?