Changshou District (formerly Changshou County) is located in the east of Chongqing City and is an ancient civilized county. According to the brief history of Chongqing, during the Warring States Period, before the ninth year of Gengyuan of King Qin Hui (316 BC), the eastern Sichuan area was in the clan and tribal stage. There is a lack of detailed written records and it is impossible to verify.
Changshou District (formerly Changshou County) is located in the east of Chongqing City and is an ancient civilized county. According to the brief history of Chongqing, during the Warring States Period, before the ninth year of Gengyuan of King Qin Hui (316 BC), the eastern Sichuan area was in the clan and tribal stage. There is a lack of detailed written records and it is impossible to verify. Judging from the distribution of ancient clans and tribes around Changshou in the places the Yangtze River passes through, Changshou belongs to Zhi. There are clans such as Ba, Zhi, and Yu. Ba: Its place is near today's Chongqing; Yu: Its place is in today's Fengjie District; Zhi: Its place is in Zili Township, forty-five miles west of today's Fuling City. During the clan tribe period, Changshou belonged to Zhi, and it belonged to Liangzhou of Ba State. Qin Shihuang unified the six countries (in 221 BC) and established thirty-six counties. Changshou County belongs to Zhi County of Ba County. "Zhengyi" Zhi: "Today's Fuzhou City is Qin Zhi County, in the south of the Yangtze River." "Gong Zhi" says: "Zhi governs present-day Fuling, Changshou and other counties." The county seat is in Zili Township, 45 miles west of present-day Fuling City. During the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms Shu Han Dynasty and the Western Jin Dynasty, Changshou County was part of Zhi County and subordinate to Fuling County. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 347--420), Jin Huanwen pacified Shu and made Jiu Zhi County the administrative center of Fuling County. Zhi County of Ba County was moved to neighboring Xikou (today's Luoqi Town, Jiangbei District). The Changshou area was still part of Zhi County. Part of it belongs to Fuling County. During the Southern Dynasties, Western Wei, and Northern Zhou Dynasties, Zhi District was under the jurisdiction of Ba County until the county was abolished at the beginning of the Sui Dynasty.
In the second year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty, Lewen County (today's Changshou area) was officially placed under the jurisdiction of Fuzhou. "Because the ground is always warm, the crops mature early, and the people enjoy it," so it was named Lewen County. From the Yuan Dynasty to the 20th year of the Yuan Dynasty, the province entered Fuzhou. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Ming Yuzhen and his son Ming ascended to Shu for ten years (1361--1371 AD) and established a peasant political power. The country was named Xia and its capital was Chongqing. Ming Yuzhen renamed Lewen County Changshou County. There is Changshou Mountain in the north of the county, and many of the people living under it live long lives, so it is named "Changshou County". "Mingzhi": Changshou "is in the east and north of the mansion. It was established in the second year of Hongwu. In September of the sixth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, it was affiliated to Chongqing Prefecture." Guantan Temple in Renhechang, the county seat. Tomorrow in Shunzhong, the county magistrate Shishun moved the county seat to Tonggukan. The lower part is close to the Yangtze River and the outer ring is Shenhao. During the Wanli period, unfortunately, he suffered from a fire, so the king of the district came to do heavy repairs. In the last years of Chongzhen, it was destroyed again by the peasant uprising army. In the sixth year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty, Yu Yu, the magistrate of the county, moved to Fengshan and built a stone wall with four gates: "Yinghui Gate" in the east; "Anqing Gate" in the south; and "Jifeng Gate" in the west. The northern name is "Gongchenmen". Eight years completed. At this point, the scale of Changshou County began to take shape, and it was known as "Fengcheng" until today.
There are many legends about the origin of the name of Changshou County in Chongqing. The more common theory is that during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, a number one scholar and a second official paid homage to the prime minister of the dynasty. He went to the countryside to inspect the people's sentiments and passed by Shuanglongchang. (It is said that I was passing by Heshijing near Xinshi Township) When I encountered a heavy rain, I took a rest in a hotel to take shelter from the rain. I saw a courtyard opposite the hotel decorated with lights, drums and music, music and music, and people coming and going. Exciting, waiting to find out. But I saw an old man with white hair and a silver beard reaching to his chest. He was about ninety years old. He came to the shop to sell wine and claimed to be celebrating his grandfather's birthday. After hearing this, the prime minister became interested and asked the old man: "How old is your grandfather?" The old man smiled and replied: "My grandfather is one hundred and fifty years old." The prime minister became more and more surprised, and when he was about to ask more questions, he saw a middle-aged man in his forties coming to the old man, calling him grandpa and bringing you an umbrella. After a while, another child came jumping happily, called the umbrella sender grandpa, and asked him to go back to pay homage to his birthday. The prime minister could no longer hold himself back here, so he went to Shou Weng's house to congratulate him personally. During the greetings between the guests, the host observed his words and felt that the visitor's conversation was extraordinary, so he took out the four treasures of the study and asked him to write an inscription as a souvenir. The prime minister did not shirk the blame, took the pen, and wrote the four characters "Huayan Ouwen" in a flying way. The master was puzzled and asked him for advice, and the prime minister wrote four lines of poetry using each word as the beginning of a sentence: Two and a half sixties, looking at seven generations of grandchildren; when encountering wind and rain, the literary star pays homage to the birthday star. The inscription below is: "The Emperor's disciples beget the Emperor." The guests of honor suddenly realized that the guest was the prime minister of the dynasty and the teacher of the emperor. Everyone could not help but be in awe. Through inspections, the prime minister learned that this ancient and civilized Lewen County has fertile land, rich products, beautiful mountains and rivers, pleasant scenery, simple folk customs, love of labor, and many centenarians. Then he returned to the court to report to the Emperor of Tomorrow. Starting from September, Lewen County was changed to Changshou County.
This wonderful legend has gone through hundreds of years and is still popular among the people today.