Qin destroyed Shu and built Shu County. In BC 135, Emperor Jianyuan of the Han Dynasty set up Zizhong County here (not Zizhong County now), so the old city is located in the northeast of this city, that is, in the north gate area. Qi Liang was abandoned in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and moved to Ziyang County in the second year of Wucheng, Ming Di in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (AD 560). In the Qing Dynasty, Fushun, Neijiang, Yibin, Nanxi, Zizhong, Zigong and other places belonged to Zizhou (now Zizhong).
After liberation, Ziyang county was included in Neijiang area, belonging to one of the eight counties and one city. After the 1990s, Ziyang broke away from Neijiang City and administered Yanjiang District (formerly Ziyang County), jianyang city, Anyue County and Lezhi County. On July 6, 2007, it was changed to Ziyang, and the municipal administrative center was located in Jiangyan Town, Yanjiang District (formerly Ziyang County).
From the end of the Qing Dynasty to the first day of the Republic of China until the 1950s, the pattern of Ziyang County was roughly square, surrounded by city walls, with gates and towers in the southeast and northwest. The main streets in the city are roughly divided into two horizontal axes: Waixi Street, Shangxiaxi Street, Dadong Street, Zhengdong Street and Waidong Street. The north-south end and the north end of South Street (the intersection of Heping Road "Department Store") (Orchard is the first line from north to railway station; Pastoral and rural), and with Zhongcheng Street, Dabei Street and Xiaobei Street as two longitudinal axes. Other famous small streets are Yuxian Street (now Healthy Road), Chen Wu Lane, Chongwen Street, Houxi Street, Maxiang Lane and Shuixiang Lane. Among them, "Zhongcheng Street" is the street with the most concentrated wealthy businessmen in the city, although it is only 4 meters wide. "Chen Wu Lane" is the only way for county officials to patrol the county yamen (the armed forces department of this district); Yuxian Street has six temples, including Confucian Temple (as a county primary school after the Republic of China) and Chenghuang Temple. Among them, Chenghuang Temple has the most incense, and the temple fair lasts for 48 days every year. The performance of Sichuan Opera "Ziyang River School" is a grand event, which has greatly promoted Ziyang's business tourism and the promotion of Sichuan Opera's performing arts.
At that time, there were Mijiang Street, Donghe Wharf and Ferry outside the east gate of the county, and there was "Shuinan Street" on the other side. At that time, when land transportation was impossible (Chengdu-Chongqing Highway 1930 was completed), the water transportation of Tuojiang River was quite prosperous, starting from Jintang Zhao Zhen and Jianyang, connecting with the Yangtze River through Zizhong, Neijiang and Fushun, and reaching Luzhou. 1949 Ziyang county was liberated. In the 1950s, the city walls were demolished one after another and converted into streets around the city, that is, construction roads named after the southeast and northwest. At the same time, the original South Street will extend northward to the foot of Dongyue Mountain and become a thoroughfare street connecting the railway station. In 1960s and 1970s, houses and units on both sides of the street were built one after another. Together with "Sports Road" and "Upper West Back Street", today's old town pattern of Ziyang was formed.
After the reform and opening-up, especially after the establishment of Ziyang, the urban area "developed by relying on the river, expanded to the east in the west and expanded to the north in the south", and a large area was added to the west of chengdu-chongqing railway Line. At present, Ziyang New City, covering an area of 29 square kilometers, has been completed and has become an ecological and civilized city in the hilly area of central Sichuan.
Buddhism and Taoism have gradually flourished since the Han and Tang dynasties, with a large number of believers. Many urban and rural temples and Taoist temples are built in places with famous mountains and beautiful scenery, which are not only places to burn incense and worship Buddha, but also places for sightseeing. At that time, there were as many temples and palaces in Ziyang County as people often said, which were built from the dynasties to the 1950s.
"Nine Palaces": Yu Palace, Palace, Longevity Palace, Nine Palaces, Zhenwu Palace, Shoufu Palace, Sansheng Palace, Nanhua Palace and Biyun Palace;
"Eighteen Temples": Confucian Temple, Wu Temple (Temple), City God Temple, Wenchang Temple (Wenchang Palace), Chuanzhu Temple (Huimin Palace), Niuwang Temple, Zhenjiang Temple (Longwang Temple), Sun Temple, Xinkai Temple, Luohan Temple, Mawang Temple, Black Temple, Fire Temple and Luzu Temple. Distribution of temples in urban areas:
Waixi Street: Sanxian Temple and Chuanzhu Temple; Shangxi Street: laojunmiao, Nanhua Palace, Niuwang Temple and Guandi Temple; Xiaxi Street: Black Temple; Yuxian Street (now Healthy Road): Confucian Temple, Wenchang Palace, Biyun Palace and Chenghuang Temple.
Temple, Sun Temple, Sansheng Palace;
Zhengdong Street: Zhenwu Palace and Shoufu House
Dadong Street: Palace, Wanshou Palace, Jiugong, Yu Palace;
Palace and Luzu Temple;
Waidong Street: God of Wealth Temple, Wangye Temple and Longwang Temple; Chongwen Street: Sanguantang; Houxi Street: Guo Xiang Temple; Xiaobei Street: Guanyin Pavilion and Fire Temple;
North City Wall: Xinkai Temple and Mawang Temple; Lianhua Mountain in the north of the city: Liantai Temple; Fengling Mountain: Dongyue Temple (Taoism); Baotai Mountain in the east of the city: Baotai Temple
After liberation, monks scattered to the secular world, and temples were mostly used as schools, institutions, granaries or poor houses. Later, after the transformation of the old city, it was demolished. "Nine palaces and eighteen halls" have completely disappeared and become a historical memory. Attachment: Comparison of the current names of ancient streets in Han Dynasty: Dabei Street-Yiqinglong Street (there is a "Baguajing" at the intersection with Zhongcheng Street, now called "Bajiaojing")
Houxi Street-Yanshou Street (a street with the same name as the commercial street in ancient times, Dong Jun Mansion, one of the three sages, is located in the dormitory of the Cultural Bureau of this district in the west section); Xiaxi Street-Stalagmite Street (Wang Baojian "Dexing Hall", later "Zi Yuan Academy"); Xiashang West Street (now called Government Street)-Lion Street; There is a "Sima Li" in Waixi Street (Wang Baofu, one of the three sages);
Heping Road (from the department store to the railway station) is an ancient city "Beimen Street" (later abandoned as an orchard, and "Heping Road" was built after liberation).