There were many places called Plum Cities in China. In Zhejiang Province, Meicheng was a thousand-year-old town under the jurisdiction of Jiande City Hangzhou City. It used to be the seat of Yanzhou Prefecture, as famous as Huzhou Prefecture and Hangzhou Prefecture. It used to be a prefecture-level city and had always been the political, cultural, commercial, and shipping center of tens of thousands of square kilometers in western Zhejiang. It had been the seat of Yanzhou Prefecture for more than 1,300 years since the early Tang Dynasty. In Hunan Province, Meicheng was a town in Anhua County, Yiyang City. It was located in the southeast border of Anhua County, with a total area of 280 square kilometers. It was the birthplace of the Meishan culture. After the establishment of Anhua County in the fifth year of Song Xining (1072), the county seat was once located here. Moreover, the great man of his generation, Mao Ze Dong, also conducted social investigations and spread revolutionary culture here. In addition, Meicheng Scenic Area was located in Anhua County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province, including the jurisdiction of Meicheng, Le 'an and other towns. In Nanyang City, Henan Province, there was Meicheng Park, which was located in the area surrounded by Zhongjing Road, Binhe Road, Zhongzhou Road, Caishi Street, and Guangyuan Street in the central Urban area.
In December 2024, the average price of second-hand houses in Mei City was 3344 yuan/square meter. From January to December 2024, the average price of second-hand houses in January was 3687 yuan/m2, 3089 yuan/m2 in February and 3343 yuan/m2 in March, and the year-on-year rise and fall of each month was flat.
Different places were called Plum Cities for different reasons: - Mei City in Dongzhi County, Anhui Province, was named after Mei Yaochen, a famous realist poet of the Northern Song Dynasty. Mei Yaochen had been an official in Jiande (today's Dongzhi County) for five years. He had observed the sufferings of the people and had done many things to benefit the people. The local people named the county city Mei City in memory of him. - The name of the ancient town of Meicheng in Zhejiang Province came from a saying that "there are two and a half plum blossoms in the world, one in Beijing, one in Nanjing, and half in Meicheng." Meicheng has a history of more than 1800 years. It has been the seat of Muzhou, Yanzhou and Jiande County. - Meicheng Town, Qianshan City, Anhui Province. Because Meicheng used to be the capital of the ancient country of Wan, the ancestors here loved to plant plum blossoms. The city was full of plum blossoms, so it was named "Meicheng".
Plum City got its name because of a section of the city wall beside the river that was shaped like plum blossoms. It was probably called Plum City because of its unique plum blossom city wall, long history, profound cultural heritage, and other factors. It had a long history of more than 1800 years. Jiande County was set up in the fourth year of Wu Huangwu of the Three Kingdoms (225), and Meicheng was the county seat. From the first year of Tang Shengong (697) to 1959, Meicheng was the location of the state, government, road, and special office. The city still retained the urban texture that was consistent with its heyday, so it was called Meicheng.
According to the current information, the mayor of Qianshan City's Meicheng Town was Wang Xubao.
According to the information provided so far, it was only mentioned that there were old photos of the Battle of Meicheng in the exhibition hall of the Fourth Army of the Red Army in the north of Meicheng. However, the specific content of these photos could not be provided. Sorry, the photos of the Battle of Meicheng could not be provided.
There was Lingguang Temple in Meicheng, formerly known as Shengshou Temple. There were three wonders: the Life and Death Tree, the leafless top of the main hall, and the pineapple top in the main hall. In front of the door were two cypress trees, one flourishing and one withered. There were also signs in the temple, such as "Enwo Plum City" given by the squire during the Guangxu period,"Lingguang Shining" given by Nantou County in Taiwan, and "Benevolence to the World" given by the squire during the Xianfeng period. There was also Yuquan Temple in Meicheng. It was located at the southern foot of Wulong Mountain in the north of Meicheng Town, Jiande, Zhejiang Province. It was built in the Zhenyuan year of Tang Dynasty, more than 1200 years ago. The north and south twin towers stood on both sides of the mountain. It was a key temple in Hangzhou City and a Buddhist country in western Zhejiang. It was built by Shaokang, the fifth ancestor of the Buddhist Pure Land Sect. There was a spring next to the temple, which would never be exhausted in winter and summer. There was a strange stone called "Breathing Stone" in the temple. When Master Shaokang built the Taoist temple here, he carved a stone statue of "Amitabha Buddha" from a "Breathing Stone" that was different from the surrounding rocks. This stone statue was regarded as the treasure of the temple. Now there are the Great Buddha Hall, Free Life Pond, Heavenly King Hall, Amitabha Hall, Guanyin Pavilion and so on. In addition, the Thousand Buddha Pagoda Scenic Spot in Meicheng, Guangdong Province was located in the eastern suburbs of Meicheng, with a total planned area of 2.2 square kilometers. There were Thousand Buddha Pagoda, Dadongyan Temple, Youyan Temple, Putong Pagoda Courtyard and other scenic spots. Meizhou Thousand Buddha Pagoda was cast by Liu Shishi in the eighth year of Dabao of the Southern Han Dynasty (965). In 1991, with the approval of the provincial competent department, a new stone pagoda was built on Longfeng Mountain in Dongjiao Township for protection, becoming a pagoda within a pagoda.
There were different areas in Meicheng Town, and the postcodes were different as well. The postcode of Meicheng Town, Minqing, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province is 350899, and the postcode of Meicheng Town, Qianshan County, Anqing City, Anhui Province is 246300.
In China, there were two places called Plum Cities. One was located in the east of Jiande City, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, at the confluence of Xin 'an River, Lan River, and Fuchun River. It was located in the north of Wulong Mountain and the south of Sanjiangkou. Mei City was an ancient town under the jurisdiction of Jiande City, Hangzhou City. The other was located in Anhua County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province, including the jurisdiction of Meicheng, Le 'an, and other towns and major scenic spots. The Meicheng here was a part of the Meicheng Scenic Area, and its main body was the birthplace of Meishan Culture.
There are different meanings to the existence of Plum City. The following is the relevant background: - ** Zhejiang Jiande Meicheng **: - In terms of historical status, it was located in Jiande City's Chengnan West Road and had a thousand years of history. Originally, it was the seat of Yanzhou Prefecture in Zhejiang Prefecture. It was as famous as Huzhou Prefecture, Hangzhou Prefecture, Shaoxing Prefecture, Jinhua Prefecture, etc. It used to be a prefecture-level city and had always been the political, cultural, commercial, and shipping center of tens of thousands of square kilometers in western Zhejiang. It had been the seat of the state capital for more than 1,300 years since the early Tang Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, Yanzhou Prefecture was the country's high-end talent output. The success of the imperial examination had produced many top scholars, scholars, and scholars. After these scholars passed the imperial examination, they became officials of the imperial court and built dozens of memorial archways for them. - In terms of the origin of the name, the most popular saying was that a section of the ancient city wall near the river was shaped like a plum blossom, so it was called Plum Blossom City, or Mei City for short. It was located at the confluence of the Fuchun River, Xin 'an River, and Lan River. However, it gradually declined from a regional city that was almost equivalent to Hangzhou to an ordinary town with only tens of thousands of people. Now, it was a thousand-year-old town under the jurisdiction of Jiande Hangzhou City. - ** Guangdong Meizhou Urban area **: Located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, it is composed of the Urban area under the jurisdiction of Meijiang District and Mei County District. It bordered Jiaoling County and Fujian Province in the east, Dapu County and Fengshun County in the south, Wuhua County and Xingning City in the west, and Pingyuan County and Jiaoling County in the north. The city center was located at 116 degrees 6 minutes east and 24 degrees 33 minutes north. The geological structure was complex. It was mainly composed of granite, exhalative rock, metamorphosed rock, sand and slate, red rock, and limestone, which formed five major types of landforms: platform, hills, mountains, terraces, and plains. 24.3% of the land is mountainous, 56.6% is hilly and terrace, 13.7% is plain, and 5.4% is river and reservoir. There are many mineral resources and broad prospects for development. There are 48 kinds of proven coal, iron, copper, Manganese, lead, lead, silver, stibine, rare earth, limestone, granite, marble, etc., and more than 530 deposits. Among them, coal reserves are 270 million tons, ranking second in the province. Manganese and iron reserves account for 20% and 30% of the province respectively. Rare earth in Wuhua County, copper in Mei County District, limestone in Jiaoling County, porcelain clay in Dapu County, iron in Pingyuan County, and coal in Xingning City are rich in reserves and high in grade.
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