Song Jiang's Hometown - Water Fortress

In ancient operas, there is a lyric of "the surname is Song, the name is Jiang, the word is Gongming, and the family lives in the water castle in Yuncheng". The Southern Song Dynasty painter Gong Shengyu's "Song Jiang Thirty-six People Praise and Preface" says "Song Jiang's affairs are discussed in the streets and alleys", but Song Jiang's ancestral home is not involved, but in Yuncheng, Song Jiang's ancestral residence is a water fort, which is already a household name. About Song Jiang's life experience The legend is also more detailed than "Water Margin". In ancient times, the water castle was called Linqiu, Yidongbao, Shuibaozhai, Feiyunyi and other names, and the terrain was towering. Lin who, warehouse Lin also. Since ancient times, it has been a land of fertile land and abundant food and clothing. In the Spring and Autumn Period, "Qi Wuyu ran to Jin with Linqiu" refers to this place, and Duke Jing also used Linqiu as a fief of Confucius, but was rejected by Confucius, and later served as the governor of Yanzhou. Now, the local people all know that there is "Linwangcheng" and "four gates and four temples" ten miles southeast of the water castle, which is very spectacular. Legend has it that Linqiu was also the birthplace of Sun Bin, a military strategist during the Warring States Period, and there is Sun Bin's "cow licking monument" in Shuipu Village. In Shuipu Village, there is still the site of Song House, which is called "Zhongxin Pit" by the locals.