A Study On Pingyang Fu In Jin Dynasty

Pingyang Fu in Jin Dynasty,which administrative area includes ten counties and two branch counties named Xizhou and Jizhou,was approximately located in the southwest of Shanxi Province.During the Jin Dynasty,the jurisdiction and name of some counties had been changed more than once.Pingyang Fu had ranked the second important city in Hedong,just behind Taiyuan Fu in Jin Dynasty,and its development in politics,economy,and culture was remarkable.There were many eminent officials among Pingyang Fu and its Zhou and counties in Jin Dynasty.They entered the official circles through various avenues and mainly were from imperial examinations.It could figure out the fact that Pingyang Fu had a vital status in Jin Dynasty by observing promotion and demotion of these officials.Pingyang Fu,with a buoyant economy,good natural environment and large population as well as high land utilization rate,can actively implement disaster relief measures after the disaster.The Jin Dynasty government also attached great importance to water conservancy construction here.The fact that Pingyang Fu had a high grain output is for the reasons that it had highly advanced water conservancy irrigation system,criss-crossing canals and temperate climate.Moreover,there are some local specialty products,for instance,the Xizhou's Green Roller cloth.Due to the durable feature of Pingyang Fu cloth,the government had set up the tapestry bureau in Pingyang Fu to manage the weaving process in Jin Dynasty.Engraving Printing in Pingyang Fu both including official and private workshops was quite developed.Pingshui block-printing roughly in the area of Pingyang Fu enjoyed great popularity,it had driven the development of the engraving printing on South of Hedong.Pingyang Fu not only had prestigious Kilns such as Pingyang Kiln and Huozhou Kiln etc,but also somewhat developed in metallurgical industry.The culture of Pingyang Fu in Jin Dynasty and the atmosphere of book collecting was both prosperous and prevalent.There were many writings and poetic prose circulated through generations by generations.Based on the premise of education-oriented policy and a series of schools were built,it has a strong atmosphere of studying,which contributed to many Chin-Shin families emerging.Pingyang Fu had become a hotly contested spot in the War between Jin and Menggu at the end of Jin Dynasty due to its unique strategic position.Both the military and civilians were actively resisted Menggu and many anti-Menggu heroes emerged here.Many religious figures of various periods had made great contributions to the spread of Buddhism and Taoism in Pingyang Fu.Hence,the religions in that era of Pingyang Fu were mainly Buddhism and Taoism and so long as temples and Taoist abbeys stood in great numbers.In addition to Buddhism and Taoism,Pingyang Fu also had folk beliefs in gods of natural landscape and gods of ancestors and emperors and is truly more widespread than Buddhism and Taoism.