The wild vegetable with a gourd head in Tianshui is called Artemisia oblique. Longshang Jiangnan, a kind of wild vegetable in Tianshui area, Artemisia oblique with five-leaf tips, a wild vegetable in Tianshui Mountain in spring and summer. It is suitable for growing on cliffs, valleys, hills, wild fields, field ridges, etc. when the climate is mild, the soil is fertile and the water is beautiful. .
Tianshui, known as Qinzhou and Shanggui in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Gansu Province and a sub-central city in Gansu Province approved by the Gansu Provincial People's Government.
Historical evolution of Tianshui
Tianshui was formerly known as Qi County. Qin County was originally the land of Qi Rong. In 688 BC, Qin Wugong took the land and established it as Qi County, which was later changed to Shanggui. county. In 221 BC, when Qin Shihuang established thirty-six counties, Shanggui was one of the counties in Longxi. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Tianshui County was established, and Shanggui was one of the counties. The area was southwest of today's urban area.
The name Tianshui County began in the third year of Yuanding, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and originated from the beautiful legend that the Tianhe River was filled with water. At the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty, long years of war and drought made the people of Shanggui city miserable. One night, suddenly there was a strong wind, thunder and lightning, a golden light shone, and a red light appeared on the ground. The ground shook continuously, and a large crack opened amidst the loud noise.
The river water poured down from the sky and poured into the crack, forming a lake called Tianshui Lake. This lake never dries up in spring, never overflows in summer, and is beautiful all year round. People say that this lake is connected to the Tianhe River, and it is also called Tianshui Well. Later, this legend was heard by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he named the newly established county next to the city lake in Shanggui North County Tianshui County. From then on, it was named Tianshui.