梅城是梅山文化发祥地中心

Meicheng Town Is the Cradle of Meishan Mountain Culture

梅城在北宋熙宁五年(公元1072年)至公元1952年间是安化县城,西汉(公元前206年～公元25年)以前,是古益阳县西部山区的一片未开发的土地。大约公元前200年越人梅鋗率部来此地定居,用他的姓命名所居之地,叫梅山。到后来,越人的后代莫徭与土著民族共同开发了梅山,创造了梅山文化,在这里建立了梅山政治、经济、文化、军事中心,命名"梅城"。所以说"梅城是梅山文化发祥地中心"。

City of Mei was, for a long time, the capital of Anhua County （from the former part of the Song Dynasty 1072 to 1952）. It was once an undeveloped land which was situated in the western mountainous area of Ancient Yiyang County during the former part of the Han Dynasty （from BC206 to AD25）. But around BC.200, a man named Meijuan who belonged to a Yue People（people from the south-western part of China such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and part of Tibet were called Yue）, led his army to settle down in the new surroundings, and Mountain Mei was thus born ,which was named after Meijuan＇s surname Mei. Since then MoYao-a descendant of Yue People and the aboriginal men there developed Mountain Mei, where they centralized policy, economy, culture and military affairs, thus created the culture of Mountain Mei and named the area ＂Meicheng＂. Therefore, Meicheng is the cradle of Mountain Mei culture.