【Historical Live Broadcast】Watching videos and being seen by our ancestors

[Place names in Shanxi that are difficult to mention]

Where are you from?

Shanxi compatriots: bearing the burden alone

Shit Alley

cow dung kiln

Second Wife Village

Killer Ditch

Wang Bashan

Geliao Ditch

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"Is Dudan Mountain named because it looks like a single carrying pole? [eye roll]"

"Where is there a village called Dieyao Village in Fenshang Village, Yangshe Village, or Qiufengling Village? [crying][crying][crying] It's in Linfen."

"I think I crossed Killer Gully when I was cycling; there's a bridge called Killer Gully Bridge."

"Murder Gully is located at the border of Jiaokou and Xixian counties. It used to be a place where criminals were executed [facepalm]. I heard this from the locals."

"Young men of Shanxi, come on!"

Widow Cui Yidan

Guo the Widow Yidan

Widow Chen Yidan

Ma Widow Yidan

The Great Widow Yidan

Two widows, Yidan

The widow Yidan

Widow Jia Yidan

Widow Sun Yidan

"No joke, my family really does live in the village of second wives [smile]"

"Ta-da! Hello passengers, this is bus route 863, a self-service bus, from the train station to Geliaogou [crying emoji]"

"Taiyuan, Geliaogou. The first time I went there, I wondered for a long time what kind of magical place it was [raise hand]"

"Could Shit Lane have been Xi Shi Lane before? [awkward sweating]"

"The wind that longs for you still blows into Shit Lane [see]"

"The common birthplace of children in Shanxi: Huizhapo"

"Our town is called Pingtou Town. During the 14 middle school entrance exam, our school was the most aggressive in fights among the various towns, and we also had more people [facepalm]"

"In our county, there's a mountain called Broken Arm Village, and at the foot of that mountain is another village called Broken Arm Village. The core industry of that village is making glass cutters [observing secretly][observing secretly][observing secretly]."

"There's a place in a neighboring county called Liangdu. According to local legend, there's a temple on the mountain where monks would come down at night to find widows and return to the temple the next morning. There's a river in between, and they would cross it twice a day. That's why the place is called Liangdu [facepalm]"

"So there are actually names that can rival those from Northeast China."

"Now I finally understand why Northeastern place names sound so rustic... During the Hongwu Emperor's great migration, people from Shanxi went to the Central Plains, with Shandong making up a large proportion. Many of their descendants went to the Northeast in the early years, so their roots are here [facepalm][facepalm][facepalm]"

"It's alright, I saw there's a place in Northeast China called 'Grandma's Underpants Flower Hot Spring' [facepalm]"

"What you're talking about is nothing."

"People from Kulun Village don't even know how to describe their village."

Our ancestors under the sky: They originally thought that only we were uneducated and lacked culture, so they gave us simple names.

Who would have thought that children in later generations, after they went to school, wouldn't be any better at naming than we were? Aren't they just equally bad?

At least we won't name it something like "Shit Lane" that would make us a laughing stock in the neighboring alleys. Besides, it doesn't sound good either. What would outsiders think if they heard our family use this name?

It would be better to call it Sheep Dung Alley, at least we raise sheep here, so it would fit the name somewhat.

There's that Killer's Gully, oh dear, what an unlucky name! I don't know how they came up with it. Aren't people afraid to walk across it? Such a menacing name...

If we come to collect it, we'll name it "Pig Slaughtering Ditch," so everyone will know we have pigs to slaughter here, making it a prosperous and auspicious place.

It will not only bring honor to the hometown, but also attract people who want to make money and businessmen.

And in Shanxi, how come there are so many places with widows for no reason? Could it be that there were frequent wars back then, and the men were all killed because of conscription?