"The peacock flies southeast, wandering five miles and one, thirteen can weave, fourteen learn to cut clothes, fifteen play the Konghou, sixteen recite poetry books." This Yuefu poet is familiar to everyone and can recite it, but what is in the poem The description of Konghou is little known.

A few days ago, Zhongmu County People's Government and Beijing Lulu Konghou Culture and Art Communication Co., Ltd. held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony. At the ceremony, Zhongmu County awarded Lu Lu the "Zhongmu County Konghou Culture Public Welfare Image Ambassador" and issued a certificate of honor. In the signed "Konghou Culture Development Cooperation Framework Agreement", the two sides cooperated to launch the ancient Konghou culture root-seeking activities, held a series of activities such as the Zhongmu Konghou Culture and Art Festival, and jointly committed to the inheritance of the Konghou culture.

Zhongmu County has always attached great importance to the excavation and protection of the "Konghou Culture". As early as 2009, Lu Lu came to Zhongmu to "seek the roots of the Konghou" and conducted an archaeological survey of the ruins of Konghou City.

Lu Lu graduated from the Chinese Music Department of the Conservatory of Music. She is a young Konghou leader and is known as "Contemporary Li Ping". On December 22, 2007, at the opening ceremony of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, Lu Lu performed a Konghou performance. In November 2009, the "Lu Lu Konghou Guzheng Concert" was successfully held in the Concert Hall of the Conservatory of Music, which was the first Konghou concert in contemporary times. For many years, Lu Lu has been committed to the inheritance of Konghou culture, the academic research of Konghou, the excavation of the history of musical instruments, and has cultivated batches of Konghou art performers.

The "Konghou City" in Zhongmu has a history of more than 2,000 years. It was a city built by the Zheng Kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period. In 1981, in the census of place names in the whole county of Zhongmu County, in order to clearly distinguish it from the West Ancient City of Zhongmu, it was called "East Ancient City", and it has been used since then.

Regarding the origin of the name of "Konghou City", the ancient historical book "Taiping Huanyu Ji" once had such a clear record: "Konghou City is twenty miles southeast of (Zhongmu), and Shiyan built a Konghou here in the past to delight Duke Ling." "Konghou" is an ancient musical instrument. It is similar in shape to the "se", but the konghou is smaller, and its sound is clearer and more melodious. One of the main musical instruments of entertainment.

Judging from ancient written records, the origin of the name of Konghou City is mainly because Shiyan made a Konghou here to please Linggong, so he took the name of the musical instrument as the name of the city and called it "Konghou City".

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhongmu belonged to the jurisdiction of the Zheng Kingdom. The Zheng Kingdom built a city here, and set up a place for the monarch and the royal family to relax and entertain. In order to ensure the timely supply of musical instruments and excellent quality, there are also centralized A group of skilled musical instrument craftsmen have established a large-scale musical instrument workshop to provide high-quality and exquisite musical instruments for the players in the palace. During the Warring States Period, swordsmen and soldiers were everywhere, and the flames continued, and many cities and buildings were destroyed. Konghou City was not spared the baptism of war.

In the "Zhongmu County Chronicle" in the 14th year of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, there was also a record of Konghou City, but it was already called "the ancient city" at that time. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, it was under the jurisdiction of Bianzhou, and it was also the seat of the Bianzhou government.

The "Geography" is quoted in "Geographical Records" as saying: "Zhongmu County in Henan belongs to Bianzhou, and the county is twenty miles northwest of the state. Press: the county is in the northwest, the state is in the southeast, and the directions are combined. It is suspected that this ancient city is a Its ruins.” From this record, we can know that Konghou City (now the ancient city of Dongcheng) once became the seat of the state capital of Bianzhou, and its historical origin and cultural heritage are very rich.