Shantang street is called "qilishantang" because it is 3600 meters long. However, some old people say that Shantang street should be called "Qili Shantang", because there used to be seven Shili cats in Shantang street. What's going on? The story begins at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, after the uprising of the red scarf army, there were many heroes in the Central Plains. A smuggler named Zhang Shicheng also gathered 18 people to occupy the mountain. Because Zhang Shicheng's subordinates were mainly salt dealers and young farmers, they had strong fighting capacity, and even "won without fighting" hundreds of thousands of troops from the Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the military strength was very strong. After sweeping the northern part of Jiangsu Province, it sent troops to cross the river south to capture Suzhou, and established the great Zhou regime in Suzhou. It changed its name to Tianyou and called itself King Cheng. After Zhang Shicheng occupied Suzhou, he did a lot. He built water conservancy, exempted taxes, developed industry and commerce, agriculture and mulberry, and set up handicraft industry and textile industry. Suzhou people are also very grateful to him. In 1366, Nanjing's Zhu Yuanzhang sent General Xu Da Shuai 200000 troops to attack Suzhou. One year after the siege, Zhang Shicheng was defeated and killed himself, and the regime of the great Zhou Dynasty was destroyed. As Zhang Shicheng has done good deeds for Suzhou people, Suzhou people can't forget him and often talk about him. Zhu Yuanzhang felt deeply that the people in Suzhou were not stable, so he sent military adviser Liu Bowen to Suzhou for inspection. Liu Bowen is not a layman. It is said that he "counted 800 years before and 1000 years after" and his wisdom is higher than Zhuge Liang. He also has a book pushing back, which can predict the rise and fall of dynasties. It's amazing. After Liu Bowen arrived in Suzhou, he went shopping in the East and in the West. I found that Suzhou people really miss Zhang Shicheng. I was very worried and thought: we must find a way to eliminate Zhang Shicheng's image. One day, when he went to Shantang street, he couldn't help taking a breath. He found that there was a big white dragon under Shantang street, trying to break free and rush to the sky. This is the dragon vein of Zhang Shicheng. Liu Bowen frowned and thought it over. He cast a spell and set up seven civet cats on Shantang street. The seven civet cats are: Meiren civet at Shantang bridge, Tonggui civet at Tonggui bridge, Wenxing civet at Xingqiao, Caiyun civet at Caiyun bridge, Haiyong civet at Qingshan bridge, Fenshui civet at xishanmiao bridge and Baigong civet at Puji bridge. It is said that civet cat is an ancient beast with the power of a huge lock. Seven civet cats tied the dragon to death, making it never turn over. No matter how much Suzhou people miss him, he will never come back. In the Ming Dynasty, Jiangshan society passed down from generation to generation. In the 21st century, the Ming Dynasty has been extinct for hundreds of years, and the stone beavers on Shantang street have disappeared. Suzhou people still remember the legend of "Qili mountain pond" and stubbornly called "Qili mountain pond" when they talked about Zhang.