民国27年(1938年)11月12日深夜,古城长沙沉浸在静谧安祥的睡梦之中,突然,城南一商店燃起熊熊烈焰,迅而四面火起,倾刻间城内形成一片火海,政梦中醒来的市民惊慌奔逃,呼儿唤女,哭声震天,情景惨不忍睹.大火延烧了三天三夜,市民被烧死2万余人,伤者不计其数,城内百分之八十的房屋化为灰烬,旧城长沙几乎成一片废墟……由于十二日的电报代号为“文”,大火又燃起于深夜,故称为“文夕大火”. 27 years of the Republic of China (1938) late at night on November 12, the ancient city of Changsha immersed in the quiet and peaceful sleep, and suddenly, a shop south of the city burst into flames, quickly surrounded by fire, dumping between the city to form a sea of ​​flames, politics Citizens woke up in panic run, Calling children call, cry loudly, the scene appalling. The fire spread for three days and nights, the public were burned more than 20,000 people, injured countless, the city eight percent Ten houses were reduced to ashes. The old city of Changsha was almost a ruin ... As the telegraph code on the 12th was Wen, the fire was ignited in the middle of the night and was therefore called “Wen Xi Fire.”